142nd APHA Annual Meeting and Exposition

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Place As A Determinate of Health: Views From the US

142nd APHA Annual Meeting and Exposition (November 15 - November 19, 2014): http://www.apha.org/events-and-meetings/annual
Monday, November 17, 2014 : 10:50 AM - 11:10 AM

Regina Benjamin, MD , c/o APHA, Washington, DC
Dr. Benjamin will discuss how in the USA a person’s zip code can be more indicative of life expectancy than his or her genetic code. She also will address the importance of prevention as a tool to improve health and how where you live makes a difference in how healthy you are.

Learning Areas:

Public health or related public policy
Systems thinking models (conceptual and theoretical models), applications related to public health

Learning Objectives:
Describe and explore the geographical differences in health and well-being in the US. Discuss prevention initiatives and interventions she promoted as the U.S. Surgeon General to tackle these geographical differences in health.

Presenting author's disclosure statement:

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