Healthy People eLearning Webinar: Measuring Policy and Environmental Change in Obesity Prevention

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This 90-minute webinar explores the issue of childhood obesity; the state of the science in measuring policy and environmental change in obesity prevention; and highlights two communities working to implement and evaluate obesity prevention at the local level. This webinar also includes a 30-minute Q&A session where you can problem-solve and collaborate around the issues.

Free continuing education is available (CME, CECH, and CEU).

Learning Objectives:

7. Describe how individual based strategies can be linked to and scaled with larger population level policy and environmental strategies

Presenters:

• Carter Blakey, Deputy Director, Office of Disease Prevention and Health Promotion, US Department of Health and Human Services
• Laura Kettel Khan, PhD, Senior Scientist, Office of the Director, Division of Nutrition, Physical Activity, & Obesity Prevention, National Center for Chronic Disease Prevention & Health Promotion, Centers for Disease Control and Prevention
• RADM Sarah Linde, MD, Chief Public Health Officer, Health Resources and Services Administration, US Department of Health and Human Services
• Kari Ellingstad, MPH, Director, Community Health Improvement Partnership (CHIP), Sarasota County Health Department
• Shaila Serpas, MD, Associate Program Director, Scripps Mercy Family Medicine Residency Program