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National Environmental Justice Conference and Training Program Presentation, April 4, 2013Panel: Intergenerational Collaboration: Sharing the Knowledge and Understanding of Environmental Justice
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National Prevention Strategy
Ebony Andrews, MPHOffice of the Surgeon General
The Affordable Care Act
In Addition to Coverage, Quality, and Cost…
Unique Opportunities for Prevention
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National Prevention CouncilBureau of Indian Affairs Department of Labor Corporation for National and Community Service Department of Transportation
Department of Agriculture Department of Veterans Affairs
Department of Defense Environmental Protection Agency
Department of Education Federal Trade Commission
Department of Health and Human Services Office of Management and Budget
Department of Homeland Security Office of National Drug Control Policy
Department of Housing and Urban Development White House Domestic Policy Council
Department of Justice
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National Prevention Strategy
• Extensive stakeholder and public input
• Aligns and focuses prevention and health promotion efforts with existing evidence base
• Supports national plans
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National Prevention Strategy
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• Clean air and water
• Affordable and secure housing
• Sustainable and economically vital neighborhoods
• Make healthy choices easy and affordable
• Providing tools and information , making healthy choices easy and affordable, and improving the social environment and context in which decisions are made all support people in making healthy choices
• Disparities are often linked to social, economic or environmental disadvantage
• Health disparities can be reduced or eliminated with focused commitment and effort
Environmental Justice in the NPS
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Recommendations
• Improve quality of air, land, and water.• Design and promote affordable, accessible, safe, and
healthy housing.• Engage and empower people and communities to
plan and implement prevention policies and programs.
• Ensure a strategic focus on communities at greatest risk.
• Support research to identify effective strategies to eliminate health disparities.
Environmental Justice within the Strategic Directions
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Actions
• Enhance capacity of state, tribal, local, and territorial governments to create healthy, livable and sustainable communities
• Support standards to reduce pollution and environmental exposure to protect communities from environmental and health hazards.
• Support healthy housing while addressing unsafe housing conditions and health-related hazards
• Identify and address barriers to the dissemination and use of reliable health information.
• Support policies to reduce exposure to environmental and occupational hazards
Federal Government will….
NPC Action Highlights
• Partnership for Sustainable Communities
• Green Ribbon Schools
• Task Force on Environmental Health Risks and Safety Risks to Children
• Community-Focused Exposure and Risk Screening Tool
NPS in Action
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Partners Can….
• Conduct comprehensive community health needs assessments and develop state and community health improvement plans
States, Tribal, Local, and Territorial Governments
• Ensure that homes and workplaces are healthy, including eliminating safety hazards, ensuring that buildings are free of water intrusion, indoor environmental pollutants, and pests.
Businesses and Employers
• Partner with local agencies & stakeholders to conduct comprehensive community health needs assessments & develop community health improvement plans.
Health Care Systems, Insurers, and Clinicians
• Conduct home assessments and modifications (e.g., installing smoke and carbon monoxide detectors, testing for lead, checking for mold and radon).
Individuals and Families
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NPS Implementation Resources: Indicators/Key Documents
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NPS Implementation Resources: Evidence by Recommendation
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What’s Next
• Execute and coordinate NPS actions across the 17 Council agencies
• Encourage partners to create and execute their own NPS action plans
• Monitor and track progress • Share successes!
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Thank you.For more information go to:
www.surgeongeneral.gov/initiatives/prevention/index.html
Contact the National Prevention Council at: [email protected]