Broadcast Continuing Education: General Session Objectives
Tuesday,
January 25, 2000 |
Opening
Session: Launching Healthy People 2010
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.
Wednesday,
January 26, 2000 |
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.
Thursday,
January 27, 2000 |
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.
[ Broadcast
Continuing
Education ]
Partnerships
for Health in the New
Millennium January 24-28,
2000 Omni Shoreham Hotel,
Washington, DC
Updated: 05/01/08 |