Cross-Sector Responses to Obesity Models for Change: Workshop Summary (2015) / Chapter Skim
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In 2014, the IOM created the Roundtable on Obesity Solutions to engage leadership from multiple sectors in responding to the obesity crisis. Through meetings, public workshops, background papers, and other activities, the roundtable fosters an ongoing dialogue on critical and emerging issues in obesity prevention and treatment and weight maintenance while enhancing and accelerating the discussion, development, and implementation of solutions.
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Continued efforts to partner and develop shared goals and initiatives across sectors are key to the prevention and control of obesity. The composition of the roundtable's membership, which comprises representatives from public health, health care, government, the food industry, education, philanthropy, the nonprofit sector, and academia, makes it an ideal venue in which to discuss such collaboration.
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In particular, changes are required in many of the environments in which people interact, including schools, the messaging environment, the environment that influences physical activity, the food and beverage industry, and the health care and work environments. Furthermore, because these environments are affected by activities that occur simultaneously across multiple sectors, an explicit focus on cross-sector work is essential.
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Chapter 3 looks at the importance of long-term financing strategies for cross-sector collaboratives and considers ways of ensuring that these efforts are supported adequately. Leadership is critical both at the organizational level, to provide the vision required for progress, and at the local level, to enable implementa 2 In addition to Nico Pronk from HealthPartners, Inc., the members of the planning committee for the workshop were Debbie Chang from Nemours, David Fukuzawa from The Kresge Foundation, Lisel Loy from the Bipartisan Policy Center, Amelie Ramirez from Salud America!
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Chapter 4 examines how leaders can be identified and engaged, the1-1 established leaders can play Figure role vector editable in mobilizing and leveraging resources, and leadership structures necessary to engage stakeholders and empower people with authenticity and respect while building trust. Measurement involves recognizing successes or understanding when intended outcomes are not being achieved.
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These appendixes provide the following information, presented through the lens of health equity, sustainability, leadership, and measurement: • a description of the cross-sector model used, • sectors included in the initiative, • lessons learned from the initiative, • barriers to establishing the initiative, • what is needed to accelerate movement forward in the initiative's cross-sector work, • the core features or elements of the initiative that are necessary for scale-up and diffusion, and • the features that need to remain flexible to allow for local adaptation. Reflections of the workshop discussions During the final session of the workshop, three individuals provided their perspectives on some of the messages that emerged from the presentations and discussions.
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• Measures of the return on investment from cross-sector work on obesity, especially within the context of the Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act, can generate further support for such efforts, Standish said. • Openness and optimism are needed to work across sectors success fully, said Maha Tahiri of General Mills, Inc., along with sustained dedication to the work among all partners, a deep knowledge of the communities in which partner organizations are working, and a commitment to keeping "health equity first in mind in everything we design." "This idea of cross-sector engagement is critically important, so whether you are coming from manufacturing, transportation, urban design, education, information technology, this issue around obesity is everyone's issue." -- Yvonne Cook of Highmark, Inc.
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