3312.2 Public Health Matters: Policy Interventions Make A Difference

Monday, October 31, 2011: 2:30 PM
Oral
The use of policy as a tool to improve the public health has been touted for many years. Recently the health impact of this tool has become realized in significant ways. This session will review the use of policy as a health improvement tool and look at its success in a variety of areas.
Session Objectives: Describe the use of policy as a health improvement tool. Discuss the use of policy in a variety of areas. Demonstrate the health impact of policy when used to improve the public's health.
Organizer:
Georges C. Benjamin, MD, FACP, FACEP (E), FNAPA, Hon FRSPH
Moderator:
Georges C. Benjamin, MD, FACP, FACEP (E), FNAPA, Hon FRSPH

2:30 PM
Reproductive health policy on infant mortality and women's health
Carol Roye, EdD, RN
     
2:50 PM
Controlling Mercury Emissionf from Coal-Fired Power Plants: A Policy Whose Time Has Come
Barbara Berney, PhD, MPH
     
3:10 PM
Impact on Health of Non-Health Policies: Violence Against Women at the Intersection
Stacey B. Plichta, ScD
     
3:30 PM
US Fertility Prevention as Poverty Prevention
Diana Romero, PhD, MA
3:50 PM
US Fertility Prevention as Poverty Policy: A Public Health Analysis
Diana Romero, PhD, MA
     

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

Organized by: APHA

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

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