3021.0 Beyond Traditional Healthcare Services

Monday, November 8, 2010: 8:30 AM - 10:00 AM
Oral
This session focused on identifying barriers to health care providers who are engaging in community advocacy and policy change. It takes a holistic approach to health and service provision.
Session Objectives: At the end of this session, participants will be better able to Explain three strategies used to mobilize and activate 18 – 35 year olds in health care reform. Identify the specific barriers among low-income community residents in accessing nontraditional care (e.g., dental, vision, and mental health services) and health insurance coverage. List three specific categories of vision health that are impacted by socio-economic disparity.
Moderator:
Shari Kinney, MS, MPH, RN

8:30am
Role of the health care sector in changing environments to promote healthy eating and physical activity: Follow-up findings from the HEAC healthcare sector evaluation
Maria Boyle, MS, RD, Liz Schwarte, MPH, Sally Lawrence Bullock, MPH, Sarah Samuels, DrPH and William McCarthy, PhD
     
8:45am
MAPPing the community: Assessing access to nontraditional healthcare
Audrey June Burnett, PhD
     
9:00am
InfantSEE: Economic disparities in invant vision across the USA
Mark Schwartz, MPH, Glen T. Steele, OD FCOVD and Norma K. Bowyer, OD MS MPH FAAO
     

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Organized by: Community Health Planning and Policy Development
Endorsed by: Alternative and Complementary Health Practices, HIV/AIDS, Social Work

CE Credits: Medical (CME), Health Education (CHES), Nursing (CNE), Public Health (CPH)

See more of: Community Health Planning and Policy Development
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