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California Health Strategies Collaborative Web Based Tools for Cooperation. Public Health in the Age of Blog. VISION- California Health Strategies Collaborative will improve the health Californians by :.
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California Health Strategies CollaborativeWeb Based Tools for Cooperation Public Health in the Age of Blog
VISION- California Health Strategies Collaborative will improve the health Californians by: • Create annual forum (Summit) to assess current policies and develop new strategies to help improve the health of Californians • Foster creation of transformative vision & action plan with CBO, Healthcare, PH and financing partners • Facilitate cross-sectoral understanding to produce productive partnerships • Focus on critical area that cuts across sectors- nutrition/physical activity/obesity
CHSC GOAL: Improve health of Californians • Test effectiveness of efforts in play and inform the evolution of new strategies • Develop baseline metrics • Ca DPH - Healthy People 2010 objectives 1984-2006 • Report released 4/08 – 22 yrs of data – There are two major objectives related to obesity and 8 subcategories. • Nutrition and Overweight - Health People Objective 19 • 19.1 Percent of Adults 20 and Older Who Are at a Healthy Weight • 19.2 Percent of Adults 20 and Older Who Are Obese • 19.18 Percent of Adults Who Report Not Experiencing Food Insecurity in the Past Year • 19. Percent Trying to lose weight • 19. Percent Trying to maintain weight • Physical Activity and Fitness - Health People Objective 22 • 22.1 Percent of Adults Who Engage in No Leisure Time Activities • 22.2 Percent of Adults Who Engage in Moderate Exercise 5 or More Days a Week, For 30 or More Minutes • 22.3 Percent of Adults Who Engage in Vigorous Exercise 20 or More Minutes 3 or More Times a Week
Develop baseline metrics • BARHII - Health Inequities in the Bay Area • Report released 4/08 – a contextual report on regional & ethnic health disparities • Federal - Healthy People 2020 process • 467 objectives in 28 focus areas
Develop baseline metrics • CHSC will link best practices and health status data to policy development
The collaborators (history) • Public health partners • CBO’s & ethnic community health organizations • Health Care partners • Funding partners BUT • Limited to usual partners
Challenges faced • Silo-thinking, language, conceptual frameworks • Limited representation beyond usual players • Limited view of what sectors should be engaged • No mechanism to engage “Never-players” • Time, distance, coordination, cost
Timely Convergence • CHSS (now CHSC) work begun in 2005 with first Summit held in 2007 • Burden of Chronic Disease Map developed in 2007
Timely Convergence • CHSS (now CHSC) work begun in 2005 with first Summit held in 2007 • Burden of Chronic Disease Map developed in 2007 • Convergence Project and California Convergence provides complementary activities • Natural connection with emergence of Web 2.0 Tools for Cooperation in Public Health
Web Design - Phase 1 • Primary Portal • Web-page with access points for multiple projects • Web conference function • Major activities • Web forum • Model Practices & Policy development • Partner Links and Portals
Web conference format • 1.5 hr program • Content • Reactor - provocateur/news professionals • Participation - open forum • Downloadable for non-live participation • Threaded discussion via moderated blog • Policy-Wiki culled from web forum, blogged comments
Web Forum Topics - partial • “Trains, Tractors and Trucks – How Federal Farm and Transportation bills impact Health” • Opportunities for health policy work • Climate Change • Follow-up to successful statewide Public health assn meeting theme • Responding to crisis: Partnering for survival • Interface between medical care system, public health & community • Hospital Community Benefits • Partnering with Industry • EHR, Quality and Population Health
Multiple uses for Web Based Conference Center • Resource to PHI Projects • Portals for Partner organizations • NNPHI • Collaborator workspace • Promote portals to Collaborator Tools • Prevention Institute - ENACT toolkit • National convenings
Web Design - Phase 2 • Calendar • Workspace for Breakout-group work • Interactive trainings • Personal Web page
What will public health in the age of blog look like in 10-15 years? • The text is not written but we know that it will not be defined by public health professionals alone, it will be part of a participatory process involving many more sectors at the local, state, Federal, and international levels.