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Reimagining
Health
Through an Equity
Lens
Northern California GrantmakersBay Area Health Funders GroupHealth Equity: Achieving Quality Health For All PeopleApril 17, 2015George R. Flores MD, MPHSlide2
Who We
Are
2Largest statewide health foundation
in CA Mission is to expand access to affordable, quality health care for underserved individuals and communities, and to promote fundamental improvements in the health status of all Californians.10-year, $1 billion Building Healthy Communities (BHC) initiative to advance statewide policy, change the narrative, and transform 14 of California’s communities most devastated by health inequities into places where all people have an opportunity to thrive.How? Strategic grantmaking, campaigns, and partnershipsSlide3
The Program Structure
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Healthy California (Statewide)- Three basic teams: Prevention, Schools, and Neighborhoods.Healthy Communities (Local)- Initiative: Building Healthy Communities. 14 sites. Sub-Campaigns:
Health Happens Here Asegurate/Get Covered #HealthandJustice4All #Do the Math #Schools not Prisons #Raise the
WageJunk Drinks #Agua4All #SonsandBrothersSlide4
Our health largely depends on conditions where we live, learn, work and
play - and
not just on the medical treatment we
receive.Slide5
Inequitable Conditions Link to Poor OutcomesSlide6
Historical Narrative
POLICIES: Redlining, racially restrictive covenants, land ownership rights, Medicaid, Social Security, affordable housingPRACTICES: Racial segregation- inner cities, barrios, reservations,
ChinatownsPRESENT: Predatory lending, immigration , incarceration, school push out, gay marriageCommon Denominator: EXCLUSIONSlide7Slide8Slide9Slide10
“Simply put, in the absence of a
radical
shift towards prevention and public health, we will not be successful in containing medical costs or improving the health of the American people.” - President ObamaSlide11
Unprecedented Resources to Prevent Illness & Keep People Healthy
Expanded Insurance CoveragePrevention Services
Innovation ModelsHealth Equity ProvisionsHealth Workforce IncentivesHealth Homes
Better Care Lower Cost Better HealthEquitySlide12
Equity Improves the Bottom Line
Despite our wealth, the U.S. is unhealthier across the board than our peers.There is evidence that flattening the social gradient improves the health of all
. Transferring some of the medical care overspend to equitable social and infrastructure investments can both stabilize the nation’s fiscal health, and improve well-being.Focused upstream interventions (policy, system, and environmental changes)
offer promise.Slide13Slide14
Advancing Health Equity
Must explicitly address and understand how we got here. (What is the history?)
Must give voice to those most impacted by the inequitable conditions. Slide15
Collaboration for Change
Health Equity Priority
Bridge Care and Community
Health Impact AssessmentHealth in All Policies100% Coverage & AccessHealth HomesCommunity OutreachEmpowered PatientsBuild CapacityAdvocate
PartnershipsStewardshipYouth InvolvementIndividual Medical CarePublic HealthCommunity HealthSlide16
Family & CultureSlide17
Building Healthy Communities
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Del Norte and ATL
South Sacramento
RichmondEast OaklandSouthwest/East Merced CountyEast SalinasCentral/West FresnoSouth KernBoyle HeightsCentral Long BeachSouth Los AngelesCentral Santa AnaEastern Coachella ValleyCity HeightsSlide18
POWER
POLICY
COMMUNICATIONSSlide19
Transformative Policies
School Climate
School Wellness
Comprehensive SupportsFood Environment and Food SystemsLand-Use Planning and Anti-DisplacementCommunity and Economic DevelopmentEnvironmental Health and JusticeSystems that Restore and HealHealthy Youth OpportunitiesPublic HealthCoverage, Care and Community PreventionHealth Care ServicesSlide20Slide21Slide22
Big Wins at the Half-way Point
Cutting the numbers of uninsured Californians in half.Igniting a statewide policy debate about health coverage for undocumented Californians.Reducing
epidemic numbers of school suspensions by nearly a third.Catalyzing nationwide and statewide strategies on improving wellness in young men of color.Influencing regional planning with health and prevention approaches. Slide23
Community is the Cure, Health Equity the aim.
We all have a role. We all stand to gain.Slide24
Thank you!
George R. Flores MD, MPH
Program Manager, Healthy California
Email:
gflores@calendow.orgPhone: 510.271.4345Website:www.Calendow.org