Connecting Health in All Policies Opportunities from the State Perspective Peter Barth California Health and Human Services Agency June 22, 2010 Health-Wealth Connection Symposium
What Type of Community Do You Want to Live in?
How Do We Plan Communities? Transportation Economic Development Natural Resources, Parks, Recreation, Environmental Protection General plans, zoning, local ordinances Housing …..
The California Context SB 732, Steinberg, 2008 The Strategic Growth Council (SGC)
Strategic Growth Council Public Member Resources Agency Environmental Protection Agency (CalEPA) Business, Transportation, and Housing Agency (BTH) Governor’s Office of Planning and Research (OPR) Health and Human Services Agency (CHHS)
Why Health?
- Governor’s 2010 Summit on Health, Nutrition, and Obesity The Health Connection “ Physical, economic and social environments strongly affect individual choices related to healthy eating and active living, key components of obesity and related chronic disease prevention. Studies show, for example, that if people have access to safe parks they use them and are more physically active. If streets have bike lanes and sidewalks, people are more likely to ride bikes and walk. And when people have access to healthy food in their community they are more likely to eat healthy food. How communities develop the environments in which we live, work, shop, study and play can make it more or less difficult for individuals to choose healthy behaviors.” - Governor’s 2010 Summit on Health, Nutrition, and Obesity
Health in All Policies Task Force Executive Order S-04-10 “HiAP” Task Force of the SGC SGC appointed members Report due to the SGC by December 2010 First task force meeting held on June 10, 2010 19 state agencies and departments
HiAP Task Force Education Transportation Social Services Parks and Recreation Labor and Workforce Development Justice Finance Housing and Community Development Community Services and Development Air Resources Board Food and Agriculture
Next Steps More task force meetings Stakeholder outreach and public forums Prioritizing near and long term opportunities Developing recommendations and partnerships
Learning from the State Get involved with the SGC and the HiAP task force Implement strategies at the regional and local level Consider the health impact of decisions
Peter Barth pbarth@chhs.ca.gov