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Implementing Action Items from the Public Health Road Map: A Capstone Experience

142nd APHA Annual Meeting and Exposition (November 15 - November 19, 2014): http://www.apha.org/events-and-meetings/annual
Tuesday, November 18, 2014

Catherine Morrison, MPH , Advocacy/Public Policy, Alzheimer's Association, Washington, DC 20005-6105, DC
Carroll Rodriguez , St. Louis Chapter, Alzheimer's Association, St. Louis, MO
Caress Dean, MPH , Health Management and Policy, Saint Louis University College for Public Health and Social Justice, St. Louis, MO
Shahida Bawa, MPH , Department of Health Management and Policy, Saint Louis University School of Public Health, Saint Louis, MO
Keith Elder, PhD, MPH, MPA , Health Management and Policy, Saint Louis University College for Public Health & Social Justice, Saint Louis, MO
In July 2013, the Alzheimer’s Association and the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention’s (CDC) Healthy Aging Program released The Healthy Brain Initiative: The Public Health Road Map for State and National Partnerships, 2013–2018. This Road Map provides specific actions the public health community and partners can take to address Alzheimer’s disease, cognitive health, and the needs of caregivers over the next five years. The action items of the Road Map are presented across four domains which align with the Essential Services of Public Health.  

As part of the efforts to implement the Road Map, the Alzheimer’s Association partnered with Saint Louis University College for Public Health and Social Justice to conduct a comprehensive implementation campaign in Missouri for one year. An assigned class of Masters of Public students in the Health Policy Capstone course, undertook a full-scale effort to engage the public health community on cognitive health.

This presentation will describe the best practices and lessons learned from this work, including messaging strategies and partnership successes. Additionally, the session will detail the overall evaluation of the effort and provide tools and resources for individuals and communities interested in adopting Road Map strategies in their own states.

Learning Areas:

Administration, management, leadership
Advocacy for health and health education
Provision of health care to the public
Public health or related public policy

Learning Objectives:
Describe the Road Map, its action items, and best practices to implement them in your community.

Keyword(s): Advocacy, Dementia

Presenting author's disclosure statement:

Qualified on the content I am responsible for because: Teach the Health Policy Capstone course, direct Health Policy program, and act as PI on grant with Alzheimer's Association.
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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