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Meeting 1: Public Health Strategies

When:
Tuesday, November 03, 2009 (8:00 AM)
Where:
National Academy of Sciences Building • 2101 Constitution Avenue, NW, Washington, DC 20006 Map

Topic(s):
Public Health
Activity:
Public Health Strategies to Improve Health
Board(s):
Board on Population Health and Public Health Practice

Agenda

8:00 – 8:10 am

Welcome and Introductions
Marthe Gold
IOM Committee Chair

 

8:10 – 8:30 am  

 

The charge to the committee
James S. Marks
Senior Vice President, Robert Wood Johnson Foundation

 

8:30 – 8:45 am

Committee questions and discussion

 

8:45 – 9:00 am

 

Public health, prevention, and health care reform
Georges Benjamin
Executive Director, American Public Health Association

9:00 – 9:15 am

Committee questions and discussion  

 

9:15– 9:45 am

 

Funding for state public health agencies: status and impact
Paul Jarris
Executive Director, Association of State and Territorial Health Officials
Jeffrey Engel
State Health Director, North Carolina

 

9:45 – 10:00 am

 

The perspective of state governments
Joyal Mulheron
Program Director, Public Health, Health Division, National Governors Association

10:00 – 10:30 am

Committee questions and discussion  

 

10:30 – 10:40 am

 

Break  

 

10:40 – 11:00 am

 

Public health perspective on implementing health care reform
Karen Hendricks
Director of Policy Development, Trust for America’s Health

11:00 – 11:10 am

Committee questions and discussion

 

11:10 – 11:30 am

 

The Prevention for a Healthier America Report
Ruth Finkelstein
Vice President for Health Policy, New York Academy of Medicine

 

11:30 – 11:40 am

Committee questions and discussion

 

11:40 am - 12:10 pm

 

 

Funding for local public health agencies: status and impact
David Fleming
Director and Health Officer, Seattle & King County
Robert Pestronk
Executive Director, National Association of County and City Health Officials

 

12:10 – 12:30 pm

 

Committee questions and discussion

 

12:30 pm

 

Concluding comments and adjourn

 


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