DIALOGUE4HEALTH

• An update on the latest developments from Capitol Hill and Washington, DC, including a review of the payroll tax and 'doc-fix' extension and the impact on public health priorities.
• Discuss and review strategies to educate elected officials about the value of prevention and public health-related programs with an emphasis on outcomes and results.
• Identify action steps for community advocates to take to help protect funding for prevention and public health.
• Highlight tools and resources that are available to showcase the value of prevention.
  

PRESENTERS

Becky Salay
Director of Government Relations
Trust for America’s Health
Washington, DC

Becky Salay is the Director of Government Relations at TFAH, ensuring the group's public policy agenda is implemented at all levels of government: federal, state and local. Previously, she was the Associate Director of Government Affairs at the Center for American Progress, where she worked on health reform, education, work/life balance, LGBT and poverty issues. Ms. Salay began her career on Capitol Hill, where she served for nearly 10 years on the staff of Congresswoman Rosa DeLauro (D-CT). (http://healthyamericans.org)

Craig Martinez, DrPH, MPH
Health Policy Advisor
United States Senate Committee on Health, Education, Labor and Pensions
Majority Health Policy Office
Washington, DC

Craig Martinez is a Health Policy Advisor in the Majority Health Policy Office of the Senate Health, Education, Labor, and Pensions (HELP) Committee. His legislative portfolio includes issues relating to public health, prevention, health disparities, mental health, HIV/AIDS, and public health preparedness. Dr. Martinez holds a Doctorate in Public Health degree and Master of Public Health degree from the Johns Hopkins Bloomberg School of Public Health and a Bachelor of Science degree from Stanford University. (www.help.senate.gov)

Sana Chehimi
Program Director
Prevention Institute
Oakland, CA

Sana Chehimi oversees projects related to healthy eating and active living, health reform implementation and communications. Her work focuses on developing tools and strategies to promote healthier, more equitable environments. Sana co-edited Prevention Is Primary: Strategies for Community Wellbeing, one of the first academic texts on primary prevention; the Second Edition was published in August 2010. (www.preventioninstitute.org)


Lucy Melcher, MPP
Government Relations Manager
American Public Health Association
Washington, DC

Lucy Melcher is the Government Relations Manager at the American Public Health Association (APHA) where she works to advance the organization’s public health priorities at the federal level. She also works on APHA’s grassroots advocacy program, developing resources and tools for public health advocates across the country. Prior to joining APHA, Lucy worked on health care and education issues for Senator Jeff Merkley (D-OR). She has also worked in the communications department at NARAL Pro-Choice America and on various political campaigns, including as a participant in the EMILY’s List Campaign Corps program. Lucy holds a Masters of Public Policy from Duke University and a Bachelors of Arts in political science from American University. (www.apha.org)


Amanda M. Navarro, DrPH, MPH
Associate Director
PolicyLink
Oakland, CA

Amanda M. Navarro, DrPH, is an Associate Director at PolicyLink in New York, NY. Dr. Navarro currently leads efforts within the national Convergence Partnership—a collaboration of funders aimed at achieving healthy people living in health places through environmental and policy change. She provides research, technical assistance, and training on collaborative, multi-field strategies to improve community environments particularly in low income communities and communities of color. (www.policylink.org)

MODERATORS

Matthew Marsom
Vice President
Public Health Policy and Advocacy
Public Health Institute
Oakland, CA

As Vice President for Public Health Policy and Advocacy for the Public Health Institute (PHI), Matthew works to advance and support the public policy goals of the organization’s domestic and global health programs. He is responsible for designing and implementing strategy for monitoring and influencing public policy, legislation and regulations affecting PHI projects and public health policy relevant to PHI interests. (www.phi.org)

PRESENTATIONS

The following documents are PDF versions of the speakers’ presentations and are intended to be used for reference only.

Protecting Community Prevention and Funding for Public Health: Update and Resources for Action	Salay/Trust for America’s Health	Chehimi/Prevention Institute
Melcher/American Public Health Association	Navarro/PolicyLink

RESOURCES

The following documents provide important background information that can enhance the Web Forum experience.

• The Affordable Care Act’s Prevention and Public Health Fund in Your State
• Q&A Session for Educating Elected Officials: Effective Strategies for Prevention and Public Health
  October 2011
• What is Lobbying? Alliance for Justice
• Making the Case for Community Prevention Through Media Advocacy Prevention Institute
• Protecting the Prevention and Public Health Fund Trust for America’s Health’s
• Annual Meeting Hill Visits American Public Health Association

If you have additional questions about nonprofit advocacy, please feel free to contact Alliance for Justice.

If your 501(c)(3) organization would like to make the one-time 501(h) election, your organization needs to complete and submit IRS Form 5768.

• Taking Action to Support the Prevention and Public Health Fund: Action for 2012
  Wednesday, January 18, 2012
• Educating Elected Officials: Effective Strategies for Prevention and Public Health Thursday
  October 13, 2011
• Protecting Prevention in the Affordable Care Act: Sharing the Evidence, Putting Leadership and Resources into Action
  Wednesday, July 27, 2011
• Putting the "Transformation" in Community Transformation Grants: Building Momentum for Equity and Prevention
  Monday, June 6, 2011
  
• A Time for Action: Taking a Stand for Prevention and Protecting the Affordable Care Act
  Thursday, March 10, 2011
  
• Health Reform IS Working: A Discussion on Next Steps for Community Prevention
  Monday, December 20, 2010
• Investing in Community Prevention: A Dialogue with Federal Leadership on the Community Transformation Grants and the National Prevention Strategy
  Thursday, November 4, 2010
• Draft Framework The National Prevention and Health Promotion Strategy (National Prevention Strategy), September 15, 2010
• Taking Action for Community Prevention: Protecting the Prevention and Public Health Fund
  Wednesday, September 8, 2010
• Implementing the Affordable Care Act: Principles of Prevention
  Friday, June 25, 2010
  
• Not in Sickness; in Health: How Health Reform could Start a Real Revolution by Larry Cohen
  The Huffington Post, June 18, 2010
• THE FINAL PUSH: Taking Action to Support Community Prevention and Equity in Health Reform
  Thursday, December 10, 2009

WEBSITES

For more resources on community prevention in health reform, and to take action on this issue, go to:

Annual Meeting Hill Visits :: American Public Health Association
APHA Midyear Meeting
Transportation Issues from the Public Health Perspective :: American Public Health Association
Food Environment Atlas
PolicyLink
Health Reform Rapid Response Network :: Prevention Institute
Promise Neighborhoods Institute
United States Department of Agriculture
Choice Neighborhoods :: US Department of Housing and Urban Development
D4H Community
PI Health Reform
TFAH Health Reform
HealthCare.gov
Public Health ACTion (PHACT) Campaign :: American Public Health Association

For regular updates on the status of community prevention in health reform, sign up for Trust for America's Health's, Wellness and Prevention Health Reform Digest. Contact Richard Hamburg at rhamburg@TFAH.org to sign up.

SUPPORT

The organizations listed below have come together to sponsor this important effort:

PolicyLink	Trust for America's Health
Prevention Institute	Public Health Institute