4264.0 Poster Session - Policy & Prevention

Tuesday, October 30, 2012: 2:30 PM - 3:30 PM
Poster
This session compares community health planning and policy development practices and partnerships to achieve accreditation, increase access, reduce costs, and improve quality.
Session Objectives: Assess the effectiveness of community health planning and policy development partnerships in improving the quality of public health.

Board 1
Shifting the power paradigm: Community leaders advancing health equity through policy and environmental change take the helm of the California Convergence
Lisa Hershey, Masters in Public Health in Health Promotion and Education, George Flores, MD, MPH and Shené Bowie-Onye, DrPH, ACSM-HFS
Board 2
Cost of Recovery: Economic Profiles of Former Street Sex Workers in Detroit
Paul Draus, PhD in Sociology and Juliette Roddy, PhD in Economics
Board 5
A collaboratory approach to implementing a standardized community health worker certification program in Mississippi
Sandra Hayes, DrPH, Johnnie Hawkins, Cassandra Dove, MPH and Melanie Bowman
Board 6
Parental Knowledge, Beliefs and Attitudes toward School Wellness Policy and School Health Environment
Wenhua Lu, Leina Zhu, Mary Odum(Dixon), E. Lisako J. McKyer, PhD, MPH, Christine Tisone, PhD, MPH, Sharon McWhinney, PhD, RD, Corliss Outley and Andrea McDonald, MS
Board 8
Board 9
Pilot testing and legislation: Unpacking two health department skills sets needed to change communities
Kirsten Wysen, MHSA, James Krieger, MD, MPH, Ryan Kellogg, MA and Sarah Ross-Viles, MPH

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

Organized by: Community Health Planning and Policy Development
Endorsed by: Alcohol, Tobacco, and Other Drugs