Applying a Health Lens to Decision Making in Non-Health Sectors Workshop Summary (2014) / Chapter Skim
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5 Working Across Sectors to Improve Health
5 Working Across Sectors to Improve Health
Pages 41-54
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Linda Rudolph, Co-Director of the Center for Climate Change and Health at the Public Health Institute, and Connie Mitchell, Chief of the Policy Unit in the Office of Health Equity at the California Department of Public Health, together described lessons learned from California's Health in All Policies Task Force. Following the presentations, an open discussion was moderated by Phyllis Meadows, Senior Fellow at The Kresge Foundation.
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The Bureau of Land Management was conducting an EIS to examine a proposal to open a vast tract of land near several Alaska Native Commu nities to oil and gas leasing. Historically, many people in these communities have been supportive of oil and gas development, and much of their $300 million annual local government budget is derived from oil and gas revenues.
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After Hurricane Katrina, energy prices spiked considerably, especially in the Northeast which was facing a very severe winter at the same time. The state legislature in Massachusetts was considering whether or not to increase funding to the Low-Income Housing Energy Assistance Program.
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He noted that many of the important changes that led to improved conditions for people in poverty stemmed from the civil rights, worker protection, and women's suffrage social movements, for example. CROSS-SECTOR COLLABORATION AT THE COMMUNITY LEVEL Kaiser Permanente is an integrated health care delivery system that includes 37 hospitals and covers 9 million members.
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The final example shared by Solomon is the Convergence Partnership, which is focused on improving food and physical activity environments in the community by promoting equity, making policy and systems changes to create the conditions for health, and fostering connections among people to work together more effectively for co-benefits. There have been several key successes, for example, the federal Healthy Food Financing Initiative (HFFI)
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The 19-member task force includes state agencies, offices, and departments under the auspices of the Strategic Growth Council. The task force regularly reports to the Strategic Growth Council and to the public, and seeks public input on documents and implementation plans.
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More than 1,200 initial recommendations were collected, which were reduced to 34 priority recommendations and 8 implementation plans that were approved by the Strategic Growth Council. Activities and Achievements Mitchell highlighted several major activities and achievements of the task force, including the creation of an interagency Farm to Fork Office and a Food Procurement Interagency Workgroup, and the incorporation of health considerations into the updated California General Plan Guidelines.
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. Rudolph stressed that, in addition to its many direct health impacts, climate change threatens the systems on which human life depends.
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As an example, she described a study by the California Department of Public Health demonstrating the potentially significant health benefits gained by shifting from driving cars to active transportation such as walking or biking, as well as significant reduction in greenhouse gases (Maizlish et al., 2013)
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citing California HiAP Task Force (2010)
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For example, the urban forestry program in California has benefitted from articulating the health perspective on the value of shade in the face of increased extreme heat associated with climate change, or the value of greenery in terms of the aesthetics and quality, and in the crime prevention aspects of urban forestry. Wernham reiterated that in Alaska, the Bureau of Land Management avoided costly and time-consuming litigation over land leasing through effective community and stakeholder engagement, and an HIA to address community concerns before the plan was implemented.
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Public health workers and their partners need to communicate more effectively that medical care is for making people less sick, while health is what happens to people the rest of the hours of the year. Rudolph agreed that there is not a movement for social equity and justice, and added that there is not a movement to address climate change.
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Solomon cited the role that Policy Link has played with the Convergence Partnership as an example of a successful convening organization. The Policy Link team understands enough of the depth in all of the different policy areas to have complete credibility with the various agencies they are working with, he said.
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He added that in the initiatives that Kaiser Permanente has been involved with, engaging the faith community has added a different voice to help express the hopes and aspirations of the community. Rudolph concurred and noted that the framework for a healthy community includes relationships among family members that are safe, respectful, and nurturing.
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