Health Equity Summit
WORKSHOP IS FULL!!
Community Discussion: Impacting Root Causes of Health Inequities Through Prevention
Friday, March 28, 2008
10:00 AM - 3:30 PM
The Tacoma-Pierce County Health Department's Prevention Priorities Program along with community partners will be hosting a community discussion on Health Equity and Social Justice March 28th 2008 10:00 am – 3:30 pm at the University of Washington, Tacoma campus Carwein Auditorium. The program includes a showing of a new PBS series Unnatural Causes: Is Inequality Making us Sick? "In Sickness and In Wealth."
The summit is built around the National Association of County & City Health Officials (NACCHO) Health Equity Campaign: A Dialogue to Action a national effort to stimulate debate and bring about a change to eliminate health inequities.
Because the root causes of health inequities lay across many sectors-health care, affordable housing, urban planning, labor, transportation, economics, education, etc. the strength of any change lies in the ability to
- Bring people together to advance dialogue within and across sectors,
- Discuss actions, initiatives or policies that promote health equity, and
- Identify specific ways people can engage to make effective change
Program
No cost to participate. Space is limited
Lunch & Light Refreshments Provided
9:40 am… Check In - ALL
10:00 am… Welcome - TPCHD
10:05 am… Showing of PBS series Unnatural Causes: Is Inequality Making Us Sick?"
11:00 am… Speaker - Linking Health Equity to Local Issues - Betty Mewborn, Founder of Sisters of Hope Cancer Support Group
11:15 am…Honored Guest Speaker - Sen. Rosa Franklin Development of Legislation for Governors Interagency Council on Health Disparities
11:30 am… Working Lunch (Lunch Provided) Panel Sessions/ Work Groups*
2:20 pm… Summarize Multi-Jurisdictional Roles and Responsibilities (Facilitators) and Final Panel Discussion+
2:45 pm… Honored Guest Speaker - Dr. M. Hayes (State of Washington Health Officer)- Fundamentals of Health Equity
3:00 pm… Honored Guest Speaker - Gov. C. Gregoire (Invited) - Call to Action
3:15 pm… Next Steps and Close of Event
For an Event Flyer with list of Panel leaders click here.
Location
University of Washington – Tacoma
1900 Commerce Street Tacoma, WA 98402-3100
Carwein-Keystone Auditorium
The workshop is full at this time and we are not accepting any more registrations. For more information call Amy Bates at 253 798-6114 or email her at HealthEquity@tpchd.org.
Last Updated: Apr 14, 2009 10:42 AM