2016 Annual Meeting
14th Annual Meeting: Paths to Innovation - October 24, 2016
The National Forum’s 14th Annual Meeting, “Bridging Clinical & Population Health,” was held on Wednesday, October 19, 2016. Check out resources from the meeting below:
Meeting Materials
- Program Book
- Agenda
Annual Meeting Program
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Plenary Session I: Connecting Clinical and Population Health
Reclaiming Our Space: Strategies for improving collaboration between public health and primary care. Presented by Brian Castrucci, the de Beaumont Foundation
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Plenary Session II: Building a Culture of Health at the Community Level
Presentations include: Real Culture of Health, Jill Birnbaum, American Heart Association; The Stronger Hearts Helpline, Laura Gordon, the National Forum, Move with the Mayor - Healthy West Chicago, Hon. Mayor Ruben Pineda
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Plenary Session III: Community Strategies that Improve Health Equity
Presentations include: Claude-Alix Jacob, NACCHO, Warren A. Jones, MD, Dillard University, Jaime Love, Interact for Health, & Stephen Sidney, MD, Kaiser Permanente Norther California, the Trajectory of Heart Disease & Stroke Prevention
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Plenary Session IV: Supporting & Improving Medication Adherence
Presentations include: WomenHeart: Enhancing Medication & Treatment Adherence for Women with Heart Disease, Mary McGowan and Medication Adherence Related Factors & Improvement Strategies, Fred Senatore, MD
Award Recipients
Each year, the National Forum recognizes people and groups that have helped advance heart disease and stroke prevention above and beyond the norm. The dedication, commitment, and perseverance shown by this year’s awardees is truly inspiring. The work that these people and organizations have done has saved lives; and they have all advanced the recommendations within the Public Health Action Plan to Prevent Heart Disease and Stroke. Congratulations to our 2016 Award Recipients!
HEART HEALTHY STROKE FREE AWARD
Presented to an individual and group in the field of public health whose work embodies the recommendations of the Public Health Action Plan to Prevent Heart Disease and Stroke.
Individual
Keith C. Ferdinand, MD, FACC, FAHA, FASH, FNLA
Professor of Medicine
Tulane University School of Medicine
Group
Minnesota Department of Health
PUBLIC POLICY AWARD
Given to an individual and group who have been effective in advancing policy change that reduces heart disease and stroke burden on a national, state, or local level.
Individual
Crystal Echo Hawk
Fertile Ground
Group
Public Health Law Center at Mitchell Hamline School of Law
COMMITMENT AWARD
Presented to an individual who has made outstanding contributions to the National Forum.
Laura Gordon
General Manager
Edelman
CHAIR RECOGNITION AWARD
Presented to an individual(s) selected by the Chair of the National Forum’s Board of Directors for outstanding partnership with the National Forum.
Ursula Bauer, PhD, MPH
Director
National Center for Chronic Disease Prevention and Health Promotion
Centers for Disease Control & Prevention