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Community Health Improvement process

142nd APHA Annual Meeting and Exposition (November 15 - November 19, 2014): http://www.apha.org/events-and-meetings/annual
Wednesday, November 19, 2014 : 9:00 AM - 9:30 AM

Katherine Cain, MPH , Strategic Performance and Partnerships, New Orleans Health Department, New Orleans, LA
New Orleans Health Department  staff will discuss how, a year after publishing the Department's Community Health Assessment (CHA) and Community Health Improvement Plan (CHIP), they continue to work with community partners to revisit and revise the CHIP, including thoughts on recruiting new and strategic partners, using the CHA and CHIP to inform the Department’s population health work, incorporating social determinants of health into the CHIP, working within the changing context of local politics and funding opportunities, and keeping partners motivated throughout the revision process.  This discussion will be in the context of post the Public Health Accreditation Board accreditation site visit.

Learning Areas:

Administer health education strategies, interventions and programs
Assessment of individual and community needs for health education
Implementation of health education strategies, interventions and programs
Planning of health education strategies, interventions, and programs
Program planning
Systems thinking models (conceptual and theoretical models), applications related to public health

Learning Objectives:
Describe two of the three Public Health Accreditation Board prerequisites (community health assessment and community health improvement plan)

Keyword(s): Partnerships

Presenting author's disclosure statement:

Qualified on the content I am responsible for because: I am the Manager of Strategic Performance and Partnerships at the New Orleans Health Department. I was involved in the development of the department’s most recent community health improvement plan and currently provide guidance and oversight to community health improvement efforts within the department. I also serve as Accreditation Coordinator. My professional interests include collective impact approaches to reduce health disparities and address social determinants of health.
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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