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Examples of Partner Activities
National Association of County and City Health Officials (NACCHO)
Under the guidance of NACCHO, 100 city and county public health departments will convene local elected officials, the health community, community-based organizations and other stakeholders in “Town Hall meetings” that will use the series to draw local attention to health disparities, win buy-in for upstream interventions and spotlight local health equity initiatives. This effort will be launched at their annual convention in July 2007 which will highlight a town-hall meeting in Columbus, OH. NACCHO is also developing an internal training for health departments structured around the series with a target of 1000 departments.
Joint Center Health Policy Institute (HPI)
HPI is building an ambitious “Fair Health” movement around seven initiatives. Unnatural Causes is a key part of their trainings and organizing. Their Place Matters initiative, for example, brings together in a “design lab” officials from 149 county governments with significant populations of color to develop new interventions that can improve health outcomes. They will use the series to win buy-in and support for their initiatives with other public officials, stakeholder organizations and the general public.
American Public Health Association (APHA)
APHA will be instrumental in launching the series to the public health community who are hungry for this tool. The effort was kicked off at the Fall 2006 annual meeting where attendees learned about and signed on to the Public Impact Campaign. For the Fall 2007 Washington, DC annual meeting, APHA is planning a special plenary or evening screening and forum to build a national dialog on paths towards health equity. APHA government relations staff will also—in collaboration with other organizations—organize a week of health equity screenings and forums on Capitol Hill, including a Congressional briefing tour just prior to broadcast.
Under the guidance of NACCHO, 100 city and county public health departments will convene local elected officials, the health community, community-based organizations and other stakeholders in “Town Hall meetings” that will use the series to draw local attention to health disparities, win buy-in for upstream interventions and spotlight local health equity initiatives. This effort will be launched at their annual convention in July 2007 which will highlight a town-hall meeting in Columbus, OH. NACCHO is also developing an internal training for health departments structured around the series with a target of 1000 departments.
Joint Center Health Policy Institute (HPI)
HPI is building an ambitious “Fair Health” movement around seven initiatives. Unnatural Causes is a key part of their trainings and organizing. Their Place Matters initiative, for example, brings together in a “design lab” officials from 149 county governments with significant populations of color to develop new interventions that can improve health outcomes. They will use the series to win buy-in and support for their initiatives with other public officials, stakeholder organizations and the general public.
American Public Health Association (APHA)
APHA will be instrumental in launching the series to the public health community who are hungry for this tool. The effort was kicked off at the Fall 2006 annual meeting where attendees learned about and signed on to the Public Impact Campaign. For the Fall 2007 Washington, DC annual meeting, APHA is planning a special plenary or evening screening and forum to build a national dialog on paths towards health equity. APHA government relations staff will also—in collaboration with other organizations—organize a week of health equity screenings and forums on Capitol Hill, including a Congressional briefing tour just prior to broadcast.