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5 Closing Remarks and Reflections on the Day
Pages 69-74

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... Isham also suggested that the tax incentives discussed by Higgins (see Chapter 4) have much broader applications for funding population health improvement policies and initiatives beyond early childhood.
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... For example, the community benefit activities conducted by nonprofit hospitals are already exploring population health and thinking about upstream activities needed. • Communities can define the solutions.
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... For example, he noted the difference between having an equity conversation and an opportunity conversation with decision makers. Philip Alberti of the Association of American Medical Colleges suggested that a real focus on community engagement and partnership has been missing from the conversation.
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... Fostering Cross-Sector Dialogue Higgins added a question to Meadows's generative list, asking, What if the health care industry took the leadership, and invited the early childhood community to come in and address it as subject-matter experts? If the health care community endorsed early care and education and its importance to public health and population health, it could totally change the dialogue, she said.
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... Specific Vulnerable Populations Pamela Russo said that there is still a considerable need to address lead exposure in children, and she suggested incorporating this into partnerships between public health and early childhood. Chang also raised the issue of those children in family child care, who are among the most vulnerable children.
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