Title: Advocacy in our community

Speakers:

• Laura Houser, MD – Clinical Associate Professor, General Pediatrics and Adolescent Medicine, Global Pediatrics, Department of Pediatrics, University of Wisconsin-Madison
• Julia Stanley – Program Manager, Healthy Kids Collaborative, Dane County, Wisconsin
• Shawn Koval – School Coordinator, Healthy Kids Collaborative, Dane County, Wisconsin

As a result of participating in this educational activity, learners as members of the healthcare team will be able to:

1. Contrast advocacy work with examples of public policy
2. Demonstrate the importance of long-term, trusting relationships with respect to community partnerships
3. Identify the current triannual process that Dane County health organizations use to prioritize local population health initiatives
4. Explain how the Department of Pediatrics teams with the Healthy Kids Collaborative on community based-child health initiatives and how to get involved