Broadcast Continuing Education: General Session Objectives

Opening Session: Launching Healthy People 2010

• Discuss the past, present, and future of Healthy People.

Congressional Initiatives to Improve Health

• Recognize the role of Congress in developing health initiatives and funding government health programs.
• Identify major health initiatives that Congress is and will be debating in the near future.
• Identify the key Congressional offices and committees that are responsible for proposing health initiatives.

Luncheon Keynote: Enhancing Access: Health, Technology, and the Digital Divide

• Describe the potential relationship between health disparities and access to emerging technologies.
• Recognize how access to technology impacts on individual and societal health and economic well-being.
• Identify initiatives and programs that can help enhance universal access to technology to improve health care, public health, and economic well-being.

Translating Healthy People to State and Community Action

• Summarize the major considerations from the Federal and state perspective, in translating federal initiatives to the state and community levels.
• Describe "best practices" for successful implementation of federal initiatives at the state and community levels.

Eliminating Health Disparities

• Identify health conditions that disproportionately impact on racial/ethnic communities.
• Describe strategies to better identify and address the underlying causes of higher levels of disease and disability in racial and ethnic minority communities.

Using Health Communities to Mobilize Action

• Describe current "best practices" used for mobilizing community resources for health.
• Describe future challenges in mobilizing community resources for health.

Health and Information Technology: The Road Ahead

• Describe current and future applications of information and communication technology for improving health and health care management.

Luncheon Keynote: A Tale of Two Revolutions: Information Technology and Genetics

• Describe how advances in information technology and genetics can be applied to improve public health.
• Describe the ethical, legal, and social considerations that accompany information technology and genetics research for individuals and society.

Healthy People in a Healthy World

• Discuss the direct relationship between global health and the health of Americans.
• Discuss the importance of establishing transnational partnerships to advance health of populations worldwide.

Healthy Charge to the Nation

• Explain how stakeholders can utilize the Healthy People 2010 objectives to improve the health of the nation.

Wrap-Up and Closing Comments

• Discuss the salient points of the conference and discuss subsequent events related to Healthy People.

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Updated: 05/01/08