Day 2 - January 8, 2013:
Promoting Children’s
Environmental Health
Heard During Day 1, Context for Day 2
• The path forward is COLLABORATION
– Pool our collective Expertise, Knowledge, Resources
– Coalition Role Could/Should be Key Facilitator of Coordination
• Discretionary spending (major funding source for all of us)
WILL decline with each Fiscal Cliff
• Congressional Staffers just care about and want to see
data supporting return on investment (ROI)
– More open to consider longer prevention payback timeframes
• A “Children’s Environmental Scorecard” could highlight
performance and gaps to fill (where we can help)
• “Environment” includes home, school, social supports,
green spaces, healthy food, obesity, lighting, sound, as
well as indoor/outdoor air quality, chemical exposures
Health Reform Framework - Triple Aim:
Better Care, Better Health, Affordable Cost
Things to Keep in Mind Today
• Environment is where children live, learn, play
• For Population/Public Health Prevention ROI
– Long Term Benefits Greater than Short Term
– Revenue Benefits Outweigh Cost Benefits
• Katz: 65% = Better Learning -> Higher Income/Taxes Paid
• Levi: 90% of Obesity Impact = Lost Economic Productivity
• Focus is on Mainstream Health Care Reform
– Many wish Environmental issues would just go away
– We need to demonstrate how addressing Children’s
Environmental Health is a critical part of the solution
Outline for Today
• Jeffrey Levi will tell us about Public Health
Prevention Fund Opportunities & Priorities
• This Morning’s session will report out progress
to date on Metrics, Research, and Surveillance
– Facts to bring to policy and funding discussions
• The Afternoon session will focus on
Communicating our message to foster Federal
State and Local policies and collaborations
– Using facts and evidence to support action