Back to Annual Meeting Page		American Public Health Association 133rd Annual Meeting & Exposition December 10-14, 2005 Philadelphia, PA

Abstract #121768

Jay H. Glasser, PhD, MS, University of Texas School of Public Health, PO Box 20186, Houston, TX 77030, 713-500-9173, jglasser@sph.uth.tmc.edu

Purpose: To report on the progress and next steps in renewing and developing the Medicine and Public Health Initiative and allied Institute (MPHI) network of health professionals, researchers, and educators within states, nationally and internationally. We invite all interested parties to attend and participate. See www.mphi.net. MPHI's major goal is bridging the gaps between clinical, community, and public health approaches through cooperative programs. There is a joint emphasis on the three themes of education, applied research and community based practice both domestically and internationally. We are extending the collaborative network to states and local chapters as critical to influencing and facilitating improving community health levels.

Learning Objectives:

• to bring the audience up to date on the establishment of the MPHI network as well as the general challenge for collaboration locally and globally.

Presenting author's disclosure statement:

I wish to disclose that I have NO financial interests or other relationship with the manufactures of commercial products, suppliers of commercial services or commercial supporters.

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