142nd APHA Annual Meeting and Exposition

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Philanthropy's Role in Public Health Advocacy and Policy Change

142nd APHA Annual Meeting and Exposition (November 15 - November 19, 2014): http://www.apha.org/events-and-meetings/annual
Monday, November 17, 2014 : 10:30 AM - 10:50 AM

Marjorie Paloma, MPH , Health Group, Robert Wood Johnson Foundation, East Princeton, NJ
Marjorie will serve as an expert in the APHA session 3118-Philanthropy's Role in Advocacy and Policy Change.

Learning Areas:

Public health or related public policy
Systems thinking models (conceptual and theoretical models), applications related to public health

Learning Objectives:
Identify how philanthropists fund and engage public health policy and public health advocacy.

Presenting author's disclosure statement:

Qualified on the content I am responsible for because: Throughout Marjorie Paloma's tenure at the Robert Wood Johnson Foundation her work has focused on laws and policies to improve health, with an emphasis on childhood obesity, tobacco control and other population health issues. Majorie also staffed the Wisconsin Tobacco Control Board, an 18-member governor-appointed board. In this capacity, Marjorie provided guidance in the development of the state tobacco control strategy and organized and coordinated the state and local policy advocacy efforts.
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.