Leveraging Community to Benefit the Public's Health: Local Perspective

National Public Health Week Event by Creighton University Master of Public Health Department

Join us as Stephen Jackson examines the various dimensions of community and its critical role to an effective public health response. This critical role has been a fundamental concept as it pertains to population health for many years. However, making the public health response equitable within a fragmented public health system has been difficult to achieve. This presentation takes a local look at what happens when technology and research end and the role of the community (i.e., dealing with people) in achieving population health gains begins.     Objectives:   - Describe the various dimensions and complexities of our local community  - Discuss equality vs equity  - Highlight the intersections between public health and community