141st APHA Annual Meeting and Exposition

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Online Program

5032.0
Innovative Technology for Planning and Evaluation of Local Community Health

Wednesday, November 6, 2013: 8:30 a.m. - 10:00 a.m.
Oral
This panel showcases the innovative work of 4 communities that have developed innovative local data systems to identify populations and regions experiencing health disparities, inform development of community-based environmental and system interventions, and evaluate the impact of CTG-funded public health interventions. The presentations address use of GIS as a health strategy planning tool, aggregation and alignment of data sources, and simulation modeling to forecast health impacts.
Session Objectives: Demonstrate communities using innovative approaches and data to inform selection, implementation, and evaluation of public health interventions. Discuss data resources and accompanying technology available to communities for public health planning.
Moderator:
Robin E. Soler, PhD
Organizer:
Carole Harris, PhD

8:30am
Innovative technology for the planning and evaluation of local community health: GIS modeling of diabetes and predictor variables   

Anthony Olivieri, MURP, Teina Phillips, MPA, T. Lucas Hollar, PhD, Nicole Cook, PhD, MPA and Michael Delucca, MHM
8:50am
Lessons learned and impact simulations of local obesity prevention strategies in los angeles county   

Tony Kuo, MD, MSHS, Brenda Robles, MPH, Justin Trogdon, PhD and Rachel Ferencik
9:10am
Local public health information: Who wants to know what?   

Robert Goodspeed, PhD, Joshua Vogel, MPH, Mariana Arcaya, ScD, MCP, Timothy Reardon, MCP, James Buszkiewicz, MPH, Wenjun Li, PhD, Thomas G. Land, PhD and Kate Ito, MS
  
9:30am
Can quality improvement models work on a community level?   

Andrea Pinzon-Marquardt, MPH, Bonnie Andrews, MPH, CPH, Mariana Arcaya, ScD, MCP, Wenjun Li, PhD, Barbara Olendzki, RD, MPH, James Buszkiewicz, MPH, Joshua Vogel, MPH, Alana Taormina, MA and Thomas Land, PhD
     

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

Organized by: Community Health Planning and Policy Development

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

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