254012 California's Health in All Policies Task Force Report to the Strategic Growth Council

Monday, October 31, 2011: 8:55 AM

Linda Rudolph, MD, MPH , California Department of Public Health, Center for Chronic Disease Prevention and Health Promotion, Sacramento, NY
     
California's interagency Health in All Policies Task Force has developed and begun implementation of recommendations to health healthier and more sustainable California communities through state agency actions. The presentation will highlight the process used to develop the Task Force's recommendations, the advantages and disadvantages of the Task Force's dual charge to improve health and advance sustainability, the important role of non-governmental partners, and the challenges and opportunities presented by a large, interagency health in all policies effort.

Learning Areas:
Public health or related public policy

Learning Objectives:
Describe how improvements in health and wellness can be achieved and sustained through policy and systems change such as those included in California’s Health in All Policies Task Force Report to the Strategic Growth Council. List the unique advantages/facilitators and drawbacks/barriers experienced in implementing a health in all policies approach for the state of California.

Presenting author's disclosure statement:

Qualified on the content I am responsible for because: I have served as chair of the California's Health in All Policies (HiAP) Task Force since its inception in 2010 and lead a team of public health professionals who facilitate the HiAP Task Force. The HiAP Task Force is one of many programs I oversee related to chronic disease prevention.
Any relevant financial relationships? No

I agree to comply with the American Public Health Association Conflict of Interest and Commercial Support Guidelines, and to disclose to the participants any off-label or experimental uses of a commercial product or service discussed in my presentation.

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