273004 Innovations in community prevention: Experience from North Carolina

Wednesday, June 27, 2012 : 10:50 AM - 11:10 AM

Jeffrey Engel, MD , NC Dpt of Health and Human Services, Raleigh, NC
     
The NC Division of Public Health (DPH) was awarded the Community Transformation Grants to implement policy, systems and environmental changes regarding tobacco free living, active living, healthy eating, and links to clinical prevention services addressing hypertension and cholesterol. The strategic directions will involve work with state and local partners including local health departments, AHEC, and Community Care of North Carolina (CCNC) and local community based coalitions. We will describe past successes and future plans for advancing policy, system and environmental changes such as those related to smoke-free regulations, smoke-free housing policies, implementation of comprehensive land use plans to promote active living, expanding the number of communities that have farmers' markets, and increasing the resources in community settings to decrease the cardiovascular risk factors of hypertension and high cholesterol.

Learning Areas:
Chronic disease management and prevention
Clinical medicine applied in public health
Implementation of health education strategies, interventions and programs

Learning Objectives:
1. Explain the three Strategic Directions of the North Carolina Community Transformation Grant 2. Discuss the concept of how a coordinated effort across regional geography (cross-jurisdictional) and across prevention program areas will be critical for success.

Presenting author's disclosure statement:

Qualified on the content I am responsible for because: I was the NC State Health Director from 2009-2012 providing the vision and leadership of the Division of Public Health who successfully applied for and was awarded the Community Transformation Grant in 2011. NC received the 4th largest CTG award in the nation. I have also been the Principal Investigator on the CDC ELC Grant from 2002-2009 as the NC State Epidemiologist.
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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