141st APHA Annual Meeting and Exposition

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Online Program

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Systems thinking

Monday, November 4, 2013: 12:30 p.m. - 2:00 p.m.
Oral
This session will discuss the role played by systems, communication and team work in promoting public health locally and globally.
Session Objectives: Identify the role played by health systems in promoting and improving health of communities Demonstrate the link between policy and health systems
Moderator:
Mike S. Bailey, MA

12:30pm
U.s. health care paradox: How spending more is getting us less   
Elizabeth Bradley, MBA, PhD and Lauren Taylor, MPH
     
12:45pm
Increasing transparency and financial accountability in the health sector: Why performance-based budgeting is not the answer   
Taryn Vian, SM, PhD
     
1:00pm
Assessing the distribution of iron folic-acid tablets through antenatal care: A comparative analysis using DHS data   
Alexis D'Agostino, MPP, Hana Nekatebeb, PhD, Jack Fiedler, PhD and Celeste Sununtnasuk, MS
     
1:15pm
Were pepfar investments associated with changes in outpatient visit volumes in Uganda (2005-2010)?   
Samuel Luboga, MBChB, MMed (Surg), PhD, Bert Stover, PhD, Travis Lim, DrPH candidate, Eddie Mukooyo, MbChB, Fred Makumbi, PhD, Angela S. Wood, MPH, Amy Hagopian, PhD, Noah Kiwanuka, PhD, Nagesh Borse, PhD, Elizabeth (Lianne) Sheppard, PhD and Scott Barnhart, MD, MPH
     
1:30pm
New paradigms in global health education and curriculum delivery   
Karen Gieseker, PhD, MS
     

See individual abstracts for presenting author's disclosure statement and author's information.

Organized by: International Health
Endorsed by: Medical Care, Community Health Planning and Policy Development

CE Credits: Medical (CME), Health Education (CHES), Nursing (CNE), Public Health (CPH)

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