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Recorded Annual Meeting Presentations (RAMP) are now available for purchase.
Only $90 for presenters, $140 for registered attendees and $200 for non-attendees.

Online Program

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PLACE MATTERS: Reducing Inequities through Internet Based Tools


Monday, November 4, 2013 : 11:00 a.m. - 11:15 a.m.

Brian Smedley, PhD, Health Policy Institute, Joint Center for Political and Economic Studies, Washington, DC, DC
           
The presenter will explain how the Joint Center has helped our two affiliates from Baltimore, MD and Bernalillo County, NM increase access to and use of internet-based tools to reduce inequities in cardiovascular disease, infant mortality, and diabetes by improving neighborhood conditions.

Learning Areas:

Communication and informatics
Diversity and culture
Public health or related education

Learning Objectives:
Describe the use of internet based tools for community engagement. Compare internet based strategies for Bernalillo and Baltimore. Identify challenges and explain how Bernalillo and Baltimore overcame those challenges.

Presenting author's disclosure statement:

Qualified on the content I am responsible for because: I am currently serves at the Vice President and Director of the Health Policy Institute at the Joint Center for Political and Economic Studies. I have responsibility for HPI’s “PLACE MATTERS” a key initiative to improve the health of participating communities. Nineteen teams are working in 27 jurisdictions across the country to address conditions that lead to poor health.
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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