4352.0 Planning and Implementing Local Health Policies that Address Social Justice Issues

Tuesday, November 9, 2010: 4:30 PM - 6:00 PM
Oral
This session will examine genuine examples of policy-change efforts following the the release of county health rankings. It will discuss populations with no access to health-related services.
Session Objectives: At the end of this session, participants will be better able to: • Compare the factors associated with successful policy change efforts. • Identify at least three strategies that states could employ when coordinating their own statewide or regional efforts to improve food and physical activity environments. • Identify the steps in designing and implementing a media advocacy nutrition policy campaign.
Moderator:
Shawn D. Kimmel, PhD

4:30pm
Mobilizing Action Toward Community Health: Implementing Policies That Drive Change
Abbey K. Cofsky, MPH and Angela K. McGowan, JD, MPH
     
4:45pm
Identifying populations with no access to a community pharmacy or whose community pharmacy is vulnerable to changes in Medicare Part D policy
Nicole Vanosdel, BS, MA
5:00pm
Evaluating Community-Based Policy Making Outcomes: A case study analysis
Alberto J.F. Cardelle, PhD, MPH, Lyndsay Nybeck and Melissa A. Rehrig, MPH CHES
        
5:15pm
Building a Network of Community Collaboratives to Create Healthy Communities and Advance Policy Priorities in California: Learning from a Process Evaluation of the California Convergence, 2007-2009
Robin Dean, Master of Public Health
     
5:30pm
Role of media advocacy and social media in nutrition policy advocacy in Oregon
Raquel Luz Bournhonesque, MPH
  

See individual abstracts for presenting author's disclosure statement and author's information.

Organized by: Community Health Planning and Policy Development
Endorsed by: HIV/AIDS, Socialist Caucus, Social Work

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

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