142nd APHA Annual Meeting and Exposition

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The Education and Health Initiative: Raising Public Awareness About the Health Implications of Educational Attainment

142nd APHA Annual Meeting and Exposition (November 15 - November 19, 2014): http://www.apha.org/events-and-meetings/annual
Tuesday, November 18, 2014: 10:30 AM - 12:00 PM
Oral
The leaders of this initiative will review the relationship between educational attainment and public health and discuss their efforts to raise awareness about these connections among the public, policymakers, and the media. Using materials and videos produced by this project as examples, the speakers will emphasize the importance of combining research, policy outreach, stakeholder engagement, and strategic communication. The session will be important to those involved in discussing social determinants with policy audiences outside of public health.
Session Objectives: Describe the relationship between educational attainment and public health and a current effort to raise awareness among the public, policymakers, and the media. Define the importance of combining research, policy outreach, stakeholder engagement, and strategic communication to discuss social determinants to policy audiences outside of public health.
Moderator:
Steven Woolf, MD, MPH

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Organized by: APHA

CE Credits: Medical (CME), Health Education (CHES), Nursing (CNE), Public Health (CPH) , Masters Certified Health Education Specialist (MCHES)

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