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Federal Reserve and the Healthy Communities Initiative: What Have We Learned So Far?

142nd APHA Annual Meeting and Exposition (November 15 - November 19, 2014): http://www.apha.org/events-and-meetings/annual
Monday, November 17, 2014 : 8:50 AM - 9:00 AM

David Erickson, PhD , Federal Reserve Bank of San Francisco, San Francisco, CA
Audio (mp3) recording Recorded Presentation (mp4)
The Federal Reserve and the Robert Wood Johnson Foundation created the Healthy Communities Initiative to enrich the debate on how cross-sector and place-based approaches to revitalize low-income communities might both revitalize neighborhoods and improve health. The idea is simple: those who work on making low-income communities function better (by building high-quality affordable housing, financing small businesses, and creating community assets such as charter schools, clinics, or daycare centers) should work closely with the health sector to coordinate those community-improving efforts in a way that promotes better health outcomes over the life course. The initiative encourages stronger linkages between the two sectors to move them forward towards a healthier future.

Learning Areas:

Other professions or practice related to public health
Public health or related public policy

Learning Objectives:
Identify key findings and lessons learned from the Healthy Communities Initiative to date. Discuss how these findings and lessons will inform future engagement of the Fed and community development sector in population health initiatives.

Presenting author's disclosure statement:

Qualified on the content I am responsible for because: I am a senior researcher at the Federal Reserve looking at public polices and approaches to reduce poverty in the United States in ways that involve finance and the banking industry. I also have been a leader in the Federal Reserve-RWJ Foundation Healthy Communities Initiative bringing together community development and health practitioners at over 15 meetings across the country since 2010.
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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