This webinar is the seventh presentation in our 2017 Insights & Innovations webinar series, Creating Opportunities to Achieve Optimal Health, in which we explore addressing public health challenges through a health equity lens. The presentation was originally aired live on Friday, July 28th, 12:00 - 1:00 pm EDT.
In this webinar, Dr. Adriane K. Griffen, DrPH, MPH, MCHES, Senior Director of Public Health and Leadership at the Association of University Centers on Disabilities presents "Including People with Disabilities: Public Health Workforce Competencies."
This webinar introduces participants to information about:
- The risk of poor health outcomes people with disabilities face including hypertension, obesity, falls-related injuries, and depression
- Recent advances in public health knowledge and practice that are more inclusive of people with disabilities including assessment, policy development and assurance
- How skill building within the public health workforce can reduce health disparities among people with disabilities
The Insights and Innovations series is brought to you by the Center for Public Health Practice at the IU Richard M. Fairbanks School of Public Health. You can access all past Insights and Innovations on the Fairbanks School of Public Health website here:
