273553 Primary care and public health: Exploring integration to improve population health

Wednesday, June 27, 2012 : 10:30 AM - 10:50 AM

J. Lloyd Michener, MD , Dept. of Community and Family Medicine, Duke University School of Medicine, Durham, NC
     
Primary Care and public health share a goal of promoting the health and well being of all people, but have historically operated independently of each other. This session will discuss the recent IOM report on "Primary Care and Public Health: Exploring Integration to Improve Population Health."

Learning Areas:
Chronic disease management and prevention
Communication and informatics
Implementation of health education strategies, interventions and programs
Provision of health care to the public
Public health or related education
Systems thinking models (conceptual and theoretical models), applications related to public health

Learning Objectives:
1. Discuss the IOM Report on Primary Care and Public Health 2. Review the major recommendations 3. Describe one example of integration

Presenting author's disclosure statement:

Qualified on the content I am responsible for because: I have 20 years experience, have made multiple presentations a member of the IOM committee on Primary Care and Public Health whose work is being presented
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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