Title: Public Health and Safety of Older Drivers: Tools for Education, Assessment, and Policy Changes
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Section/SPIG: Aging & Public Health
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An APHA Continuing Education Institute
“Public Health and Safety of Older Drivers” will be held in San Francisco at the Moscone Convention Center on Saturday, November 15, 2003, from 9 am to 5 pm, as a Continuing Education Institute to the APHA Annual Meeting. The cost is $150 and includes 6 CEUs.
Older drivers are involved in a disproportionately high rate of automobile accidents and related deaths, and the numbers are growing dramatically. Driving is a complex issue that affects older drivers, families, and professionals from nearly all public health disciplines.
This program lays out the issues, describes the role of various public health professionals, presents the most recent assessment and education tools, and offers policy and clinical actions that professionals can take to ameliorate the potential challenges of older drivers and the public health safety consequences. The detailed program can be received now by e-mail by contacting <cevashwk@csulb.edu>.
Our section is co-sponsoring this event, along with the APHA Task Force on Aging, the American Medical Association, the American Geriatrics Society, the American Occupational Therapy Association, the Gerontological Society of America and the American Society on Aging. The session was initiated by the APHA Gerontological Health and Injury Control Sections.
Registration can be done in conjunction with registering for the Annual Meeting at <www.apha.org>.