253833 Nebraska Health Policy Development Academy

Monday, October 31, 2011: 2:30 PM

Magda G. Peck, ScD , College of Public Health, University of Nebraska Medical Center, Omaha, NE
     
With funding from the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, the Nebraska Department of Health and Human Services subcontracted with the University of Nebraska Medical Center College of Public Health to create the Health Policy Development Academy. This new nine-month training initiative is designed to increase the capacity of Nebraska's public health professionals to use policy and law as tools to advance health policies that promote the public's health and well-being. The Academy is a team based approach designed for public health practitioners in state and local government and their essential partners. This presentation will focus on the development and early implementation of the Academy.

Learning Objectives:
1) Describe how the Nebraska Health Policy Development Academy will increase local policy capacity 2) Explain the significance of policy capacity within state and local health departments 3) Discuss early lessons learned during the initial planning period of the Health Policy Development Academy 4) Explain the importance of using a collaborative training approach for building capacity in local public health departments

Presenting author's disclosure statement:

Qualified on the content I am responsible for because: I am qualified to present because I am the director the of the Health Policy Development Academy and have created and currently direct similar capacity building programs.
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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