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Central Challenge: Healthiest Nation in a Generation
"Health is a right, and our system is not delivering. At APHA we see this as the defining challenge of our generation — a challenge that we, the public health community, are uniquely positioned to overcome. We have achieved many successes — the Affordable Care Act, FDA regulation of tobacco, improving the foods our kids eat at school and administrative action on climate change, to name a few. But we have much more to do." He further describes that "Yet another study confirmed the quality of the U.S. health-care system is failing. This one ranks our country dead last among 11 industrialized nations. We have great hospitals, doctors and nurses. If I was sick I would want to be treated in the United States. However, when it comes to helping us live healthy lives, our health system falls short."
This introductory presentation lays the foundation for the session around the central challenge of APHA to create the healthiest nation.
Learning Areas:
Diversity and cultureProvision of health care to the public
Public health or related education
Public health or related laws, regulations, standards, or guidelines
Public health or related public policy
Systems thinking models (conceptual and theoretical models), applications related to public health
Learning Objectives:
Describe three reasons why the APHA has sights on creating the healthiest nation in a generation.
Keyword(s): Affordable Care Act, Community-Based Partnership & Collaboration
Qualified on the content I am responsible for because: As a Senior Medical Advisor in the Office of Minority Health and Health Equity at the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, I consult on effective interventions using a dual strategy to reduce and eliminate health disparities and achieve health for everyone.
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.