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Community Connections and the Affordable Care Act

142nd APHA Annual Meeting and Exposition (November 15 - November 19, 2014): http://www.apha.org/events-and-meetings/annual
Tuesday, November 18, 2014 : 3:10 PM - 3:30 PM

Melissa A. Simon, MD, MPH , Departments of Obstetrics and Gynecology and Preventive Medicine, Feinberg School of Medicine, Northwestern Unversity, Chicago, IL
Accountability in the Affordable Care Act (ACA) will require engaging with communities in extraordinary ways.  Strategic communication with communities can empower them to fully embrace the opportunities offered by ACA.  IOM will present approaches to achieving accountability as required by ACA.

Learning Areas:

Other professions or practice related to public health

Learning Objectives:
Analyze the critical role of connections to the community, using the Native American youth workshop as an example. Explain the importance of crafting real messages to the community to activate community empowerment.

Presenting author's disclosure statement:

Qualified on the content I am responsible for because: I am Vice Chair of the Department of OBGYN, and NIH funded researcher in health disparities and community based participatory research. I am a member of the IOM Roundtable on Health Equity.
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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