Supporting a Movement for Health and Health Equity: Lessons from Social Movements: Workshop Summary (2014)

David Kindig, co-chair, Roundtable on Population Health Improvement; professor emeritus of population health sciences, emeritus vice chancellor for health sciences, University of Wisconsin School of Medicine and Public Health

Mildred Thompson, co-chair, Roundtable on the Promotion of Health Equity and the Elimination of Health Disparities; director, PolicyLink Center for Health and Place

Francesca Polletta, professor of sociology, School of Social Sciences, University of California, Irvine

Marshall Ganz, senior lecturer in public policy, Harvard University (by video)

PANEL OBJECTIVE: To highlight lessons that could be adapted to a broader movement for health and health equity, and to discuss challenges and identify potential solutions.

Moderator: Mary Pittman, executive director, Public Health Institute; member, Roundtable on Population Health Improvement

Mildred Thompson, director, PolicyLink Center for Health Equity and Place; co-chair, Roundtable on the Promotion of Health Equity and the Elimination of Health Disparities

Michelle Larkin, assistant vice president, Health Group, Robert Wood Johnson Foundation; member, Roundtable on Population Health Improvement

Joan Twiss, executive director, Center for Civic Partnerships

Ned Calonge, president and chief executive officer, The Colorado Trust; member, Roundtable on the Promotion of Health Equity and the Elimination of Health Disparities

Raymond J. Baxter, senior vice president, Community Benefit, Research and Health Policy; president, Kaiser Foundation International, Kaiser Foundation Health Plan, Inc.

Moderator: Mary Pittman

Anthony Iton, senior vice president for Healthy Communities, The California Endowment

PANEL OBJECTIVE: To elicit from movement practitioners from other domains of social change lessons and key ingredients of movement building.

Moderator: Winston Wong, medical director, Kaiser Permanente Community Benefit, Disparities Improvement and Quality Initiatives; member, Roundtable on the Promotion of Health Equity and the Elimination of Health Disparities

Panelists:
Karoleen Feng, community development manager, Mission Economic Development Association

Doran Schrantz, executive director, ISAIAH

Martha Argüello, executive director, Physicians for Social Responsibility–Los Angeles

Gregory T. Angelo, executive director, Log Cabin Republicans

Moderator: Winston Wong

Reactions to the Day and Significance for Future Action

•     How do the day’s proceedings change what we do?

•     What would a social movement focused on generating broad public support for, investment in, and policy directed at improving population health and health equity look like? What is the basic framework or the key elements, and how do we get there?

•     Advice for the roundtables on filling existing gaps/overcoming barriers?

Moderator: George Isham, co-chair of the Roundtable on Population Health Improvement; senior advisor, HealthPartners, senior fellow, HealthPartners Institute for Education and Research

Reactor Panel:

Jeff Levi, executive director, Trust for America’s Health; member, Roundtable on Population Health Improvement

Sanne Magnan, president and chief executive officer, Institute for Clinical Systems Improvement; member, Roundtable on Population Health Improvement

Moderator: George Isham

David Kindig
Mildred Thompson