Three interesting articles and the Nevada Healthy Communities Agenda
Aimee Chitayat
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Las Vegas Conference:
Subject: Healthy Communities Conference: Las Vegas | Thursday, January 19, 2012 | Watch LIVE!
Watch LIVE as community development and public health experts present at Healthy Communities: Building Systems to Integrate Community Development and Health, an all-day convening co-sponsored by the the Robert Wood Johnson Foundation, United Way of Southern Nevada, The Lincy Institute at UNLV, Nevada Bankers' Collaborative, and the Federal Reserve Bank of San Francisco.
As the connections between health and community development become increasingly apparent, foundations, health institutions, government, community development organizations, private sector lenders and others have been experimenting with new ways to collaborate and leverage resources. This conference will highlight promising new models of cross-sector collaboration, explore new and innovative funding streams, and establish a blueprint for bringing it all together in Las Vegas.
To watch the conference live online, view speaker biographies, and learn more about the Healthy Communities Initiative please visit:
http://www.frbsf.org/cdinvestments/conferences/healthy-communities/2012-las-vegas-nv/
AGENDA (all times PST)
Registration and Continental Breakfast
8:30 – 9:00am
Welcome and Opening Remarks
9:00 – 9:30am
David Erickson
Center for Community Development Investments
Federal Reserve Bank of San Francisco
Morning Keynote
9:30 – 10:15am
David Williams
Professor and Robert Wood Johnson Senior Fellow in Residence
Harvard University
Morning Break
10:15 – 10:45am
Working Together: Regional Models, Lessons, and Strategies for Scale
10:45am – 12:00pm
Maureen Schafer-Peckman (moderator)
Chief Emerging Business Officer
Cleveland Clinic Nevada
India Pierce Lee
Program Director, Neighborhoods, Housing, and Community Development
Cleveland Foundation
Jeff Edmondson
Managing Director
Strive Network
Mariano Diaz
Western Regional Vice President
LISC Sustainable Communities Initiative
Lunch Keynote
12:00 – 1:15pm
Deborah Williams (introduction)
Manager, Office of Chronic Disease Prevention and Health Promotion
Southern Nevada Health District
Robin Hacke
Director of Capital Formation
Living Cities
What’s Happening in Las Vegas Now?
1:15 – 2:15pm
Lisa Morris Hibbler (moderator)
Deputy Director, Parks, Recreation and Neighborhood Services Department
City of Las Vegas
Denise Tanata Ashby
Senior Scholar
The Lincy Institute, UNLV
Cass Palmer
President and CEO
United Way of Southern Nevada
Dr. Lawrence Sands
Chief Health Officer
Southern Nevada Health District
Afternoon Break
2:15 – 2:45pm
Financing Healthy Communities
2:45 – 3:45pm
Gian Brosco (moderator)
President
Nevada Community Foundation
Cyndy Gustafson
Principal
Strategic Progress
Holly Lyman
Director, Women’s Care Center
Catholic Healthcare West
Tracy Ericson
Vice President, Community Lending and Investment
Wells Fargo Bank
Bring It All Together in Las Vegas: A Facilitated Conversation
3:45 – 4:30pm
Lisa Richter (facilitator)
Principal
GPS Capital Partners
Closing and Next Steps
4:30 – 4:45pm
Joselyn Cousins
Vice President, Community Development
United Way of Southern Nevada
Article:
Which Disparities Interventions Work?
How Can Efforts to Reduce Racial and Ethnic Disparities in Care Succeed?
In 2005, the Robert Wood Johnson Foundation launched Finding Answers: Disparities Research for Change, a national program focused on discovering and evaluating interventions that can reduce racial and ethnic disparities in health care. In 33 sites across the country, Finding Answers researchers focus on reducing disparities in care for cardiovascular disease, diabetes, and depression: diseases where the evidence of disparities in care is strong and the recommended standards of care are clear.
By testing intervention strategies in a variety of settings, Finding Answers is gaining a better understanding of which strategies work best and how to implement them. An update on the Finding Answers program and its 33 funded projects is now available. Hear from the researchers and find out more about solutions that will help reduce health care disparities.
Article:
Why Economic Policy is Health Policy
RWJF’s Risa Lavizzo-Mourey and the Opportunity Finance Network’s Mark Pinsky Author The Health Care Blog Post On Why Job Creation Will Spur the Economy and Improve Health.
Having a good job means more than a steady income and health insurance. It also means access to safer homes and neighborhoods, healthier foods, and more time for physical activity.
In a post on The Health Care Blog, Risa Lavizzo-Mourey, MD, MBA, president and CEO of the Robert Wood Johnson Foundation and Mark Pinsky, president and CEO of the Opportunity Finance Network, the national network for Community Development Financial Institutions, examine how programs to spur economic growth and job creation can also impact health. Their article highlights specific examples of collaboration between the health and community development sectors aimed at job creation, improved health and enhanced economic vitality. Read the blog post and the companion interview with Mark Pinsky on NewPublicHealth to learn more.
Aimee Chitayat, Program Director
Insight Center for Community Economic Development (formerly NEDLC)
2201 Broadway, Suite 815
Oakland, CA 94612
Phone: 510-251-2600 x133
Visit our website: www.insightcced.org
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