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Community Engagement to Develop Local Strategies to Address Health Disparities

142nd APHA Annual Meeting and Exposition (November 15 - November 19, 2014): http://www.apha.org/events-and-meetings/annual
Tuesday, November 18, 2014 : 8:45 AM - 9:00 AM

Amanda Guy , Consultant, Flagstaff, AZ
Social factors often contribute to health disparities and require partnerships beyond the health sector to remedy.  The role of unlikely partners engaging with communities to address social factors will be described from a local community perspective.

Learning Areas:

Other professions or practice related to public health

Learning Objectives:
Identify steps for combining community engagement research with evidence based strategies to develop locally vetted strategies for addressing health disparities. Explain the role of “unlikely” partners in furthering efforts to address the social determinants of health.

Presenting author's disclosure statement:

Qualified on the content I am responsible for because: I have been the principal investigator on a multi-year community engagement effort to address the rapid progression toward childhood obesity that was evident in a neighborhood located in Flagstaff, Arizona. I have over fifteen years of experience working with community stakeholders to improve health outcomes among target populations.
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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