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Recorded Annual Meeting Presentations (RAMP) are now available for purchase.
Only $90 for presenters, $140 for registered attendees and $200 for non-attendees.

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Strategic Vision for Korea Public Health Association


Monday, November 2, 2015 : 11:20 a.m. - 11:30 a.m.

Byung-Joo Park, MD, Seoul National University, Seoul, Korea, Republic of (South)
Korea Public Health Association(KPHA) has played the leadership role in supporting and promoting healthy life of the public through wide range of activities including control of communicable diseases, intervening alcohol and tobacco uses, and health education since 1957. Our successful history of advocacy, empowerment, and partnership has laid a sound and robust foundation toward health and wellbeing of the public. Our active involvements in research in both domestic and international arena have also improved the quality and implementation of our activities.

Learning Areas:

Advocacy for health and health education
Diversity and culture
Public health or related public policy

Learning Objectives:
Describe and list various activities of KPHA relating to advocacy successes.

Keyword(s): Advocacy, International Health

Presenting author's disclosure statement:

Qualified on the content I am responsible for because: I am the current Professor of Epidemiology at Department of Preventive Medicine at Seoul National University College of Medicine, President of Korea Public Health Association, President of Korean Society of Patient Safety, President Emeritus of Korean Society for Pharmacoepidemiology and Risk Management, and past President of Korean Society of Epidemiology, and past President of Korea Association of Health Technology Assessment.
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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