Communicating to Advance the Public's Health Workshop Summary (2015) / Chapter Skim
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Under Part D of the Ryan White Act, the federal government partnered with the private sector to create social support networks for people with HIV/AIDS. The program was successful, Manganiello said, 59
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The Manhattan Plaza High Rise apartment complex, which provides federally subsidized housing for people in the performing arts, has partnered with community organizations -- including the Actor's Fund of America, the Manhattan Community Board Number Four, the Manhattan Plaza Rodney Kirk Center, and the Senior's Community Survey Project -- to provide support services such as transportation, caregiving, and nutrition assistance to elderly residents. These services have enabled residents, 46 percent of whom are over 60, to age in place and to avoid preventable hospitalizations and nursing home admissions.
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The key takeaway from the workshop, said José Montero of the New Hampshire Division of Public Health Services, was that roundtable members need to make important decisions about the population health message, desired behavior changes, and the target audience. Roundtable members know how to communicate effectively with national and state policy makers and should find ways to stimulate discussions of population health without actually mentioning the term.
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In the first executive order of his presidency, President Obama authorized federal funding for embryonic stem cell research. James Knickman of the New York State Health Foundation likewise noted that many of the workshop discussions had focused on macrolevel strategies to advance population health when, in fact, micro-level approaches may be more appropriate.
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Manganiello has worked with the organization on policies related to student loan reform and college graduation rates. Creating an Environment Conducive to Making Healthy Choices Two additional questions for the roundtable to consider, said workshop participant Brooks Ballard of the Michael & Susan Dell Center for Health Living at the University of Texas, School of Public Health, are how to create an environment in which the healthy choice is the easy choice
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He suggested that the National Diabetes Prevention program -- a public– private partnership that has implemented local, evidence-based lifestyle change programs for people at high risk for type 2 diabetes -- may be a useful model for future population health initiatives. Finding the Right Language to Generate Bipartisan Support Finding the right language to convey population health messages is difficult, said Marthe Gold of the New York Academy of Medicine and the City College of New York, because communication about social determinants is associated with a specific political agenda.
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Workshop presenters could be important allies in the next step of the process, Isham said.
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