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2017 Annual Meeting

du 12 au 14 September 2017

Aurora, Colorado

The links below contained detailed information for the upcoming 2017 Safe States Alliance Annual Meeting, taking place September 12-14, 2017 in Aurora, Colorado.

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Strengthening Connections: Partnering with a Law School to amplify the voice of public health when educating decision-makers.

mardi 12 septembre 2017 à 15:30–16:45 MDT
Aurora Ballroom 4
Learning Objectives

In this session, participants will: 

  1. Assess the utility of a topic-based guide to educate decision-makers.
  2. Learn about the value of a partnership with a Law School to strengthen the connection between practice and policy.
  3. Identify unique ways to educate policymakers about important injury prevention topics. 
Statement of Purpose

Through a partnership between the Maryland Violence and Injury Prevention Program (VIPP) and the University of Maryland School of Law (UMSL), in 2017, members of the Maryland Legislature were educated about public health priorities regarding injury and violence prevention through dissemination of the Maryland Violence and Injury Prevention Resource Guide (MD Guide). Attorneys from the Network for Public Health Law, the UMSL Legal Resource Center, and law students, used the MD Guide to initiate conversations at key committee meetings prior to the start of the 2017 Legislative session. This presentation will discuss anticipated results of an evaluation of this activity, and the importance of partnerships to amplify the voice of public health when educating legislators.

Methods/Approach

In 2016, the Maryland VIPP developed the MD Guide in collaboration with the Johns Hopkins Center for Injury Research and Policy. The MD guide contains national and state data on 11 topics, and includes prevention solutions and local resources for each topic. The MD guide was posted online and distributed to key stakeholders.  Maryland VIPP asked UMSL to disseminate the guide to legislators in the Maryland General Assembly. UMSL sent an email with the URL to all members of the Legislature, and distributed 75 copies during in-person meetings. A survey of legislators was conducted about the utility of the guide and under what circumstances it was used during the Legislative session.

Results

As a result of using the MD Guide to brief Legislators, Legislators contacted MD VIPP for additional copies, and technical assistance requests were sent to UMSL. Results from the legislative survey will discuss how Maryland VIPP, in collaboration with UMSL, can amplify the voice of public health and the usefulness of the topic-based guide.

Conclusions & Significance to the Field

Maryland VIPP is committed to introducing the public health perspective to conversations involving policies that affect all Marylanders. The partnership between Maryland VIPP and the UMSL enables Maryland VIPP to strengthen the connection between public health and policy. Topic-based guides may also present a mechanism for conveying important public health issues to policy-makers.

Presenters

Genevieve Polk, Maryland Department of Health and Mental Hygiene
Biography

Ms. Genevieve Polk, MPH, is the Injury Prevention Program Coordinator at the Maryland Department of Health and Mental Hygiene. She got her B.A. from Bowdoin College and her MPH in Health Education from Emory University. 

Co-Authors

Primary Contact

Genevieve Polk, Maryland Department of Health and Mental Hygiene
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