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Black Women’s Health Index: Can We Sell Health?
Black Women’s Health Index: Can We Sell Health?
Monday, November 2, 2015
: 10:50 a.m. - 11:10 a.m.
We in Public Health have not done a good job of selling health to the everyday Black woman. Perhaps this is because we haven’t understood what health means to Black women. IndexUS: The Black Women’s Health Index, puts the ability to improve health and wellness easily in the hands of women and creates innovative opportunities to invest in program and policy change.
Learning Areas:
Communication and informaticsImplementation of health education strategies, interventions and programs
Public health or related public policy
Learning Objectives:
Identify key perspectives from Black women on what health and wellness mean to them.
Demonstrate the impact of IndexUS on programs, policies and messages in three cities.
Discuss an investment model that improves the impact of program and policy implementation.
Analyze methods for calculating the value of investing in Black women’s health.
Presenting author's disclosure statement:
Qualified on the content I am responsible for because: tba
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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