Commission to Build a Healthier America Field Hearing

Posted by on September 14, 2009

The Robert Wood Johnson Foundation Commission to Build a Healthier America Co-Chairs Mark McClellan and Alice M. Rivlin invite you to attend the Commission’s second field hearing, on October 2nd in Philadelphia. The public hearing will examine how community and neighborhood conditions can influence how long and well people live.

The Co-Chairs and the diverse group of Commissioners will hear from local and national experts about non-medical programs that aim to create healthier homes and communities by improving the built environment, creating safer neighborhoods and promoting nutrition and physical activity.

Launched in February, the 14-member Commission is investigating how factors outside the health care system – such as access to healthful foods and housing – shape and affect opportunities to lead healthy lives. In 2009, the Commission will recommend specific, feasible steps that foundations, corporations and governments at every level can take to improve health.

EVENT DETAILS

When:                       Thursday, October 2, 2008

Where:

Temple University
Mitten Hall
1913 North Broad Street
Philadelphia, PA 19122

Room:  Great Hall

RSVP Information: The Commission encourages all interested parties to attend and RSVP early as space is limited.

Individuals wishing to comment should check the box on the RSVP page indicating their interest in participating in the public comment period. Time is limited and requests will be recorded in the order in which they are received.

http://www.commissiononhealth.org/EventRSVP.aspx?event=53169

Can’t make it to the field hearing? The Commission would like to hear from you. Visit http://ideas.commissiononhealth.org to share policies and program of great promise with the Commission.

SCHEDULE

The field hearing will include a community poster session, an opening session, three witness panels, a public comment period and a community luncheon:

8:00 a.m.                   Community Poster Session
Highlighting promising community initiatives and local research activities

8:30 a.m.                   Welcome
Mark McClellan and Alice M. Rivlin, Commission Co-Chairs

8:40 a.m.                   Opening Remarks
Philadelphia Mayor Michael Nutter

Keynote Speaker
Howard Frumkin, Director, National Center for Environmental Health, Agency for Toxic Substances and Disease Registry (CDC)

9:30 a.m.                   Panel I – Promoting Healthy Nutrition
Moderated by Commissioner Sheila Burke
-The Food Trust
Yael Lehman, Executive Director

-The Reinvestment Fund
Jeremy Nowak, President and Chief Executive Officer

-Children’s Sentinel Nutrition Assessment Program
Mariana Chilton, Co-Prinicipal Investigator

-Grocery Manufacturers Association
Bob Earl, Vice President for Nutrition and Health Policy

10:20 a.m.                  Panel II – Creating Healthier Homes and Neighborhoods
Moderated by Commissioner Angela Blackwell

-Neighborhoods Now
Bev Coleman, Executive Director

-People’s Emergency Center
Gloria Guard, President

-Project H.O.M.E.
Renee Murdock, Vice President of Neighborhood Operations

-Medical Legal Partnerships for Children
Barry Zuckerman, Founding Director and Board Chair

11:10 a.m.                  Break

11:20 a.m.                  Panel III – Promoting Physical Activity and Safety
Moderated by Commissioner Hugh Panero

-Penn Praxis
Harris Steinberg, Executive Director

-Alliance for a Healthier Generation
Joan Brucha, Associate Director

-Philadelphia Collaborative Violence Prevention Center
Joel Fein, Director and Principal Investigator

-Philadelphia School District
Betty Ann Creighton, Director of Health, Safety and Physical Education

12:10 p.m.                  Community Luncheon

1:10 p.m.                    Public Comment Session
Moderated by Commission Staff Director David Williams

2:20 p.m.                    Comments from the Robert Wood Johnson Foundation
Risa Lavizzo-Mourey, Robert Wood Johnson Foundation President and CEO

2:30 p.m.                    Community Poster Session (continued)

3:00 p.m.                    Adjourn

Please note, complimentary food and beverages will be available.

For more information regarding the Philadelphia Field Hearing, please contact Danielle DeForge at (202) 609-6011 or via email at [email protected].

To learn more about the Commission, visit http://www.commissiononhealth.org.