2018
CONFERENCE PROGRAM
Pathways to Healthy and Equitable Communities
Wednesday, March 28th 10:00am 11:45am 1:45pm 2:00pm
QUICK GLANCE PROGRAM
3:30pm 4:00pm
5:30pm 6:30pm
4:00pm 5:20pm
6:30pm 8:30pm
Registration Open Welcome Lunch and Keynote Networking Session 1 (4 Concurrent Sessions) Engaging Employers Impact Investing Cultural Competence Media Messaging Networking Session 2 (4 Concurrent Sessions)
Buckhead Ballroom Foyer Buckhead Ballroom
Lobby Level Lobby Level
Woodruff Room Tuxedo Room Chastian Room Habersham Room
Lobby Level 4th Floor 4th Floor 4th Floor
EmpowerHealth Food Insecurity Patient Education Rural Hospitals/Telehealth Networking Joseph D. Greene Awards Ceremony
Woodruff Room Chastain Room Habersham Room Tuxedo Room
Lobby Level 4th Floor 4th Floor 4th Floor
Ballroom A/B
4th Floor
Ballroom A/B
4th Floor
Chastain Room Ballroom C Tuxedo Room
4th Floor 4th Floor 4th Floor
Ballroom D/E Ballroom C Chastain Room Tuxedo Room Ballroom A/B
4th Floor 4th Floor 4th Floor 4th Floor 4th Floor
Thursday, March 29th 7:00am 7:45am 9:30am
10:40am 11:00am
12:30pm
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11:45am 1:00pm 2:00pm 3:30pm
7:45am 9:30am 10:40am
11:00am 12:30pm
Breakfast Welcome Breakfast and Keynote Session 3 (3 Concurrent Sessions) Evaluation and Equity Policy Change Interventions Cross Sector Partnerships Networking Session 4 (4 Concurrent Sessions) Scaling Up Rural/Urban Communities Meet the Grantmaker Stronger Collaborations Networking and Lunch
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WELCOME
Dear Colleagues and Friends,
Connections 2018: Pathways to Healthy and Equitable Communities is Healthcare Georgia Foundation’s signature event hosting/honoring grantees, partner organizations, and the critical work of Georgia’s health nonprofit organizations. We invite you to connect with your peers, your constituents, and your supporters as we collectively embark on a path toward greater health equity. Connections 2018 will bring you thought leadership that transcends international, national, state, and local policies and programs. We invite you to hear the keynote addresses from Dr. David Williams of Harvard University on health disparities and health equity and from Paula Braveman of Stanford University on the social determinants of health and health equity. Attend the featured keynote workshop with Dr. Nana Twum-Danso on how we can take our visions for health equity from classroom, examination room, and board room to a statewide movement. With 15 concurrent sessions to attend, hear from your peers on the challenges and opportunities to create pathways to health equity in your community. The first day of the conference ends with the 2018 Joseph D. Greene Community Service Award Reception and Ceremony honoring five individuals and one community collaborative whose unselfish efforts remind us why charity remains a pathway to greater health equity among underserved individuals and communities. On behalf of Healthcare Georgia Foundation’s Board of Directors and staff, we look forward to seeing you at Connections 2018.
Alpha Fowler Bryan, MD Board Chair
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Gary D. Nelson, PhD President
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2018
CONFERENCE PROGRAM
Pathways to Healthy and Equitable Communities
10:00 AM - 11:45 AM
Registration Open Buckhead Ballroom Foyer (Lobby Level)
11:45 AM - 1:00 PM
Welcome Lunch and Keynote Buckhead Ballroom (Lobby Level) Paula Braveman, MD, MPH, University of California, San Francisco Achieving Health Equity: Are We Ready To Take On The Causes Of The Causes?
1:45 PM - 2:00 PM
Networking
2:00 PM - 3:30 PM
SESSION 1
Presenters will discuss best practices for engaging employers in community-based efforts to promote health and economic development, address social determinants of health, and improve health equity. Presenters will highlight a project in Douglas, Georgia that is bringing the hospital, a large employer, public health, the school system and others in the community together to reduce obesity and the incidence of diabetes, heart disease and hypertension in the Coffee County area. Presenters will also share findings from the Intersectoral Community Health Improvement Collaborative (ICHIC), a 2016 project that included representatives from the two major business groups in Georgia, consumer advocacy organizations, and the Georgia Department of Public Health. The goals of ICHIC were to develop common approaches to improve the accessibility and value of healthcare and promote healthier communities throughout Georgia. Session attendees will: • Learn about the work of the Intersectoral Community Health Improvement Collaborative throughout 2016 and the project takeaways • Learn about the importance of and opportunities for engaging employers in community health improvement work • Learn about the Coffee Area Better Health Lower Cost Collaborative, an inspirational community health improvement project making an impact in rural Georgia
Woodruff Room, Lobby Level
Catch The Big Fish: How to Get Employers Engaged in Community Health
FACILITATOR: Gary D. Nelson, PhD, President, Healthcare Georgia Foundation PRESENTERS: Beth Stephens, JD, Senior Director of Public Policy and Advocacy, Georgia Watch Danny McCarty, Director of Wellness Center and Cardiac Rehab, Coffee Regional Medical Center Employer Health Alliance of Georgia
Learn about the emerging impact investing trend, and how it can provide capital and resources to organizations building healthier and more equitable communities. Presentation will provide a national overview of the impact investing ecosystem, introduce the landscape of mission-related financial intermediaries in Georgia, and share a case study from a rural community in the state. This interactive session will provide participants with an understanding of the connections between social determinants of health and the financial resources to catalyze change. FACILITATOR: Mike Sweeney, Chief Financial Officer, Healthcare Georgia Foundation
Tuxedo Room, 4th Floor
Impact Investing: Building Healthier and More Equitable Communities
PRESENTERS: Robert Cooke, Executive Director, Southwest Georgia United Pam Porter, Managing Partner, Stepping Stone Partners, LLC 3
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Cultural and Linguistic Competence: A Strategy to Address Health Disparities This workshop will define the terminology associated with health equity, disparities and why the social determinants of health influence health outcomes for vulnerable populations. It will examine cultural factors that can affect health and healthcare, such as language, communication styles, beliefs, attitudes and behaviors. It will also discuss how providers can reduce disparities through cultural and linguistically responsive and unbiased quality care and leverage community engagement as a tool to support better healthcare to marginalized communities. FACILITATOR: Lisa Medellin, MSW, Senior Program Officer, Healthcare Georgia Foundation PRESENTERS: Pierluigi Mancini, PhD, President, Multicultural Development Institute Nathaniel Smith, Chief Equity Officer, Partnership for Southern Equity
Media Messaging and Health Equity Participants will learn how narratives can shape public perceptions on health issues and better understand how to design health messages that resonate with journalists and health providers. In addition, participants will learn how editors make decisions on which stories to cover. FACILITATOR: Andrea Berry, Director of Communications, Healthcare Georgia Foundation
PRESENTERS: Katja Ridderbusch, Independent Newspaper Journalist Susanna Capeluto, Senior Editor, WABE Andy Miller, CEO and Editor, Georgia Health News 3:30 PM - 4:00 PM
NETWORKING BREAK
4:00 PM - 5:20 PM
SESSION 2
Chastain Room, 4th Floor
SESSION 1 (continued)
Habersham Room, 4th Floor
2:00 PM - 3:30 PM
The purpose of Healthcare Georgia Foundation’s EmpowerHealth capacity building program is to empower nonprofit health organizations to strengthen their leadership and to improve the ability for both staff and board to operate at an optimal level to provide provider better results to communities. Participants will learn strategies to build organizational capacity to better accomplish the agency’s mission, even with scarce resources. In this session, a panel of EmpowerHealth consultants and Cohort One grantees will share case studies of their capacity building projects, how to work with consultants, and lessons learned. FACILITATOR: Andrea Young Kellum, MPH, Program Officer, Healthcare Georgia Foundation
PRESENTERS: Jennifer Ballentine, MPH, President, Highland Nonprofit Consulting, LLC Laura Colbert, MPH, MCHES, Executive Director, Georgians for a Healthy Future Jemea S. Dorsey, MS, Chief Executive Officer, Center for Black Women’s Wellness Betts Murdison, MEd, President and CEO, Ronald McDonald House Charities of Augusta Jackie Sherman, PhD, MS, PCC, President, The Jackie Sherman Group, Inc. Healthcare Georgia Foundation
Woodruff Room, Lobby Level
EmpowerHealth: Building Capacity for Better Results
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CONFERENCE PROGRAM
Pathways to Healthy and Equitable Communities
4:00 PM - 5:20 PM
SESSION 2 (continued)
Cobb and Douglas Public Health (CDPH) and the University of North Georgia (UNG) have both collaborated and partnered with local organizations in their prospective regions in efforts to improve access to healthy food and decrease nutritional insecurity for their communities. CDPH’s involvement with the Cobb2020 Farm Fresh Market and the Mableton Farmers Market supports local farmers and provides fresh produce at reduced pricing through cost-subsidization and SNAP/EBT dollars to low access areas. Both markets serve a high percentage of food insecure senior citizens. In northeast Georgia there is a significant issue with food insecurity among school aged children and their families. To assist with this issue, the UNG Summer Food Service Program identifies food-insecure children and families within the region and seeks creative ways to meet nutritional needs during the summer months when school is not in session. Methods, partnership development, funding, and sustainability will be discussed. FACILITATOR: Samantha Bourque Tucker, MPH, Evaluation Manager, Healthcare Georgia Foundation
Chastain Room, 4th Floor
Collaborative Approaches for Addressing Food Insecurity
Reducing Health Inequities through Patient Education This presentation highlights innovative solutions to help underserved patients achieve better health and healthcare through patient education. Inequities embedded in our healthcare system trap struggling families into a cycle of poverty. The first presenter will discuss the rising healthcare costs, with a focus on how patients can minimize surprise medical bills and manage medical debt. The second presenter will highlight their successes in engaging a robust faith-based coalition to implement evidence-based strategies, along with its efforts to enhance access to care for medically underserved populations through an innovative community-clinical linkages model. This session will provide strategies on patient education and empowerment to improve access, reduce inequities, and promote patient total health.
Habersham Room, 4th Floor
PRESENTERS: Alison Curtis, MS, RD, Nutrition and Physical Activity Planning and Policy Manager, Cobb and Douglas Public Health Amber Suitt, Outreach Coordinator, The Common Market Pamela Elfenbein, MSW, PhD, HS-BCP, Professor, University of North Georgia Kay Blackstock, Executive Director, Georgia Mountain Food Bank Valerie Bowers, MEd, SNS, Director of Food and Nutrition, Forsyth County Schools
FACILITATOR: Denise Wilson Willis, Bookkeeper, Healthcare Georgia Foundation PRESENTERS: Berneta Haynes, JD, Director of Equity and Access, Georgia Watch Denise L. Taylor, Chief Community Health and Brand Officer, Tanner Health System
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Wednesday, March 28th
4:00 PM - 5:20 PM
SESSION 2 (continued)
Nationwide, hospitals and policymakers are exploring strategies for improving financial viability of rural hospitals. Presentation will include key findings from a mixed methods study aimed at describing efforts undertaken by Georgia’s rural hospitals to improve financial performance. Discussion to include improvement strategies adopted in Georgia and in comparison to other states as well as high-performing rural hospitals nationwide. We will then review how Telehealth is positively impacting the delivery of healthcare and addressing health disparities and how it is and can be used in environments such as public health, hospitals, schools, skilled nursing facilities and others. FACILITATOR: Mike Sweeney, Chief Financial Officer, Healthcare Georgia Foundation
PRESENTERS: Bettye Apenteng, PhD, Assistant Professor of Health Policy and Management, Georgia Southern University Sherrie Williams, LCSW, Chief Operating Officer, Georgia Partnership for Telehealth
5:30 PM - 6:30 PM
NETWORKING BREAK
6:30 PM - 8:30 PM
Joseph D. Greene Community Service Awards Ceremony Heavy Hors D’Oeuvres and Entertainment - Mose Davis Trio
Tuxedo Room, 4th Floor
Positioning Rural Hospitals for Sustainability and Where and How Telehealth Works
Ballroom A/B, 4th Floor
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CONFERENCE PROGRAM
Pathways to Healthy and Equitable Communities
7:00 AM - 7:45 AM
Breakfast
7:45 AM - 9:30 AM
Welcome and Keynote Speaker Ballroom A/B (4th Floor) David Williams, PhD, MPH, Harvard University Making America Healthy For All: What Each Of Us Can Do
9:30 AM - 10:40 AM
SESSION 3
Health nonprofits continue to play a critical role in promoting equity and strengthening the health of the community. But how do you know your organization is addressing health equity and closing the gap? The answer is evaluating your program with an equity lens. Join this interactive session to understand how Healthcare Georgia Foundation’s Two Georgias Initiative is conducting a health equity focused evaluation, and how these same principles could be applied to your program. Attendees will use the program logic model to develop equity focused evaluation questions as well as related health equity indicators, and identify methods that incorporate equity principles. FACILITATOR: Samantha Bourque Tucker, MPH, Evaluation Manager, Healthcare Georgia Foundation PRESENTERS: April Hermstad, MPH, Senior Public Health Program Associate, Emory Prevention Research Center Michelle Kegler, DrPH, MPH, Professor, Behavioral Sciences and Health Education, Rollins School of Public Health, Emory University, Director, Emory Prevention Research Center, Emory University
Chastain Room, 4th Floor
Evaluating with an Equity Lens
What does it look like to implement policy and environmental change interventions in the real world? In this session, four panelists representing community health coalitions will share stories about their experiences implementing a range of strategies to prevent childhood obesity. Panelists include Paula Kreissler of Healthy Savannah; Jim Lidstone of Live Healthy Baldwin; Zoe Myers of Cook County Family Connections, and Lisa Crossman of Cobb2020. Using a question and answer format, panelists illustrate a number of themes that emerged from the Childhood Obesity Prevention Program including the importance of flexibility, relationships, use of data, and sustainability. FACILITATOR: Lisa Medellin, MSW, Senior Program Officer, Healthcare Georgia Foundation
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PRESENTERS: Dana Keener Mast, PhD, Senior Manager, ICF Jim Lidstone, EdD, MS, President and Director, Center for Health and Social Issues, Georgia College and State University Lisa Crossman, MS, Deputy Director, Cobb and Douglas Public Health Paula Kreissler, MBA, Director of Healthy Living and Community Development, Healthy Savannah Zoe Myers, MS, Executive Director, Cook County Family Connection
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Ballroom C, 4th Floor
Real Stories about Implementing Environmental and Policy Change Interventions
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Thursday, March 29th
9:30 AM - 10:40 AM
SESSION 3 (continued)
Rural communities face unique barriers to accessing quality healthcare. Forming community-wide partnerships among both health and non-healthcare partners (e.g. schools, businesses, education, etc.) can be an effective strategy to address the social determinants of health. Using interactive storytelling based on lived, professional experiences, attendees will learn about successes and challenges in implementing community multi-sector partnerships. Participants will also learn how to identify the various stages of change of collaborations and how to address potential obstacles, such as gaining partner buy-in, building trust, establishing effective communication, and addressing historical issues, power dynamics and inclusion. FACILITATOR: Arlene Parker Goldson, Manager, JUST Health, Partnership for Southern Equity
Tuxedo Room, 4th Floor
Igniting Innovative Partnerships across Sectors in Rural Communities
 PRESENTERS: Gregory Dent, Executive Director, Northwest Georgia Healthcare Partnership
Tara Gardner, Program Coordinator, Clay County Health Partnership Joy Thomas, DrPH, MSPH, CHES, Associate Professor and Director, Center for Health Disparities and Community Based Research, Columbus State University
10:40 AM - 11:00 AM
NETWORKING BREAK
11:00 AM - 12:30 PM
SESSION 4
Strong collaborations require leadership and voices from all aspects of the community. This interactive session will provide case studies on how nonprofit health organizations can use collaborations and community partnerships to strengthen their strategies and outcomes to effectively address health disparities and the social determinants of health. Participants will learn how to cross-train and build leaders to be engaged in collaborative partnerships and how to ensure that all community voices, including those most affected by health disparities, are included at the table. Participants will also learn concrete tools to create more equitable approaches and clearer pathways to strengthen program impact and services.
Tuxedo, 4th Floor
Becoming Healthy Together: Pathways to Strong Collaborations
FACILITATOR: Mashona Council, Entrepreneur, Council Consulting, LLC
 PRESENTERS: Shanesha Brooks-Tatum, PhD, Vice President, Creative Research Solutions, LLC
Quinn M. Gentry, PhD, MBA, President and CEO, Messages of Empowerment Productions, LLC Alvin Glymph, MEd, President, Glymph and Associates, LLC Susan M. Wolfe, PhD, MA, Community Consultant, Susan Wolfe and Associates, LLC
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CONFERENCE PROGRAM
Pathways to Healthy and Equitable Communities
11:00 AM - 12:30 PM
SESSION 4 (continued)
Partnerships engaging the community is a powerful tool in addressing health disparities in both rural and urban communities. The first presenter will discuss a series of health assessments used to inform a future community health center in one of the oldest and formerly operating African American schools in rural Georgia. The second presenter will discuss how they expanded an urban elementary school’s school-based behavioral health center model to address primary healthcare needs to eliminate barriers and improve access to services for a community with significant healthcare disparities. This session will highlight how two partnerships identified health needs and assets to move towards building safer and healthier communities. FACILITATOR: Katie Watson, Program Assistant/Distance Learning Coordinator, Healthcare Georgia Foundation
Ballroom C, 4th Floor
Engaging Rural and Urban Communities to Address Health Disparities
PRESENTERS: Cindy Simpson, MA, EdS, VP & COO, CHRIS 180
Meet the Grantmaker In this session, Healthcare Georgia Foundation staff will review the Foundation’s grantmaking priorities and funding programs, online application process, and general application criteria. Participants will learn how to best communicate with the Foundation, the resources available to assist with documenting the results of your grant, and an overview of reporting and financial requirements. PRESENTERS: Andrea Berry, Director of Communications, Healthcare Georgia Foundation Lisa Medellin, MSW, Senior Program Officer, Healthcare Georgia Foundation Javier Sanchez, Grants Manager, Healthcare Georgia Foundation Mike Sweeney, Chief Financial Officer, Healthcare Georgia Foundation Samantha Bourque Tucker, Evaluation Manager, Healthcare Georgia Foundation
Chastain Room, 4th Floor
Moya Alfonso, PhD, MSPH, Associate Professor, Community Health Education and Behavior, Jiann-Ping Hsu College of Public Health, Georgia Southern University
Ballroom D/E, 4th Floor
Scaling Up: Beyond the Moral Imperative to Strategies and Tactics How do we get a proven health intervention to all those who need it as soon as possible? In this session, participants will begin to answer this question for their own organization using proven frameworks for designing and executing interventions at large scale. FACILITATOR: Gary D. Nelson, PhD, President, Healthcare Georgia Foundation PRESENTER: Nana Twum-Danso, MD, MPH, Social Entrepreneur and Consultant in Large Scale Change MAZA, Accra, Ghana and the Billions Institute, Boston MA
12:30 PM
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NETWORKING AND BOXED LUNCHES AVAILABLE Ballroom A/B, Additional Seating in East/West Paces (4th Floor)
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Thursday, March 29th
HEALTHCARE GEORGIA FOUNDATION - BOARD OF DIRECTORS AND STAFF Alpha Fowler Bryan, MD, Board Chair Cheryl Christian, Board Vice Chair Glennie Cox Bench Thomas Bornemann, EdD Seema Csukas, MD, PhD Daniel Dawes, JD Scott Kroell Stephen Merz Robert Nesbit, MD, Immediate Past Board Chair Doug Patten, MD Elizabeth Reese Diane Zabak Weems, MD David Williams, MD
Gary D. Nelson, PhD, President Andrea Berry, Director of Communications Janette Blackburn, MBA, Director of Operations Andrea Young Kellum, MPH, Program Officer Lisa Medellin, MSW, Senior Program Officer Martha Pierre-Paul, Administrative Assistant Javier Sanchez, Grants Manager Mike Sweeney, Chief Financial Officer Samantha Tucker, MPH, Evaluation Manager Katie Watson, Program Assistant/Distance Learning Coordinator Denise Wilson Willis, Bookkeeper
WESTIN BUCKHEAD, ATLANTA - MAPS
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