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Multi-Sector Partnerships to Improve Health

142nd APHA Annual Meeting and Exposition (November 15 - November 19, 2014): http://www.apha.org/events-and-meetings/annual
Tuesday, November 18, 2014 : 9:30 AM - 9:45 AM

Lucille Smith , Voices of Detroit Initiative, Detroit, MI
Community health requires partnerships across multiple sectors to eliminate health disparities.  Lesson learned from this model using guided conversations with community members and strategic partners will be discussed.

Learning Areas:

Other professions or practice related to public health

Learning Objectives:
Describe key lessons learned on the use of guided conversations as a means for promoting health and reducing health disparities in communities. Explain the elements and outcomes of a model using broad multi-sector partnerships to change the social and spatial environment for health.

Presenting author's disclosure statement:

Qualified on the content I am responsible for because: I have been the principal or co-principal of multiple federally and foundation grants focusing on key strategies to reduce health disparities in minority populations. Among my community research interests has been population health and improvement of health disparities through a focus on social determinates of health and partnerships.
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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