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Webinar: Public Health in a Time of Change: Charting the Course for Health Policy, Population Health, and Evidence-Based Prevention
March 6, 2017 @ 11:00 am - 12:30 pm
Monday, March 6, 2017 • 12-1:30pm EST • Webinar
Training Description
This webinar will focus on the efforts to strengthen and adapt public health to address the current health needs of the population at a moment of change and uncertainty. Auerbach will share his experiences and observations as a leader at the local, state and federal levels including the CDC. And he will describe the work of the agency he now oversees – the Trust for America’s Health – as it charts a course in the current health policy debates in Washington and around the nation.
Learning Objectives
By the end of the webinar participants will be able to:
- Describe the impact of federal policy decision-making on the promotion of prevention services within the health care system
- Discuss the various types of population health activities within the health care and public health sectors and the implications of each type to health outcomes
- Explain the evidence base for preventive clinical services and for community-wide interventions