National Partnerships for Action Free Webinar, Dec. 19th, 2013

Building Community Capacity to Use Index Data on Social Determinants to Support the Elimination of Health Disparities

Data is a valuable and necessary tool to help understand and address health disparities that affect many underserved communities in the United States.   Join the Office of Minority Health and the National Partnership for Action on Thursday, December 19, 2013 at 3:30 – 5:00 for a free webinar on practical strategies to quantify social determinants of health, assess community-based efforts to address health disparities, and use data to monitor success.   Click here to register.

Talking about Health in All Policies

Increasingly, communities throughout the United States are adopting a Health in All Policies framework as they pursue inter-sectoral, collaborative approaches to improving health by incorporating health considerations into decision-making across all policy areas. This work requires frequent communication with health and on-health partners, funders, and political leaders, many of whom are new to this approach.

Today, the Public Health Institute announces a comprehensive new tool to help all sectors strengthen their capacity to address health and equity: Health in All Policies: A Guide for State and Local Governments. The Guide was created by the Public Health Institute, the California Department of Public Health and the American Public Health Association in response to growing interest in using collaborative approaches to improve population health by embedding health considerations into decision-making processes across a broad array of sectors. The Guide draws heavily on the experiences of the California Health in All Policies Task Force and incorporates information from published and gray literature and interviews with people across the country.

In this Web Forum, Berkeley Media Studies Group will talk about how organizations can develop and refine their messages to support Health in All Policies and make the case for why Health in All Policies is essential to help protect physical and fiscal health, advance community engagement, and build relationships across government sectors.

Berkeley Media Studies Group has expertise in working with community groups, journalists and public health professionals to use the power of the media to advance healthy public policy.

On this Web Forum, the Berkeley Media Studies Group will discuss how to:

• Identify the key components of developing an effective message;
• Shift your communications lens from individuals to the social determinants of health; and
• Develop answers to difficult questions about Health in All Policies. 
  Web Forum

  Wednesday, October 2, 2013 | 11:00 AM to 12:15 PM Pacific

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Webcast! Social Determinants of Health: Important Considerations for Medically Underserved Community Health Center Patients

Social Determinants of Health: Important Considerations for Medically Underserved Community Health Center Patients

A live webcast brought to you by: Clinical Directors Network (CDN) Center of Excellence for Primary Care Practice-Based Research and Learning Virtual Training Series  N2 PBRN A Network of Networks Funded by: Featured Practice Based Research Network (PBRN): Association of Asian Pacific Community Health Organizations (AAPCHO) Presented by: Ninez Ponce, PhD Associate Professor, UCLA School of Public Health Department of Health Services   Thu Quach, PhD Director of Research, Asian Health Services   Todd Gilmer, PhD Associate Professor, Department of Family and Preventive Medicine University of California, San Diego     Social determinants of health (SDOHs) are a wide array of social and economic factors, such as income inequality and unemployment, which have a tremendous impact on health outcomes. This webinar presentation will provide an overview of SDOH and the role of SDOH in health care. The presenters will also share and discuss the experience and preliminary findings from studying SDOH at Asian Health Services, a federally qualified community health center. Finally, presenters will demonstrate the use of CHC data within a software program that uses SDOH to adjust for patient risk. Friday, March 8, 2013 3:00-4:00 PM EST

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Health Equity Making the Economic Case for Health Equity: State and Tribal Solutions Webinar.

Health equity is an economic issue as well as a social justice issue. Significant inequities and disparities exist between different racial/ethnic groups, socioeconomic classes, geographical location, and in social determinants of health such as poverty, education, inadequate housing, and unsafe working conditions. The burden of health inequities constitutes a huge financial and social cost to our nation in terms of the quantity and quality of life. Join ASTHO's webinar on June 22, 2012 for a thoughtful discussion on this topic.
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New grant opportunity for health equity work

I wanted to call your attention to an exciting new community grant opportunity from the Robert Wood Johnson Foundation (RWJF) that focuses on addressing social and economic factors that affect health and contribute to health disparities. The Foundation plans to award about 14 grants of up to $200,000 each to established coalitions of community stakeholders for work to enhance education, income and jobs, community safety, or social and family supports. The work must focus on changing policies or systems in counties, regions or states. It must be framed around the County Health Rankings, which provide data on how each county in the nation fares on key health statistics. The initial deadline for grant applications is April 27, when a brief proposal is due. There is a requirement for a local match of the funds. You can find more information about the Mobilizing Action Toward Community Health (MATCH) grant on the RWJF website.

The U.S. Department of Health and Human Services

The U.S. Department of Health and Human Services on Friday, April 8, 2011 will unveil its roadmap for reducing health and health care disparities, a comprehensive effort to address differences in health for racial, ethnic, and other underserved communities.

The HHS Action Plan to Reduce Racial and Ethnic Health Disparities and the National Stakeholder Strategy for Achieving Health Equity are complementary plans intended to guide public and private sector efforts to provide every American with the opportunity to reach their full potential. More information will be available shortly. For more information email info@minorityhealth.hhs.gov or call 1-800-444-6472.

$2.5 Million Federal Grant Awarded!

A five-year, $2.5 million federal grant will create a statewide public health training center led by the Eastern Virginia Medical School / Old Dominion University Graduate Program in Public Health.

The grant from the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services Health Resources and Services Administration will fund the Commonwealth Public Health Training Center. It's a partnership of the state's graduate programs in public health, the state health department, the Virginia Public Health Association and family medicine residency programs.

The new center will train Virginia Department of Health employees, educate family-medicine residents about public health issues, strengthen the pipeline for the future public-health workforce and host statewide training events.

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The Social Mission of Medical Education: Ranking the Schools

Medical Schools in the United States serve many functions, but one of their most basic purposes is to educate physicians to care for the national population.

64,043 active practicing physicians who attended medical school between 1999 and 2001, found substantial variation in the success of individual U.S. Medical Schools in recruiting and educating students to address the social mission of medical education, defined as graduating physicians who practice primary care and work in underseved areas and recruiting and graduating young physicians who are underrepresented minorities.

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Get Involved, Review Tools for NACCHO: This Week in the Local Health Department National Coalition for Health Equity

This week Coalition members have an opportunity to help their fellow health officials, Coalition members, and other public health professionals. You are invited to review the contents of NACCHO’s Health Equity and Social Justice Toolkit, part of the NACCHO Toolbox-- a free, online collection of local public health tools produced by members of the public health community. Tools within the Toolbox are materials and resources public health professionals and other external stakeholders can use to inform and improve their work in the promotion and advancement of public health objectives.

The Health Equity and Social Justice Toolkit is intended to help local health departments explore and tackle the root causes of inequities in the distribution of disease, illness, and death. It covers subjects ranging from social justice theory to public health practice, and includes journal articles, video clips, reports, PowerPoint presentations, book references, action guides, web sites, and more.

The goal of a reviewer is to ensure the quality of tools included in NACCHO’s Toolbox. As subject matter experts and thought leaders in the field, you are our ideal tool reviewers. If you would like to participate in this project please contact Ashley Bowen abowen@naccho.org, (202) 507-4282). Included below is a list of the tools currently in need of at least one reviewer, please indicate any preferences you may have.Thank you for volunteering your time and expertise to this project. Peer review is essential to the success of NACCHO’s Toolbox. We rely on you, our public health leaders, to help us curate this collection of tools.

For more information contact:

Ashley Bowen, MA Health Equity and Social Justice AssociateNational Association of County and City Health Officials (NACCHO)1100 17th St NW, Seventh FloorWashington, DC 20036 (202) 507-4282 (direct)(202) 783-5550 (main) abowen@naccho.org NACCHO's Bookshelf includes popular (and fun) public health-related titles!

Social Determinants Model: Health Equity

United Way of the Columbia-Willamette hosted a talk by Dr. Adewale Troutman, best known for his research work on healrth equity and racial disparities in October 2009. Dr. Troutman focused on the importance of focusing on social determinants of health to narrow the gaps between helth outcomes among racial/ethnic groups.