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Strengthening Community Assets through the Integration of Primary Care and Public Health: Examples from the Gulf Region Health Outreach Program
Learning Areas:
Clinical medicine applied in public healthDiversity and culture
Provision of health care to the public
Learning Objectives:
Describe a public health systems approach to strengthen primary care capacity in the U.S. Gulf Region.
Discuss how integration of primary care and public health impact access to care in the U.S. Gulf Region.
Identify examples of partnerships that may be used in integrated primary care and public health programming.
Qualified on the content I am responsible for because: I have been the Chair of the Gulf Region Health Outreach Program (GRHOP) Coordinating Committee since October 2013 and have been an external member of the committee since May 2012. The Committee coordinates a 5-year, $105 million
initiative composed of integrated projects designed to strengthen primary and behavioral healthcare services in oil spill impacted communities in Louisiana, Mississippi, Alabama, and the Florida Panhandle.
Any relevant financial relationships? Yes
Name of Organization | Clinical/Research Area | Type of relationship |
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BP | Independent Contractor/Chair of the GRHOP Coordinator Committee | Independent Contractor (contracted research and clinical trials) |
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.