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THE FINAL PUSH: Taking Action to Support Community Prevention and Equity in Health Reform
Thursday, December 10, 2009 – 9:00 to 10:30 a.m. Pacific
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Please join us for an urgent late-breaking Web Forum on public health priorities for health reform!
Taking Action to Support Community Prevention and Equity in Health Reform
Please join Public Health Institute and Prevention Institute on Dialogue4Health.org for one of the following Web Forums:
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Monday, August 24, 2009 12:00 pm-1:30 pm Pacific Daylight Time |
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Tuesday, August 4, 2009 10:00 am-11:30am |
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The California Mobilization CALL: |
Resource Material and Speakers |
Tuesday, July 21, 2009 12:00 pm-1:30 pm |
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Monday, July 20, 2009 12:00-1:30 pm |
Important policies to shape our health system and the nation's health are being debated in Congress right now.
YOU can have an impact by reaching out to your members of Congress now and during the August summer recess when members are in their district offices.
We invite you to participate in a series of free web forums organized by
Prevention Institute and Public Health Institute on Dialogue4Health.org.
Agenda
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We need you to be involved in this effort. Every member of Congress should hear what you have to say about why community prevention and health equity are critical to the success of health reform.
Everyone has the right to educate their representatives in Congress about the importance of prevention in heath reform. Attending this web forum is not a lobbying activity.
Speakers
Larry Cohen, MSW, is the Executive Director and founder of Prevention Institute. Prevention Institute is a national non-profit dedicated to creating systematic, comprehensive strategies that change the conditions that impact community health. An important focus of Mr. Cohen’s work has been to develop local policies that support health and wellness and spur legislation at the state and federal levels. preventioninstitute.org
Rebecca Flournoy, MPH, is an Associate Director at PolicyLink. PolicyLink is a national research and action institute advancing economic and social equity by Lifting Up What Works.® Ms. Flournoy leads research, policy analysis, capacity-building, and advocacy efforts to improve community environments in ways that support good health. www.policylink.com
Richard Hamburg is the Director of Government Relations for Trust for America’s Health. Trust for America's Health (TFAH) is a non-profit, non-partisan organization dedicated to saving lives by protecting the health of every community and working to make disease prevention a national priority. Mr. Hamburg is responsible for strategizing and implementing TFAH's coalition building and legislative efforts at the federal and state levels. healthyamericans.org
Jeffrey Levi, PhD, is Executive Director of Trust for America's Health, where he leads the organization's advocacy efforts on behalf of a modernized public health system. Dr. Levi oversees TFAH's work on a range of public health policy issues, including its annual reports assessing the nation's public health preparedness, investment in public health infrastructure, and response to chronic diseases such as obesity. healthyamericans.org
Shireen Malekafzali, MPH is a Senior Associate at PolicyLink. Ms. Malekafzali is a member of the health team working to create environmental and policy changes aimed at addressing health disparities. She provides research, technical assistance, and training to collaborative efforts intended to create health-enabling environments for all. www.policylink.com
Leslie Mikkelsen, MPH, is Managing Director of Prevention Institute. She leads a team of Prevention Institute staff focused on environmental and policy approaches to promoting healthy eating and physical activity, especially in communities of color and low-income communities. preventioninstitute.org
Brian D. Smedley is Vice President and Director of the Health Policy Institute of the Joint Center for Political and Economic Studies in Washington, DC. The Institute has a dual focus: to explore disparities in health and to generate policy recommendations on longstanding health equity concerns. In this position, Dr. Smedley oversees all of the operations of the Institute, which was started in 2002 with funding from the W.K. Kellogg Foundation. www.jointcenter.org
Moderator
Matthew Marsom is the Director of Public Health Policy and Advocacy for the Public Health Institute (PHI). The Public Health Institute (PHI) is an independent, nonprofit organization dedicated to promoting health, well-being and quality of life for people throughout California, across the nation and around the world. Mr. Marsom is responsible for designing and implementing PHI strategy for monitoring and influencing public policy, legislation and regulations affecting PHI projects and public health policy relevant to PHI interests. www.phi.org
David A. Lindeman, Ph.D. is the Director of the Center for Aging and Technology, an initiative of The SCAN Foundation and HealthTech. The Center focuses on identifying and evaluating best practices in the diffusion of emerging technologies that enhance home and community-based care for seniors, and will serve as a state and national resource base for providers and policymakers. He has extensive experience in interdisciplinary research, development of innovative community-based and residential programs for older adults, beneficial technologies, gerontological education, and long-term care public policy. healthtechcenter.org/cta
Co-Sponsors
The organizations listed below have come together to sponsor this important effort:
American Public Health Association
California Center for Public Health Advocacy
CommonHealth ACTION
Community Health Councils
The Joint Center for Political and Economic Studies
National REACH Coalition
National Health Equity Coalition
National Network of Public Health Institutes
Partnership for Prevention
PolicyLink
Trust for America's Health
Resources
The following documents provide important background information that can enhance the Web Forum experience.
Real Health Reform Starts with Prevention
The Economic Argument for Prevention
Prevention for a Healthier America
Community Prevention Memo: Strengthening What Works
APHA 2009 Agenda for Health Reform
APHA Top Ten Rules of Advocacy
How to Answer Hard Questions About Prevention in Health Reform
Talking Points for Community Prevention in Health Reform
Media Talking Points
Critical Members of Congress
Critical Legislators’ Information
Powerpoint Presentations
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Strategic Alliance CA Mobilization
Speakers
Manal Aboelata, MPH is a Program Director at Prevention Institute. Prevention Institute is a national non-profit dedicated to creating systematic, comprehensive strategies that change the conditions that impact community health. Manal's project work includes physical activity, nutrition, and injury prevention, emphasizing population-based approaches and the elimination of health disparities. She collaborates with community and government agencies to integrate prevention practice into their efforts by synthesizing and disseminating research, offering training and technical assistance, and providing consultation on strategy development. (website: http://preventioninstitute.org/index.html)
Linda Shak, MSW is a Program Manager with the Strategic Alliance for Healthy Food and Activity Environments. The Strategic Alliance for Healthy Food and Activity Environments, staffed by Prevention Institute, is a statewide network shifting the debate on healthy eating and physical activity away from a primary focus on personal responsibility to one that examines corporate and government practices and the role of the environment in shaping eating and activity behaviors. Linda is leading the Alliance’s statewide mobilization efforts on health reform and is responsible for Strategic Alliance constituency-building efforts. (website: http://www.eatbettermovemore.org)
Leslie Mikkelsen, MPH, is Managing Director of Prevention Institute. She leads a team of Prevention Institute staff focused on environmental and policy approaches to promoting healthy eating and physical activity, especially in communities of color and low-income communities. preventioninstitute.org
Jeff Levi –PhD, is Executive Director of Trust for America's Health, where he leads the organization's advocacy efforts on behalf of a modernized public health system. Dr. Levi oversees TFAH's work on a range of public health policy issues, including its annual reports assessing the nation's public health preparedness, investment in public health infrastructure, and response to chronic diseases such as obesity. healthyamericans.org
Harold Goldstein, DrPH, is the Executive Director for the California Center for Public Health Advocacy. CCPHA is a nonpartisan, nonprofit organization that raises awareness about critical public health issues and mobilizes communities to promote the establishment of effective state and local health policies with offices in Davis, Oakland, and Baldwin Park (LA). Harold is interested in changing public policies to promote healthy eating and physical activity. (website: http://www.publichealthadvocacy.org
Genoveva Islas-Hooker, is the Regional Program Coordinator for the Central California Regional Obesity Prevention Program (CCROPP). CCROPP addresses environmental and policy level factors that contribute to the escalating incidence of obesity in the central California counties of Fresno, Kern, Kings, Madera, Merced, San Joaquin, Stanislaus and Tulare. Genoveva is a board member for the Latino Coalition for a Health California, an advisory board member for Radio Bilingue and a steering committee member for California Convergence. Genoveva’s experience in public health spans over 18 years in both public and private sectors. (website: www.ccropp.org)
Mark Paredes, MPP is a Policy Analyst with Community Health Councils, a non-profit community-based health advocacy, policy and educational organization. The mission of CHC is to improve health and increase access to quality healthcare for uninsured, under-resourced and underserved population. Mark has been a policy analyst with Community Health Councils for over 4 years working on health care coverage issues with the Los Angeles Access to Health Coverage Coalition. He has also been involved with helping coordinate and arrange statewide advocacy campaigns around state budget and health care reform issues. (website: www.chc-inc.org)
Jennifer Rice is the Co-Director at Natural Resources Services. NRS is committed to improving the health of our communities and the watersheds that they depend on for California’s north coast. Jen has been involved with a variety of trails, active transportation, planning, outreach, and watershed projects at NRS for the last 12 years. Jen loves working with the NRS team and community partners to help divergent groups work together, provide places where everyone is encouraged to get around by their own means, and encourage community stewardship of natural resources. (website: http://www.naturalresourcesservices.org/)
Claudia G. Corchado is the Community Project Coordinator for the Central California Regional Obesity Prevention Program of Merced County. Livingston Medical Group is a non-profit community owned health center providing comprehensive primary and preventive medical services to all patients regardless of ability to pay. Claudia organizes local grassroots community members to create healthy policy and environmental changes that support safe places to play and easy access to healthy food. (website: http://livingstonmedical.org/)
John Chiang is the Controller and Chief Fiscal Officer of the State of California. His office provides sound fiscal control over more than $100 billion in annual receipts and disbursements of public funds, uses audits to uncover fraud and abuse, and helps administer the two largest public pension funds in the nation. John has sounded the alarm on the State’s long-term healthcare costs, and advocates prevention as a way to reduce those obligations. (website: http://www.sco.ca.gov/)
Co-Sponsors for the CA Mobilization Web Forum
California Center for Public Health Advocacy
California Pan Ethnic Health Network
California Convergence
California WIC Association
Human Impact Partners
Latino Coalition for a Healthy California
Latino Health Access
PolicyLink
Samuels and Associates
Resources
 Prevention Institute: |
The Economic Costs of Overweight, Obesity and Physical Inactivity Among California Adults – 2006.
Disparities Action Toolkit
Op-Ed from Kathleen Sebelius, Secretary of Health and Human Service: http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/content/article/2009/08/03/AR2009080302223.html
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