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Communication is more than a Talking Head: An overview of context, history, social and power relationships in Community Engagement

142nd APHA Annual Meeting and Exposition (November 15 - November 19, 2014): http://www.apha.org/events-and-meetings/annual
Saturday, November 15, 2014 : 9:30 AM - 10:30 AM

Patti Iwasaki, MSW , Taking Neighborhood Health to Heart, Denver, CO
This presentation will provide participants with overview of the day. It will also provide an orientation of the course content from the perceptive of a community member who is also a long time community activist. The goal is to situate the importance of communication in community engagement. The presenter will use lay understandings as well as provide philosophical rationale for taking this course.

Learning Areas:

Diversity and culture
Public health or related research
Social and behavioral sciences

Learning Objectives:
Describe how communication fundamentally impacts the basic principles, values, and ethics of community engagement.

Presenting author's disclosure statement:

Qualified on the content I am responsible for because: I have worked on a number of community-based collaborations as an organizer, health education and health promotion coordinator, data review and dissemination specialist, and community liaison. Having worked with communities of color, new immigrant, refugee communities, and diverse socioeconomic communities of place, I can speak to the importance of context, cultural sensitivity and historical exchange that impact relationship building.
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.

Back to: 1004.0: Building and Maintaining Relationships in Community-Based Collaborations: An Ecological Communication Approach -- Fee: $300