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State Health Departments Innovative Strategies to Improve Population Health and Inform Policy

Tuesday, November 5, 2013: 10:30 a.m. - 12:00 p.m.
Oral
The purpose of this session is to share successful and innovative population health practices employed by various state health departments. This session covers strategies from interpreting quantitative data, to utilizing GIS methods, and translating finding to relevant messages for state and local policy makers.
Session Objectives: Describe state health departments’ successful and innovative strategies to improve population health. Identify strategies that can shared and/or adapted for use in other state health departments nationwide.
Moderator:
Susan Radius

10:30am
Addressing asthma health disparities: Results of a hybrid model linking clinics and coalitions   
Terry Greene, M.S., Jing Guo, PhD, Matthew Sadof, MD, Laurita Kaigler-Crawlle, MS, Jean Kelley, M.D., Barbara Rogers, NP and Jean M. Zotter, JD
     
10:50am
Using data visualization in creating an SDH community profile for the use of policy makers and the public   
M. Lelinneth Novilla, MD, MPH, Bryon Davis, BS (c) Public Health, Jeff Shirts, BS (c), Jonathan Shumway, BS (c) Public Health, Brad Hunter, MPH, MD, Jacob Sypher, BS Public Health, Julianna Lambrechtsen Au and Matthew Adams, BS (c) Public Health
     
11:10am
Communities putting prevention to work (CPPW): Evaluation of healthy eating and physical activity policies, practices and environmental supports in metropolitan government departments in Nashville, Tennessee   
Celia Larson, PhD, Tracy Buck, MS, RD, Rebecca Morris, BS, CLC, Jason Stamm, MS, David Campbell, MS and Alisa Haushalter, DNP, RN
     
11:30am
Using GIS to identify heart disease, stroke and other chronic diseases burden, inform policy and foster partnership: Mississippi state department of health   
Vincent Mendy, MPH, CPH and Sai Kurmana, MD, MPH

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

Organized by: Public Health Education and Health Promotion
Endorsed by: Health Administration, Chiropractic Health Care, Community Health Planning and Policy Development

CE Credits: Medical (CME), Health Education (CHES), Nursing (CNE), Public Health (CPH) , Masters Certified Health Education Specialist (MCHES)

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