274445 County Health Rankings in Action: Stories from Communities

Monday, October 29, 2012 : 2:40 PM - 2:55 PM

Julie A. Willems Van Dijk, PhD , University of Wisconsin Population Health Institute, Madison, WI, WI
     
The purpose of the County Health Rankings is to present data in a way that serves as a call to action. This session will describe how communities are using this information to create multi-sector partnerships that are focusing on policy and systems change to address the multiple factors that influence health.

Learning Areas:
Public health or related organizational policy, standards, or other guidelines
Public health or related public policy

Learning Objectives:
Describe a successful strategy to change policies or systems that influence at least one health factor.

Presenting author's disclosure statement:

Qualified on the content I am responsible for because: I have been the Deputy Director for the County Health Roadmaps since April, 2011, and served as the Community Engagement Lead for the County Health Rankings prior to that since September, 2009. Through this work I have worked closely with communities throughout the nation. Prior to my work with the Rankings project, I was a local health official in Wisconsin with 21+ years of local public health advocacy work.
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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