141st APHA Annual Meeting and Exposition

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Online Program

3401.0
Strategies for Impacting Underserved Populations

Monday, November 4, 2013: 4:30 p.m. - 5:30 p.m.
Poster
Session Objectives: 1. Discuss the rationale and framework for the IOM report on evaluating progress on obesity prevention. 2. Explain the criteria and methods used to identify indicators for evaluating obesity prevention efforts. 3. Describe the proposed national and community plans for evaluating progress on obesity prevention.

Board 1
Ensuring access to pediatric subspecialists for vulnerable children   
Adejoke Ogunrinde, MBBS, Maria Scigliano, MS/MSW, Randy Christensen, MD, Delaney Gracy, MD, MPH (Epidemiology), Lara Yoblonski, MD and Virginia Roncaglione, MSc
Board 2
What are the health consequences of reduced food stamp eligibility? an examination of the evidence for the u.s. congress   
Amber Haley, MPH, Paula Braveman, MD, MPH, Chungfeng Ren, MPH, Robert Johnson, PhD, Steven Woolf, MD, MPH, Albert Walker, ThM, Benjamin Evans, MHSA and Emily Zimmerman, PhD
Board 3
Think tribally, act locally: Typology of approaches used for tribal tobacco policy work   
Sheryl Scott, MPH, Coco Villaluz, BA, Chris Matter, Jaime Martinez and Joanne D'Silva, MPH
  
Board 4
Connecting underserved populations to health care reform benefits through 2-1-1: A communication network perspective   
Katherine Eddens, PhD, MPH
Board 5
Cheer project: Financial and QALY impact of emergency room diversion achieved by walk-in non-urgent care at a nurse-run clinic for the uninsured   
Adam Silva, Lauren O'Loughlin, Farzana Kibria, Shayla Minteer, Alexandra Bicki, B.S., Valerie Joseph, RN, BSN, Ryan Handoko, Sheryl-vi Rico and Anne De Groot, M.D.
Board 6
Planning and policy development for providing quality of care and reducing admissions for high risk diabetic children: The impact of Medicaid managed care   
Kathleen Healy-Collier, DHA, Walter Jones, PhD, Jim Shmerling, DHA, Kenneth Robertson, MD, MBA and Robert Ferry, MD
Board 7
A systems approach to implementing and supporting culturally and linguistically appropriate health services at the Massachusetts department of public health   
Elizabeth Brown, MPH and Rodrigo Monterrey
Board 8
Engaging the community in preparation for the health care reform   
Scott Cheng, MPH, Michael Cousineau, DrPH, Kai-Ya Tsai, MSPH and Lori Nascimento, MPH
Board 9
A systematic comparison of breast cancer legislation & screening rates in the black belt   
Akisha Joseph, MPH, Stephanie Miles-Richardson, DVM, PhD, Ernest Alema-Mensah, MDiv, MS, DMin, PhD and William Murrain, JD

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

Organized by: Community Health Planning and Policy Development
Endorsed by: Medical Care, Men's Health Caucus, American Indian, Alaska Native and Native Hawaiian Caucus, Caucus on Homelessness

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