A Vision to Transform Health and Social Equity in CA and the US:
PPH Mission & Theory of Change
Strong community resident leadership and a robust network of local collaborative can generate the “tipping capacity” to create health and social equity in California and elsewhere in the U.S.
© 2010
Youth throughout California have become vocal advocates for health equity, food justice, safer communities, and healthier food and physical activity environments. Read about some of these inspiring youth leaders.
©2010
This case study of the California Convergence one year after its first major conference describes Convergence’s vision, and presents early lessons on this movement-building effort.
©2009
When local residents get involved in policy and systems change to create healthier food and physical activity environments, communities begin to truly reflect the vision, needs, and possibilities of the people who live there. This brief offers lessons for effectively engaging and including community residents, from the HEAC and CCROPP programs.
©2009
The Partnership for the Public’s Health Initiative pioneered efforts to build partnerships between communities and public health agencies in California, to improve the environments for community health. This final report presents the key elements of this groundbreaking initiative, how it was implemented, and key learnings about the potential and impact of this approach.
©2007
This independent evaluation of the PPH Initiative, conducted four years after its conclusion, focuses on sites that successfully sustained elements of their PPH collaboration. It identifies best practices for sustainability of a community partnership approach to public health.
©2009
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These case studies were prepared as background for a conference, Chronic Disease Prevention in Local Health Departments: The Challenge of the 21st Century, co-sponsored by the California Conference of Local Health Officers (CCLHO ) and the County Health Executives Association of California (CHEAC). They look at the strategies adopted by seven local health departments working to address chronic disease effectively, in an era in which categorical funding and other challenges work against optimal organizational structures and practices.
©2007
On January 22, 2008, senior officials from 45 local health departments in California, as well as representatives from the California Department of Public Health and the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, convened to discuss how build the capacity of local health departments in California to engage in chronic disease prevention, by addressing the social determinants of health. These Proceedings are not only an effort to capture the content of this significant event in the recent history of public health in California, but also to serve as a framing document for a series of follow-up regional meetings and web-based conferences.
©2008
This white paper offers a framework for prevention, and an analysis of the funding available to Local Health Departments to support place-based prevention of obesity in California.
©2007
These case studies were prepared as background for a conference, Chronic Disease Prevention in Local Health Departments: The Challenge of the 21st Century, co-sponsored by the California Conference of Local Health Officers (CCLHO ) and the County Health Executives Association of California (CHEAC). They look at the strategies adopted by seven local health departments working to address chronic disease effectively, in an era in which categorical funding and other challenges work against optimal organizational structures and practices.
©2007
