253755 Successful Advocacy in Connecticut

Monday, October 31, 2011: 2:50 PM

Katharine K. Lewis, PhD, MPH, RN , Department of Nursing, University of Hartford, West Hartford, CT
     
This past year in Connecticut some significant public health legislation was passed: mandatory paid sick leave and a ban on cash register receipt paper that contains bisphenol-A [BPA]. Advoacy efforts of the Connecticut Public Health Association and its partners will be discussed as they relate to the ban on BPA in cash register receipt paper.

Learning Areas:
Advocacy for health and health education

Learning Objectives:
1) Describe the process of developing partnerships in advoacy. 2) Discuss the advocacy process in Connecticut in relation to banning BPA in cash register receipt paper.

Presenting author's disclosure statement:

Qualified on the content I am responsible for because: I am qualified to give this presentation because I work specifically with the Coalition for a Safe and Healthy CT to advocate at the Connecticut Legislature on behalf of environmental public health issues – specifically the elimination of toxic chemicals in our environment.
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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