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IT for Community Health talk @ Berkeley
An interesting talk coming up... don't worry, it'll be webcast:
Deryk Van Brunt [Associate Clinical Professor, UC Berkeley School of Public Health; Chairman, Healthy Communities Foundation
May 7, 2008: 12:00pm - 1:00pm
Location: 290 Hearst Memorial Mining Building, the Maria & Dado Banatao Conference Room, UC Berkeley
Abstract:
Most research and development in the use of information technology to
advance human health is focused on improving health care technologies
and biotechnologies. However, over 50% of the determinants of health
are related to lifestyle and to the environment in which we live. One
strategy to improve health outcomes is to implement technology systems
that improve community awareness of the determinants of health and
support effective community planning. For example, smoking cessation
and childhood obesity are important health issues that may be addressed
more efficiently with interventions at the community level than at the
individual level; almost certainly both types of interventions are key
components to sustainable solutions.
We will review the need for, and requirements of, community health
information systems that can track, and help improve, community health
issues. We will also demonstrate an early web-based model that is now
being piloted to better manage community health.
Part of the CITRIS Research Exchange at UC Berkeley. The complete
schedule for the spring semester is online at RE-Spring2008. As always,
these talks are free, open to the public and broadcast live online at mms://media.citris.berkeley.edu/webcast. Remote questions can be sent to YahooIM: CITRISevents. Sponsored by Infineon Technologies.
All this information an more on the series available here.