Healthy Communities New Partnerships for the Future of Public Health (1996) / Chapter Skim
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Appendix A
Appendix A
Pages 57-66
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10:00-11:00 a.m. Overview of The Future of Public Health Hugh Tilson, M.D., Dr.P.H., cochair Edward Baker, M.D., Director, CDC Public Health Practice Program Office 1 1:00-1 1:45 a.m.
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Haughton, M.D., MP.H., Senior Health Services Policy Advisor, Los Angeles County Department of Health Services Ingrid Lamirault, Director, Planning and Policy Development 2:00~:00 p.m. Related Public Health Activities Centers for Disease Control and Prevention David Satcher, M.D., Director, CDC Edward Baker, M.D., Director, CDC Public Practice Program Office Public Health Functions Project Data/perfonnance measurement for population health Roz Lasker, MD., New York Academy of Medicine Expenditures, Workforce, Communications and Community Planning Kristine M
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Vice President, Group on Science Technology and Public Health American Medical Association Chicago Charles F Bacon Special Project Officer Centers for Disease Control and Prevention Atlanta Edward L
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Director, Division of Public Health New York Academy of Medicine New York City John Lumpkin, M.D., M.P.H. Director Illinois Department of Public Health Springfield Charles Mahan, M.D.
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Thompson Division Assistant Institute of Medicine Washington, DC 61 Hugh H Tilson, M.D., Dr.P.H., cochair Vice President and Worldwide Director Epidemiology Surveillance and Policy Research Glaxo Wellcome Company Research Triangle Park, NC Robert B
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Expert panels comprised of public health practitioners from state and local health departments, as well as the public health and clinical sectors, were convened to look at different areas of public health and review all relevant literature. One panel is looking at the usefulness of testing children for lead poisoning.
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To achieve a greater awareness of lead issues, health departments need to collaborate with each other, the medical community, government agencies, and others, such as the construction and housing industries. Local health departments also need to collect data on blood lead levels in the populations they serve.
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On a national level, the surveillance of STDs and development of effective prevention programs will require the assurances of interconnected and standardized electronic information systems between managed care and public health systems. · Kathleen E
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In the past, the public health sector has assisted women's organizations and others who have taken the lead in combating family violence, but public health should now take a leadership role. Some strategies for reducing family violence include educating judges about family violence; working with immigrant women, who traditionally have had a significant problem with spousal abuse; and working to change societal norms so that family abuse becomes unacceptable.
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The increase in managed care organizations is creating new challenges for health departments. Health departments need to think of incentives to get managed care organizations to report public health problems, such as domestic violence.
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