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Health, Policy, and Chiropractic

Monday, November 2, 2015: 12:30 p.m. - 2:00 p.m.
Oral
The APHA conference theme this year is “Health in All Policies” and this session explores health policies. Topics included are quality improvement for the American Chiropractic Association’s public health related policies, appropriateness in patient centered care, review of professional health associations’ anti-tobacco policy statements, and economic impacts of adhering to non-surgical spine care guidelines.
Session Objectives: Define ways in which “Health in All Policies” affect chiropractic and how chiropractors and other health professionals may improve health policies.
Organizers:
Dana Madigan, DC, MPH and Claire Johnson, DC, MSEd, PhD
Moderator:
Michael Ramcharan, DC, MPH, EdD

12:30pm
Evaluation of Public Health Related Policies from the American Chiropractic Association: Description of a Quality Improvement Process   
Claire Johnson, DC, MSEd, PhD, A. Carlo Guadagno, DC, Tony Hamm, DC, Karen Konarski-Hart, DC, Delilah Anderson, DC, MS, Michael Clay, DC, MPH, Mitchell Haas, DC, MA, Martha Kaeser, DC, MEd, Eugene Lewis, DC, MPH, Dana Madigan, DC, MPH and John Nab, DC
Audio (mp3) recording Recorded Presentation (mp4)
12:50pm
Determining Appropriateness in the Age of Patient Centered Care   
Lara Hilton, MPH, Margaret Whitley, MPH, Ian Coulter, PhD, Ron D. Hays, PhD, Gery Ryan, PhD and Patricia Herman, PhD
Audio (mp3) recording Recorded Presentation (mp4)
1:10pm
Anti-tobacco and Smoking Policy Statements: An Inventory of Major Health Profession Associations in the United States   
Claire Johnson, DC, MSEd, PhD and Bart Green, DC, MSEd, PhD
1:30pm
Economic Impact of Adhering to Care Guidelines for Non-surgical Spine Care: The Spinal Frontier   
Melissa Lo, MS and Wade Bannister, PhD

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

Organized by: Chiropractic Health Care
Endorsed by: Medical Care Section, Oral Health, Alcohol, Tobacco, and Other Drugs

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

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