"This conference recharges my batteries - it gives me new ideas and renewed enthusiasm."
Highlights
The Association for Community Health Improvement comncluded a successful 5th annual national conference with 450 people on March 5-7, 2008 in Atlanta, Georgia.
Download the detailed conference session schedule.
Keynote Speakers -- Read keynote session synopses here.
- Richard Umbdenstock, FACHE, President and Chief Executive Officer, American Hospital Association
- Neil Nicoll, President and Chief Executive Officer, YMCA of the USA
- Linda Rae Murray, MD, MPH, Chief Medical Officer, Cook County Department of Public Health and Board Member of the American Public Health Association
- John Kitzhaber, MD, former Governor of Oregon and currently Executive Director of The Archimedes Movement.
Documentary Film Screening
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The conference is proud to feature a special screening and discussion of the PBS series, Unnatural Causes, Is Inequality Making Us Sick?"
This pioneering documentary series, with its companion web site, is part of an ambitious outreach and public impact campaign to help reframe the nation's debate over health and what we as a society can--and should--do to reduce our devastating socio-economic and racial health disparities.
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Breakout Session Topic Tracks
Come to share and explore national and local best practices with real results and lessons. This year's topic tracks include:
- Minimizing Chronic Disease and Addressing Social Determinants
- Maximizing Access and Coverage
- Harnessing Data for Health Improvement
- Delivering Community Benefit
- Breaking Silos with Public Health and Health System Partnerships
Download the Conference Brochure!
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Rep. Cheryl Gray,
2007 conference
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Conference Sessions and Activities
Attendees will learn and interact with peers in a variety of settings, including:
- Three energizing KEYNOTE SESSIONS, one for each day of the conference
- Practical and relevant BREAKOUT SESSIONS across five topic tracks
- Skill-building INTENSIVE WORKSHOPS
- Plenty of structured and open time for peer consultation, networking and problem-solving
- Social events to help build a national community
Listen to an audio clip : Rep. Gray on health coverage reform after Hurricane Katrina.
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Conference Value
Participate in this conference and you will:
- Bring home practical strategies and tactics you can use
- Build bridges with peers in health care, public health, healthy communities, and philanthropy
- Engage and grow in sessions where everyone is a participant
- Gain skills and insights with national experts and capable peers
- Exchange ideas and experiences to help you develop new perspectives and approaches
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Who Will Attend
The conference community will include a rich array of more than 450 committed health leaders from across the U.S. and Canada. This boundary-crossing conference's attendees will include:
- Community health and community benefit directors in hospitals and health systems
- Public health department directors and health promotion managers
- Healthy communities directors and community advocates
- Coalition members of access to care and prevention institutes
- Executives of national and state health associations
- Foundation leaders and social entrepreneurs
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ACHI 2008 Conference Advisory Committee
Pam Buecker
Director, Education and Communication
VHA Georgia, Inc.
Atlanta, GA |
Tracy Carter
Director, Community Relations
Summa Health System
Akron, OH |
Linda DeWolf
Vice President, VHA
President, VHA Health Foundation
Irving, TX |
Elizabeth Miller Evans
Community Health Planner
El Paso County Dept of Health & Environment
Colorado Springs, CO |
Joyce Essien, MD
Director, Center for Public Health Practice
Rollins School of Public Health
Atlanta, GA |
Shawn LaFrance
Executive Director
Foundation for Healthy Communities
Concord, NH |
Nancy Kennedy
Executive Director
Northwest Georgia Healthcare Partnership
Dalton, GA |
Allison McGuire
Vice President, Community Health & Public Policy
North Shore - LIJ Health System
Great Neck, NY |
Kerri Peterson
Executive Director
Our Healthy Community Partnership
Omaha, NE |
Chris Phillips
Community Outreach Director
St. Joseph Hospital/Peace Health
Bellingham, WA |
Joyce Reid
Director, Community Health Connections
Partnership for Health & Accountability
Georgia Hospital Association Research
& Education Foundation
Georgia Hospital Association
Marietta, GA |
Margaret Rivello
Public Health Administrator
Chester County Health Department
West Chester, PA |
Julie Trocchio
Senior Director
Catholic Health Association
Washington, DC |
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