Business Engagement in Building Healthy Communities Workshop Summary (2015) / Chapter Skim
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4 The Impact of Business on Population Health
4 The Impact of Business on Population Health
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Alisa May, executive director of Priority Spokane, described collaborative efforts to enhance community vitality in the areas of economics, education, environment, health, and safety. THE IMPORTANCE OF LOCALLY RELEVANT DATA When trying to engage employers, it is important to understand who you are actually engaging, said Rost of the Savannah Business Group.1 Small businesses in a community are owned by people who often have longstanding, deep roots in the community.
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Rost said that in 2011, Chatham County was awarded a planning grant through the National Business Coalition on Health from the United Health Foundation to assemble key community organizations and define health priorities. This was followed by an implementation grant from the United Health Foundation and the Robert Wood Johnson Foundation.
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While direct health education informs people about what it means to be healthy and teaches them healthy behaviors, general education can create opportunities for better health. For example, education can enable people to get good jobs, with good income and health benefits.
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A key tenet is career readiness, including skills mapping, coursework, mentoring, worksite visits, speakers, and internships. IBM's interest in P-TECH is in developing the next generation of leaders and innovators.
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The early results of the program have garnered national recognition, including a visit by President Barack Obama to P-TECH in October 2013, Suh said. Major media attention has included a cover story in Time magazine as well as coverage in the Wall Street Journal, the New York Times, and the PBS NewsHour.
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From 2009 to 2013 the community priority was educational attainment, specifically raising the graduation rate in Spokane public schools and throughout the county. May said that as a result of those efforts, Spokane County was awarded one of six 2014 Robert Wood Johnson Foundation Culture of Health Prizes for engaging in best practices that create a culture of health.2 The county's proposal was grounded in the fact that education is directly linked to higher incomes and better health.
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In addition to the work being done at GSI, Spokane County is benefitting from Excelerate Success, a "collective-impact"3 effort headed by the United Way to increase education attainment, and an active Spokane STEM Network. Other Business Partnership Examples Riverfront Park Spokane was once a thriving economic center and transportation hub for logging, mining, and shipping by rail, but by the early 1970s it was a shadow of its former self, May said.
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Evidence shows, May said, that practitioners are more likely to stay and practice where they intern. Understanding the Impact of Collective Efforts To understand the impact of these various efforts, the Community Indicators Initiative of Spokane is collecting and sharing data under the leadership of Eastern Washington University.4 The Spokane Regional Heath District has also released a report on health inequities in Spokane County that directly links health and education.5 As a result, Spokane's business leaders are learning about the important relationship of business, education, and health, and they are taking this message to their spheres of influence, May concluded.
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Suh referred participants to the IBM online "playbook" designed to help partnerships and businesses implement the grades 9-to-14 early college high school model.6 Engaging Health Systems as Businesses in the Community Baxter pointed out that hospitals tend to be the biggest employers in communities, the largest real estate presence, and one of the biggest purchasers, and he noted that there are tensions between hospitals' roles as businesses and as consumers of resources that could otherwise be going into economic development, education, or other areas.7 Rost noted that working with hospitals usually involves two separate sets of meetings, one with the chief financial officer and the health resources staff, and 6 See http://citizenibm.com/wp-content/uploads/STEM-Pathways-Playbook_Feb-2012. pdf (accessed December 12, 2014)
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In engaging health systems or hospitals as employers, it is important to remain focused on the best interests of the people in the community and to recognize the interdependence of health systems and the business community, Baase said. Other Partners George Isham of HealthPartners inquired about the relationship of the efforts in Savannah and Spokane to the local public health departments.
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Instead, businesses are targeted selectively, he said; for example, the soda companies feel they are being treated unfairly and differently relative to other sugar purveyors. He added that some businesses have a competitive advantage because of business practices that either are unhealthy or pose greater risks to their employees, while others provide unhealthy products to the community (e.g., tobacco)
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