Panel: How a Clinical Strategy in Denver Could Improve Health & Address Health Equity

In this panel, key leaders in the field will discuss strategies in the healthcare setting that can improve population health and reduce disparities in obesity-related health behaviors and outcomes and can be feasibly implemented across cities, counties, and states in the United States.

Panelists:

• Captain Heidi Blanck, PhD, MS, branch chief, Chronic Disease Nutrition/Obesity, Division of Nutrition, Physical Activity, and Obesity, Centers for Disease Control and Prevention
• Jennifer Moreland, MPH, chronic disease manager, Denver Public Health
• Elsie Taveras, MD, MPH, chief community health equity officer, Mass General Brigham, executive director, Kraft Center for Community Health at MGH, Conrad Taff Endowed Professor, Harvard Medical School

Partners at Denver Public Health will share how they used cost-effectiveness analysis as a decision-making tool to implement a clinical strategy in Denver Health clinics to promote healthy weight.

Following the panel, join a 30-minute discussion with the speakers hosted by the CHOICES Community of Practice.