Achieving Health Equity through Policy, Systems and Environmental Changes

Originally broadcast on October 21, 2010

Speakers:
Robert Fullilove, EdD
Associate Dean for Community and Minority Affairs, Professor of Clinical Sociomedical Sciences at the Mailman School of Public Health

Pamela Ferrari, RN
Director of Performance Improvement and Clinical Knowledge Support, Open Door Family Medical Centers Inc.

There is a growing understanding that social determinants, the circumstances in which people are born, grow up, live, work and age, have as much to do with our health as our health care system and personal choices. These circumstances are in turn shaped by a wider set of forces including economics, social policies, education, housing and racial discrimination.
This program will highlight a public health approach that includes policy, systems and environmental changes that can significantly impact the social determinants of health and subsequently lay the groundwork to achieve health equity.
This program will focus on the science of autism and the latest research regarding autism. It will also address barriers to communication, the top parental concerns regarding vaccines and how to address these concerns using the CASE method.

Objectives:
After watching this broadcast participants will be able to:

• describe the social determinants of health, the effect they have on chronic disease/diabetes and how they contribute to health disparities/inequities
• explain the differences between health disparity and health inequity
• understand how health equity affects every individual
• describe the impact of public policy on vulnerable rural and urban NYS communities
• understand the policy, systems and environmental changes that impact social determinants

Continuing Education Credits

School of Public Health, University at Albany is an approved provider of continuing nursing education by the Massachusetts Association of Registered Nurses, Inc., an accredited approver by the American Nurses Credentialing Center’s Commission on Accreditation.

It has been assigned Provider Code PA# 157N.

Course code PA# 157N-245; 1.0 contact hour.

School of Public Health, University at Albany is accredited by the MSSNY to provide continuing medical education (CME) for physicians. The School designates this educational activity for a maximum of 1.0 AMA PRA Category 1 Credit(s).™ Physicians should claim only credit commensurate with the extent of their participation in the activity.

This activity is sponsored by the School of Public Health, University at Albany, SUNY, a designated provider of continuing education contact hours (CECH) in health education by the National Commission for Health Education Credentialing, Inc. This program is designated for the CHES to receive 1.0 Category 1 CECH in health education.

Continuing education credits are available until October 2013.

The planners and presenters do not have any financial arrangements or affiliations with any commercial entities whose products, research or services may be discussed in this activity.

No commercial funding has been accepted for this activity.