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Building a Culture of Health in Buncombe County, NC

142nd APHA Annual Meeting and Exposition (November 15 - November 19, 2014): http://www.apha.org/events-and-meetings/annual
Monday, November 17, 2014 : 10:50 AM - 11:10 AM

Gibbie Harris, MSPH, BSN, RN , Buncombe County Health and Human Services, Ashville, NC
Buncombe County is using a collective impact approach and the community health improvement process to create a functional framework for sustained work to address health priorities.  This systems methodology focuses on the social determinants and social equity to improve health outcomes across the community.

Learning Areas:

Communication and informatics
Conduct evaluation related to programs, research, and other areas of practice
Diversity and culture
Public health or related public policy
Systems thinking models (conceptual and theoretical models), applications related to public health

Learning Objectives:
Describe the importance of a framework to focus and sustain work on health outcomes. Identify one process for broad community involvement and ownership of health issues in a community.

Presenting author's disclosure statement:

Qualified on the content I am responsible for because: My community is a 2014 RWJF Culture of Health Prize Winner. I, with our Public Health Advisory Council, have led the Community Health Improvement process in Buncombe County that resulted in this prize. I have over 20 years of experience leading community development and engagement efforts addressing health issues, health disparities and social equity as well as implementing community health assessment and improvement processes.
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.

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