The Built Environment and Health Dialog Sessions

Developer Incentives to Add Public Health Amenities
Emily Bourcier, MPH, MHA, Research Project Manager, Group Health Community Foundation;
Antoinette Angulo, MPH, Research Project Manager, Group Health Community Foundation;
Roger Valdez, Manager, Tobacco Prevention Program, Public Health Seattle-King County

Integrating Public Health and Urban Planning
Rajiv Bhatia, Director of Occupational and Environmental Health, San Francisco Department of Public Health

Land Use, Food Access and Physical Activity
Marice Ashe, JD, MPH, Director, Public Health Law Program

Concurrent Sessions

A - The Implications for Demographic Change on Access and Equity
Belinda Reyes, Assistant Professor, School of Social Sciences, Humanities and Arts, University of California, Merced

B - Engaging Older Adults in Livable Communities
Meredith Minkler, Professor of Health and Social Behavior, University of California, Berkeley, School of Public Health

C - Policies and Environmental Appoaches to Reduce Health Inequities and Support Healthier Eating and Physical Activity - Handy
C - Policies and Environmental Appoaches to Reduce Health Inequities and Support Healthier Eating and Physical Activity - Clayton
Susan Handy, Associate Professor, Department of Environmental Science and Policy, University of California, Davis
Kate Clayton, Chronic Disease Prevention Program Coordinator, City of Berkeley Public Health Department

D - Community Involvement: Essence of Democracy or Just a Mandate?
Esmeralda Garcia, Senior Project Associate, Moore Iacofano Goltsman, Inc. (MIG)

E - The Costs of Physical Inactivity and a Health Plan’s Comprehensive Approach to Healthy Eating, Active Living - Solomon
E - The Costs of Physical Inactivity and a Health Plan’s Comprehensive Approach to Healthy Eating, Active Living - Hollander
Loel Solomon, Director, Community Health Initiatives & Evaluation, Kaiser Foundation Health Plan, Inc.
Marla Hollander, Director, Active Living Leadership, Robert Wood Johnson Foundation

F - Lessons Learned from Regional Visioning Initiatives - McBride
F - Lessons Learned from Regional Visioning Initiatives - Garry
Janet McBride, Planning Director, Association of Bay Area Governments (ABAG)
Gordon Garry, Director of Research and Analysis, Sacramento Area Council of Governments (SACOG)

G - Philanthropic Approaches to Environmental Health and the Built Environment
George Flores, Senior Program Officer, The California Endowment

I - Neighborhood Revitalization, Mixed-Use Development and Planned Communities - Cole
I - Neighborhood Revitalization, Mixed-Use Development and Planned Communities - Polyzoides
Rick Cole, City Manager, City of Ventura
Stefanos Polyzoides, Principal, Moule & Polyzoides, Architects and Urbanists

J - Healthier Eating in Schools - Part 1
J - Healthier Eating in Schools - Part 2
Tracie Thomas, Assistant Director of Nutrition Services, Compton Unified School District

Keynote Presentations

Creating Our Cities’ Future: Understanding the Issues Related to the Built Environment and the Public’s Health and Well-Being
Richard Jackson, MD, MPH, State Public Health Officer, California Department of Health Services

Healthy Communities, Healthy Children - Part 1
Healthy Communities, Healthy Children - Part 2
Healthy Communities, Healthy Children - Part 3
Robert García, JD, Executive Director, Center for Law In the Public Interest

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