Community Development & the Social Determinants of Health Symposium

Event Date: 
Tuesday, August 30, 2016
Event Type: 
Non-NEHA Event
Event Website: 

http://www.naceda.org/assets/naceda_2016symposiumfactsheet.pdf

Event City: 
Cleveland
Event State: 
Ohio

The National Alliance of Community Economic Development Associations is hosting the Community Development & the Social Determinants of Health Symposium. The purpose of the symposium is to foster local and regional partnerships that improve health and wellness in low-income communities around the country. The symposium will cover

  • the basics of the social determinant of health;
  • concrete, successful local community development models that improve the health of residents;
  • regional and national partnerships that bring awareness and infrastructure to the strategic intersection of health and community development;
  • the challenges and opportunities of cross-sector partnership, including sharing information and data, and drawing on each others' abilities to reach diverse communities; and
  • strategic and public policy levers that can draw health and community development actors together to influence place-based strategies for improving health and wellness.
Organization: 
National Alliance of Community Economic Development Associations