256567 State Health Agencies: Building the Capacity for Health Impact Assessments to Address Childhood Obesity

Tuesday, October 30, 2012

Julia Schneider, MPH , Prevention and Health Promotion, Association of State and Territorial Health Officials, Arlington, VA
In an effort to support childhood obesity prevention policies, the Association of State and Territorial Health Officials (ASTHO), with support from the RWJF's Leadership for Healthy Communities Program, is working with state health agencies to build capacity for health impact assessments. Presentations from the three state grantees (Arizona, Kentucky, and South Carolina) will highlight how they bolstered state and community leadership and collaborated with various sectors to raise health considerations in their decision-making process. The South Carolina Department of Health & Environmental Control, in partnership with The South Carolina Institute of Medicine and Public Health developed a network of interested stakeholders in a variety of sectors across the state to promote and utilize HIAs. The Kentucky Department for Public Health has used HIA project findings to provide input to the Kentucky State Chamber 2012 legislative health policy agenda. The Arizona Department of Health Services, in partnership with Maricopa County Department of Public Health has provided training opportunities to land use decision makers and 13 of Arizona's 15 counties on integration of HIA in public health work.

Learning Areas:
Public health or related education

Learning Objectives:
1.Discuss how the Association of State and Territorial Health Official is working with state health agencies to build capacity for implementing Health Impact Assessments in their state. 2.Demonstrate how state health agencies in Arizona, Kentucky, and South Carolina convened multi-sectoral teams to learn about the HIA process and to educate multiple stakeholders in their state about the role of health in policies and planning discussions. 3.Explain how Health Impact Assessments can be used to promote healthy eating and active living and be used in the design of healthy communities and healthy workplaces.

Presenting author's disclosure statement:

Qualified on the content I am responsible for because: Julia Schneider manages several cooperative agreements supported by CDC’s National Center for Chronic Disease Prevention and Health Promotion and also RWJF’s Leadership for Healthy Communities. Ms. Schneider oversees training and technical assistance to state health departments on chronic disease integration, school wellness, sodium reduction, tobacco control, stroke systems of care and health impact assessments. She collaborates with various stakeholders including ASTHO affiliate organizations, and a number of other organizations focused on 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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