Influencing Health Policy: Influencing Change through Communications

Wednesday, August 14, 2019: 8:00 AM-9:30 AM
Grand E (Omni Atlanta Hotel at CNN Center)
Whether it’s using digital strategies, personal storytelling or tailored campus messages, successful efforts to influence public health policies frequently rely on effective communication. This session will review ideas we can use to spark or support policy change through the examination of three different efforts around tobacco control, e-cigarette reform and selling tobacco to minors.

Track: To Improve Practice

Moderator:

Health Communication Solutions for Campus Tobacco Control: Case Study of the Eliminate Tobacco Use initiative in Texas
Jennifer Cofer, MPH, CHES, MD Anderson Cancer Center; Jessica Wagner, MPH, MCHES, UT Center for Health Communication; Michael Mackert, PhD, UT Center for Health Communication; David Lakey, MD, University of Texas System; Nagla Elerian, MS, University of Texas System; Alex Hurst, MHA, MD Anderson Cancer Center; Ernest Hawk, MD, MPH, MD Anderson Cancer Center

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