3190.0: Monday, October 22, 2001 - 4:40 PM

Abstract #21503

The National Excellence Collaboratives of the Turning Point Initiative - Background

Bobbie Berkowitz, PhD, RN, Director, Turning Point National Program Office, Univ of Washington School of Public Health and Community Medicine, 6 Nickerson, Suite 300, Seattle, WA 98109, 206-616-8410, bobbieb@u.washington.edu

This presentation will summarize the history and direction of the 22 state, 41 community Turning Point Initiative sponsored by the Robert Wood Johnson Foundation and the W.K. Kellogg Foundation. The presentation will include the rationale, program vision, mission, strategies, and progress to date.

See www.turningpointprogram.org

Learning Objectives: See central abstract

Keywords: Infrastructure, Collaboration

Presenting author's disclosure statement:
Organization/institution whose products or services will be discussed: Turning Point Initiative
Disclosure not received
Relationship: Not Received.

The 129th Annual Meeting of APHA