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11 Concluding Remarks
Pages 81-86

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From page 81...
... Speakers focused on strategies for talking about health equity, means of building relationships in communities and across sectors, direct versus indirect approaches to addressing obesity, measurement and evaluation issues, and ways of sustaining the work of initiatives with the next generation of leadership. strategies for talking ABOUT HEALTH EQUITY Equity can be a difficult issue to raise, Fukuzawa said, whether it is around race, class, or people who are marginalized in a community.
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From page 82...
... means of BUILDING RELATIONSHIPS in communities and across SECTORS From the audience, Bob Grist of the Institute of Social Medicine and Community Health commented that the presented cross-sector initiatives illustrate a level of cooperation very different from the way society functions, with processes that can be more equitable and more responsive to human needs. Some health care companies, such as Kaiser Permanente and HealthPartners, and federal Community Transformation Grants are investing in these processes.
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From page 83...
... "We have a bunch of communication rules: no ‘shoulds,' no ‘healthy,' et cetera." direct versus indirect approaches to ADDRESSING OBESITY Fukuzawa commented that in several of the case study initiatives, obesity was not actually the starting point. Organizers instead focused on larger themes such as population health or equity.
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From page 84...
... Last May, the PLACE MATTERS national team announced a partnership with The Children & Nature Network to improve community health through greater access to green spaces. This initiative includes a fellowship program for training young leaders to share the outdoor world with their communities, Rateree said.
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From page 85...
... "If the goal is to have a culture of health in America, that means we have to all come together because it is a benefit for all Americans to deal with the problems of childhood obesity." -- Dwayne Proctor of the Robert Wood Johnson Foundation
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