Dear Colleagues: Here are two upcoming webinars that will be of great interest to many of you! The first can be accessed by clicking on the RSVP Today link in the upper left from the page that describes the forum, which builds on the book published by National Association of County and City Health Officials (NACCHO) called Expanding the Boundaries, Health Equity and Public Health Practice. The webinar is on Tuesday, January 8th and will focus on: • Why public health should focus on the underlying social inequalities that create health inequities; • The importance of creating an organizational culture that supports confronting those underlying causes; • Approaches to working with communities to integrate social equity issues into public health; and • Strategies for engaging agencies and organizations outside of the traditional public health sector in this work. Register here: dialogue4health.org/web-forums/detail/expanding-the-boundaries-health-equity-and-public-health-practice The second one is A Big Fat Crisis: Drivers of the Obesity Epidemic and What we can do about it on Tuesday, January 13th. This webinar focuses on policy and environmental change to address the obesity crisis. You can register here: eatsmartmovemoresc.org/event/a-big-fat-crisis-drivers-of-the-obesity-epidemic-what-to-do-about-it/ Wishing you all a very happy and healthy 2015! ------ Holly Mata & Mario Browne, co-Chairs SOPHE Health Equity CoP
Posted on: Mon, 05 Jan 2015 22:02:39 +0000