253754 Engaging policy makers in Rhode Island: Process, successes and next steps

Monday, October 31, 2011: 2:30 PM

Patricia Markham Risica, DrPH, RD , Brown University Institute for Community Health Promotion, Brown University, Providence, RI
     
The Rhode Island Public Health Association (RIPHA) entered into a partnership with the Rhode Island state general assembly in 2006, call the Rhode Island Public Health Think Tank (PHTT). The establishment of this innovative entity, the operational function of the collaboration, and successes and challenges of working with the state legislature will be addressed.

Learning Objectives:
Discuss the steps taken by RIPHA to establish the PHTT in collaboration with the RI legislature. Analyze two successes and challenges experienced by RIPHA during the subsequent years of PHTT.

Presenting author's disclosure statement:

Qualified on the content I am responsible for because: I am the Advocacy Chair for the RI Public Health Association, and was in this position at the founding of the PHTT in 2006. I will speak about our experience, successes and challenges.
Any relevant financial relationships? No

I agree to comply with the American Public Health Association Conflict of Interest and Commercial Support Guidelines, and to disclose to the participants any off-label or experimental uses of a commercial product or service discussed in my presentation.

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