5121.0 Equity, access, and sustainability: Persistent challenges to population health in rural America

Wednesday, October 31, 2012: 10:30 AM - 12:00 PM
Oral
The purpose of the proposed session is to examine equity, access and sustainability with regard to population health in rural America. This is a relevant session because rural America is often home to rampant inequalities in access to health services and pollution burden because of its relative isolation. This session is important because it highlights both the problem as well as solutions in building community self-efficacy in designing healthier communities and in managing chronic diseases.
Session Objectives: 1. Learners will be able to discuss public health effects of pollution. 2. Learners will be able to identify public policies that positively affect the environment and improve health outcomes. 3. Learners will be able to analyze the ways in which building community capacity to engage on health issues can increase their quality of life.
Organizer:
Anna Hrybyk, MPH
Moderator:
Anna Hrybyk, MPH

10:30am
What about human health? Evidence, causes and implications of overlooking public health effects of CAFOs in policy debate to restore the Chesapeake Bay
Jillian Fry, PhD MPH
     
10:45am
Causes and Environmental Health Consequences of Pollution Havens
Michele Morrone, PHD and Tania Basta, PhD, MPH, CHES
     
  
11:00am
Creating a community that is healthy by design: Complete streets changing the face of Yellowstone County
Hillary S. Hanson, MS, MPH, CPH
     
11:15am
BUILD Pilot Program – A Community Partnership to Address Chronic Disease in Rural Communities
Simone M. Charles, PhD

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

Organized by: Environment
Endorsed by: Ethics SPIG, Socialist Caucus, Vision Care Section

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

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