Bechara Choucair, MD Commissioner Chicago Department of Public Health @ChiPublicHealth #HealthyChicago Policy, Systems, Environmental Change & Technology in Chicago August 8, 2013 Chicago Department of Public Health Commissioner Bechara Choucair, M.D. City of Chicago Mayor Rahm Emanuel
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Healthy Chicago: Driving Innovation in Health at the Colorado Health Symposium 2013
Commissioner Choucair presents Healthy Chicago at the Colorado Health Symposium - Start Your Engines: Driving Innovation in Health.
The words "levers" and "drivers" are frequently used these days to describe strategies to achieve change in health and healthcare. Often in approaching solutions to complex problems, the hardest step is choosing which lever to pull first.
Presenters share the levers they focused on to drive innovation and change. From disruptive technologies enabling better results in the healthcare delivery system, to policy and practice shifts aimed at achieving individual and community wellbeing– they provide an inspiring and thought-provoking glimpse of what our health future could look like.
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Bechara Choucair, MDCommissioner
Chicago Department of Public Health
@ChiPublicHealth #HealthyChicago
Policy, Systems, Environmental Change & Technology in Chicago
August 8, 2013
Chicago Department of Public HealthCommissioner Bechara Choucair, M.D.
City of ChicagoMayor Rahm Emanuel
PRESENTATION OUTLINE
1. What Influences Public Health? Policy, Systems & Environmental Change (PSE)
2. Healthy Chicago Public Health Agenda
3. PSE Successes: Tobacco, Maternal and Child Health, Obesity, and Adolescent Health
4. Advancing Healthy Chicago Through Technology
FACTORS INFLUENCING HEALTH
McGinnis et al. The Case for More Policy Attention to Health Promotion. Health Affairs, Vol. 21 (2)
•Released in January 2013•Includes six community- based planning strategies to support healthy eating
OBESITY PREVENTION
A Recipe for Healthy Places: Strategies
1. BUILD HEALTHIER NEIGHBORHOODS: Focus planning and programs in communities with an elevated risk for obesity-related diseases
2. GROW FOOD: Create systems of productive landscapes
3. EXPAND HEALTHY FOOD ENTERPRISES: Support businesses and social enterprises that produce and distribute healthy food
4. STRENGTHEN THE FOOD SAFETY NET: Ensure that residents can eat well regardless of income
5. SERVE HEALTHY FOOD AND BEVERAGES: Change the culture of eating at work meetings, festivals, sports gatherings, community activities and places of worship
6. IMPROVE EATING HABITS: Help people discover appealing, nutritious foods
Check out the food plan - www.cityofchicago.org/hed