The 2016 Healthy People in Healthy Communities Conference, March 8 to 9, is a concerted effort to embark on innovative pathways for improving the population’s health, enhance overall well-being and foster greater equity in our society.
This year’s conference theme is “Building a Culture of Health. On March 9, the keynote address will be presented by LaMar Hasbrouck, MD, MPH, executive director, National Association of County and City Health Officials.
Presenters recently added include Philip Mangano, who served as the federal government’s “Homeless Czar” under the George W. Bush and Barack Obama administrations before establishing a nonprofit, the American Roundtable to Abolish Homelessness. Mangano will serve as plenary speaker on the opening day of the conference.
Also speaking on March 8 will be Anita Chandra, director of RAND justice, infrastructure and Environment. Chandra leads studies on civic well-being and urban planning; community resilience and long-term disaster recovery; effects of military deployment; health in all policies; and child and health and development.
For our region, Ken Yale, vice president of clinical solutions, ActiveHealth Management, will lead the hospital & health systems CEO roundtable which includes St. Bernardine, Arrowhead Regional and Desert Regional Medical Centers, Kaiser Permanente, Loma Linda Veteran’s Administration and Loma Linda University Health as they discuss how to provide our population with high-quality, affordable medical care while simultaneously addressing the broader set of health determinants.
Join us as we connect with the national shift toward building a culture of health in America and across our global communities.
Student admission is $99 per day or $149 for both days, and general admission is $249 per day or $349 for both days. The admission fee for each day includes special events held on that day, including the evening reception (March 8), a networking breakfast March 9, and a luncheon for School of Public Health alumni on March 9.
Up to 11 CE/CME units are available. Additionally, the Healthy People in Healthy Communities conference may be taken for one to three units of academic credit through Loma Linda University School of Public Health as class PHCJ 524.
To register, or for more information about the conference, workshops, poster sessions, or networking events, click here.