Cyber-Seminar Will Explore Measuring the Health of a Community ► NCI Cancer Bulletin for April 3, 2012 - National Cancer Institute

NCI Cancer Bulletin for April 3, 2012 - National Cancer Institute

Cyber-Seminar Will Explore Measuring the Health of a Community

Dr. Kurt Stange, Terry Allan, and Dr. Paul Jarris

 

 

The April 10 Research to Reality (R2R) cyber-seminar will explore tools and resources, such as the County Health Rankings, that can be used to measure the health of a community. Participants will examine ways to measure a community’s health that can stimulate multi-stakeholder engagement and serve as a focus for efforts to improve community health and health equity.

Dr. Kurt Stange of Case Western Reserve University will highlight models used to measure the health of a community and discuss how knowledge generated and followed over time can empower multi-stakeholder groups to work together to improve health, its determinants, and health equity.

Terry Allan of the Cuyahoga County Board of Health and Dr. Paul Jarris of the Association of State and Territorial Health Officials will share their experiences working across sectors to measure community health at the local and national levels. Participants will be invited to share their experiences and lessons learned and to discuss how other communities can use this approach to improve health and equity.

For more information and to register for this event, visit the R2R website, where you can watch presentations and join discussions. All R2R cyber-seminars are archived on the website approximately 1 week after the presentation. For more information on the cyber-seminar series, please e-mail ResearchtoReality@mail.nih.gov.