Advancing Policies that Create Conditions for Good Health

Trust for America’s health hosts a national webinar on the recently released report,  Advancing Policies that Create Conditions for Good Health: Opportunities, Barriers, and Strategies, a report of TFAH’s Promoting Health and Cost Control in States (PHACCS) initiative.

How can we advance the public’s health in an era of diminished federal and state public health infrastructure and funding? The report shares strategies and trends about how states are addressing policies beyond traditional public health infrastructure that promote residents’ health and create return on investment. The webinar will highlight perspectives from national, government, and advocacy partners about the federal and state implications of policies that can help improve community health. As the current policy environment shifts responsibility to address non-medical drivers of health from federal to state governments, states will need to embrace new strategies, collaborate across sectors, and act creatively to continue advancing policies that support residents’ health.

Please join us as we discuss how states have and can continue to advance health promoting policies in a variety of policy environments, ensuring that improvements are experienced in all communities amid a weakened public health infrastructure. The webinar will include time for Q&A from the audience.

Panelists

• Breanca Merritt, Ph.D
  Breanca Merritt is TFAH’s Director of Policy. In that role she leads a portfolio of policy initiatives, convenings, and partnerships designed to develop and support health promoting programs and policies and advance TFAH’s policy goals.
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• Francis Torres
  Francis Torres is the Associate Director for Housing and Infrastructure at the Bipartisan Policy Center, where he leads research and technical assistance on homelessness, the Low-Income Housing Tax Credit, and other aspects of federal housing policy.
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