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Session: Reaching for the Goal of Universal Health Insurance
3169.0: Monday, November 8, 2004: 12:30 PM-2:00 PM
Oral
Reaching for the Goal of Universal Health Insurance
This session will present: Philadelphia's unique ballot initiative for universal health care; describe unique research methods to collect data and identify potential health care delivery approaches for migrant and seasonal workers; key findings and recommendations for increasing coverage for uninsured workers of small emplyers; and understand the Toddlers Rapid Immunization Program's approach to vaccinating hard to reach, medically underserved populations.
Learning Objectives: Partipants will learn: 1)Philadelphia's unique ballot initiative for universal health care; 2)Describe unique research methods to collect data and identify potential health care delivery approaches for migrant and seasonal workers; 3)Key findings and recommendations for increasing coverage for uninsured workers of small emplyers; and 4)Understand the Toddlers Rapid Immunization Program's approach to vaccinating hard to reach, medically underserved populations.
Moderator(s):Riche Zamor
12:30 PMInterorganizational Coordination and Continuity of Care For Low-Income At-Risk Populations: An analysis of Four HRSA Community Access Programs (CAP)  [ Recorded presentation ]
Michael Doonan, PhD, Deborah Gurewich, PhD, Jeffrey Prottas, PhD
12:45 PMEvaluation design for the Brazos Valley Health Partnership, an HCAP community  [ Recorded presentation ]
Monica L. Wendel, MA, MPH, Angie L. Alaniz, James N. Burdine, DrPH, Michael R.J. Felix, Sanu Somachandran, MPH, Jay Jezierski, MPH
1:00 PMPhiladelphia passes universal health care: The Philadelphia Area Committee to Defend Health Care’s successful ballot initiative  [ Recorded presentation ]
Walter Tsou, MD, MPH, Lila Slovak, Tim Lachman, MD, Sylvia Metzler, CRNP
1:15 PMConnecting with small employers: The key to insuring the working poor?  [ Recorded presentation ]
Kamal Muilenburg, Michael R. Cousineau, DrPH, Alicia Kokkinis, MA, Dolly Yang, MPH Candidate
1:30 PMAn assessment of the use of conventional and traditional health care by migrant and seasonal farmworkers in east Texas: Implications for community health planning
Robin Rager, PhD, Eva Doyle, PhD, Denise Bates, PhD
See individual abstracts for presenting author's disclosure statement and author's information.
Organized by:Community Health Planning and Policy Development
Endorsed by:Black Caucus of Health Workers
CE Credits:CME, Health Education (CHES), Nursing

The 132nd Annual Meeting (November 6-10, 2004) of APHA