273441 Creating Health Equity in Alameda County

Tuesday, October 30, 2012 : 2:30 PM - 2:50 PM

Alex Briscoe , Alameda County Health Care Services Agency, San Leandro, CA
     
Alameda County is providing a number of innovative programs among youth, women, and other groups designed to reduce disparities in health. This presentation explain how these efforts are limited by the national trends in income inequality among other factors.

Learning Areas:
Administration, management, leadership
Advocacy for health and health education
Other professions or practice related to public health
Program planning
Public health administration or related administration
Public health or related public policy

Learning Objectives:
Explain how Alameda County is working to address the social determainants of health. Identify one creative opportunity the Alameda County Health Department is undertaking to provide new employment opportunities for underserved youth. Describe factors that limit the progam's success.

Presenting author's disclosure statement:

Qualified on the content I am responsible for because: I am the agency director for the Health Authority in Alameda County, responsible for an agency budget of 661 million dollars inlusive of the departments of Public Health, Behavrioiral Health, and Environmental Health. I am a mental health practitioner specializing in adolescent services and youth development, as well as revenue-producing social justice programming, and crisis counseling.
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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