Showcase Presenter: Centers for Disease Control and Prevention
Showcase title:
Health and Well-Being for All—Accelerating Learning about Social Determinants Using a Meeting-in-a-Box approach
Presentation:
Presenter Bios:
Denise Koo, MD, MPH
- Advisor to the Associate Director for Policy, Centers for Disease Control and Prevention
- Advisor to the Acting Assistant Secretary for Health, Department of Health & Human Services
Denise Koo, MD, MPH, is Advisor to the CDC Associate Director for Policy. In the Office of the Associate Director for Policy, she has led the development of the recently released CDC Community Health Improvement Navigator (www.cdc.gov/CHInav), which provides an important unifying framework and tools to support hospitals, health systems, public health, and other community organizations and stakeholders that are interested in improving the health of their communities.
Dr. Koo was graduated from Harvard University with a BA in Biochemical Sciences. After combining medical school at the University of California, San Francisco, with an MPH in epidemiology at University of California, Berkeley, she completed a primary care internal medicine residency at the Brigham and Women’s Hospital in Boston. Dr. Koo is a graduate of CDC’s Epidemic Intelligence Service and Preventive Medicine Residency. Prior CDC positions have included running the National Notifiable Disease Surveillance System, serving as Director of the Division of Public Health Surveillance and Informatics, and serving as Director of CDC’s Division of Scientific Education and Professional Development. Dr. Koo holds appointments as Adjunct Professor of Global Health and of Epidemiology, Rollins School of Public Health, Emory University, and Consulting Professor, Department of Community and Family Medicine, Duke University Medical Center.
Virginia Watson, MA
- Instructional System Designer, CDC
- Project Manager, The CDC Experience Legacy Project
Virginia Watson is the Managing Editor of Success Stories for The Practical Playbook. She is also the Project Manager for The CDC Experience Legacy Project, which aims to disseminate learning materials she designed and developed for The CDC Experience Fellowship in Applied Epidemiology for medical students, at the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) in Atlanta.
After graduating with degrees in Economics and Journalism from Georgia State University, Ms. Watson began her career as a medical writer and editor, specializing in a range of public health topics including epidemiology, reproductive health, violence prevention, immunization, global health, and HIV/TB. In this capacity she won several prestigious national awards for analytic and investigative reporting from various organizations, including the National Press Club.
After realizing she wanted help alleviate problems rather than simply report about them, Ms. Watson earned a masters degree in instructional systems design and development from Georgia State University. Since then she has been involved in many educational projects for organizations such as CARE International, the Christian Children’s Fund, and the Coca Cola Company. Before working with CDC’s Student Programs, Ms. Watson’s instructional design, development and evaluation work for the agency included projects for E.X.C.I.T.E. (“Excellence in Curriculum Integration through Teaching Epidemiology”), the Behavioral Risk Factor Surveillance System (BRFSS), and the Epidemic Intelligence Service (EIS) fellowship program.
Content Description:
CDC is developing an innovative way to facilitate a discussion and action about social determinants of health (SDOH): It’s called a meeting-in-a-box.
WHAT: A creative, interactive learning experience for small groups, the “Health and Well-Being for All” meeting-in-a-box provides what you need to explore SDOH and consider what you can do about them. From a big-picture visual to supporting data cards and group dialog to tips for facilitators, this hands-on tool will help you consider the determinants underlying the health problems faced by your patients as well as a 6-step process for leading change in your community.
WHO: This tool is flexible enough to be used by a variety of healthcare students and professionals, for training and for workforce development. It is especially effective when used with interdisciplinary teams.
Attendees will participate in a modified version of one of the CDC SDOH meeting in a box modules (gang violence, asthma, or obesity). Facilitators will lead discussion about various adaptations of the modules for use with differing audiences.
Learner Objectives:
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Describe the CDC Meeting in a box tool
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Identify 3 potential audiences for the tool
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Identify 3 ways to use the tool given specific time constraints
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List 3 best practices for successful facilitation of workshops using the tool
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Locate 3 online resources that supplement teaching using this tool