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Getting the HiAP conversation started in rural California
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In Tulare County, the Public Health Department (PHD) supported the creation of the Board of Supervisors’ Health Advisory Committee with intersectoral representation, and providing the public with a new avenue to raise, discuss, and have county administrators act on issues impacting residents’ health. Additionally, the PHD has taken the approach of working with the Healthy for Life Coalition, a grouping of agency and partner representatives interested in advancing health policy in the county, particularly around improving nutrition and physical activity. Working with the coalition, the PHD has educated the members of the Health Advisory Committee on the Health in All Policies strategy, both from a conceptual and local implication points of view.
With multiple strategies attempted, lessons learned from these endeavors will be shared, including regional trainings, injecting health language into community plans, and adding health language to the county general plan.
Learning Areas:
Public health or related laws, regulations, standards, or guidelinesPublic health or related organizational policy, standards, or other guidelines
Public health or related public policy
Learning Objectives:
Identify three strategies that will help you start the conversation with local stakeholders, decision-makers, and policymakers on embedding health consideration into decision-making.
Identify three opportunities to overcome obstacles to implementing HiAP that are relevant for rural communities
Keyword(s): Policy/Policy Development, Public Health Policy
Qualified on the content I am responsible for because: For the last two years I have worked directly for the County Health Officer to create a process that embeds health considerations into decision-making by supporting the Tulare County Board of Supervisors' Health Advisory Committee, bringing in community partners through coalitions like Healthy for Life, and acting as program coordinator for the Community Transformation Grant in Tulare County, which focuses on policy, system, and environmental change goals.
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.