Building Power for Health Equity

This plenary session featured Dr. Tony Iton, Senior Vice President for Healthy Communities at The California Endowment. Dr. Iton is a leader of the health equity movement, having significantly spread awareness of and instigated action in response to the fact that zip codes are more important than genetic codes when it comes to health. Prior to joining The California Endowment, Dr. Iton served as the Director and Health Officer for the Alameda County Public Health Department, where he oversaw the implementation of a strategic plan for advancing health equity. At The Endowment, Dr. Iton leads the place-based aspects of Building Healthy Communities, a billion dollar, 14-site, place-based health improvement effort targeting comprehensive local and statewide policy and systems change. During the panel, Dr. Iton highlighted the Building Healthy Communities theory of change and lessons learned and shared his thoughts on how local health departments can advance a health equity practice. Learn more at www.naccho.org.

Keynote Speakers:
-Kathleen Grassi, RD, MPH, Director, Merced County Public Health Department;
-Elsa M. Jimenez, MPH, Interim Director of Health, Monterey County Health Department, Salinas, California;
-Melissa Jones, Executive Director, BARHII – Bay Area Regional Health Inequities Initiative

Moderator:
Anthony Iton, MD, JD, MPH, Senior Vice President of Healthy Communities, The California Endowment, Oakland, California

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