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LIVE Webcast: Today's Topics In Health Disparities

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 LIVE Webcast: Today's Topics In Health Disparities
Are Health Disparities Back on the National Agenda?
Examining the Impact of a New Administration and Congress
Tuesday, December 9, 2008 at 1:00 p.m. ET

With a new administration and substantially changed Congress coming to Washington in January, there is a significant opportunity for new policy initiatives to tackle issues of racial and ethnic disparities in health and health care. On Tuesday, December 9, from 1 p.m. to 2 p.m. ET, the Kaiser Family Foundation will hold a live, interactive webcast to examine the implications of the changes as part of its Today's Topics In Health Disparities series.

During the webcast, Are Health Disparities Back on the National Agenda? Examining the Impact of a New Administration and Congress, expert panelists will take a closer look at what types of policies and initiatives could emerge over the next few years. They will also examine how the new administration might prioritize efforts to eliminate health disparities in the future. Questions for the panel can be submitted before or during the webcast to ask@kaisernetwork.org.

The panelists are:

Rep. Hilda Solis (D-Calif.), Member, House Committee on Energy and Commerce and Chair of the Congressional Hispanic Caucus Health Task Force
Peter Bach, MD, MAPP, Associate Attending Physician, Memorial Sloan-Kettering Cancer Center, Former Senior Adviser to the Administrator of the Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services
Brian Smedley, Vice President of the Joint Center for Political and Economic Studies and Director of its Health Policy Institute
The discussion will be moderated by Cara James, Ph.D., senior policy analyst on race, ethnicity and health care for the Kaiser Family Foundation.

WHEN: December 9, 2008, from 1 p.m. to 2 p.m. ET
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WHERE: View the live webcast at www.kaisernetwork.org/todaystopics/09dec08 .

HOW: The panel of experts will take your questions via email. Submit questions before or during the show to ask@kaisernetwork.org.

If you have never viewed a webcast before, please test your media player in advance of the live webcast.

Today's Topics In Health Disparities is a series of live, interactive webcasts devoted to addressing a range of issues relating to health and health care disparities in the United States. Each discussion features a panel of experts tackling current issues in health disparities and answering questions from webcast viewers. Previous shows have addressed topics including the influence of immigration policies on health care decisions, federal legislative efforts to address health disparities, and what it would take to eliminate the disproportionate burden of HIV/AIDS among African Americans. See www.kaisernetwork.org/todaystopics for more details.

See the links below:

http://www.kaisernetwork.org/health_cast/hcast_index.cfm?display=detail&hc=3080

 

Promoting Health Equity—A Resource to Help Communities Address Social Determinants of Health

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Community Health and Program Services (CHAPS) builds healthy communities and eliminates health disparities by providing national leadership in community health promotion and disease prevention through innovative programs, such as: Racial and Ethnic Approaches to Community Health Across the U.S. (REACH U.S.), the Preventive Health and Health Services (PHHS) Block Grant, State-Based Epidemiology for Public Health Programs (STEPPS), and YMCA's Pioneering Healthier Communities. These cross-cutting programs help expand CDC's ability to develop community-based health promotion strategies.

Promoting Health Equity-A Resource to Help Communities Address Social Determinants of Health:

http://www.cdc.gov/nccdphp/dach/chaps/pdf/SDOHworkbook.pdf

Using the CDC Framework for Program Evaluation

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EPA and CDC are sponsoring a series of Webinars based on the CDC Framework for Program Evaluation in Public Health. These Webinars are free and open to anyone with an interest in program evaluation. Examples will be drawn from state and local asthma intervention programs. The Webinars include a presentation, followed by a moderated question and answer session with the presenters. All Webinar materials are archived on the  Communities in Action for Asthma-Friendly Environments Online Network.

 

 

 

Getting Started and Engaging your Stakeholders

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EPA and CDC are sponsoring a series of Webinars based on the CDC Framework for Program Evaluation in Public Health. These Webinars are free and open to anyone with an interest in program evaluation. Examples will be drawn from state and local asthma intervention programs. The Webinars include a presentation, followed by a moderated question and answer session with the presenters. All Webinar materials are archived on the Communities in Action for Asthma-Friendly Environments Online Network .

The second session in the Program Evaluation Webinar Series, Getting Started and Engaging your Stakeholders, draws upon the Framework guidance and digs deeper into the critical first steps in designing and implementing an evaluation.

 

 

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