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