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The
19th Ounce
of Prevention Conference
sponsored by the Massachusetts
Department of Public Health (DPH) took place at the DCU Center in Worcester
on March 28, 2017. The
event brought public health
practitioners and advocates together for presentations and awards
celebrating the work of leaders statewide. Associate Commissioner
Lindsey Tucker introduced Commissioner
Monica Bharel, MD, MPH who outlined the goals and methods the
Department employs to address health across statewide policies. Heidi
Klein of the Vermont Department of
Public Health gave the keynote address, "An Introduction to
Health in All Policies" before the
Commissioner awarded the Peter R. Lee Healthy Communities Award to the Massachusetts
Healthy Aging Collaborative and the Commissioner's Leadership Award to
Rosalie Girard of Berkshire
Nursing Families. Following
lunch, participants attended workshops covering a variety of
topics. Click
here for a 37-minute |
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(Top row) Partners Outreach and Media Liaison Michael Coughlin signs in at the DCU Center in Worcester before Associate Commissioner Lindsey Tucker welcomes DPH Commissioner Monica Bharel, MD, MPH. (Row two) James Fuccione, Senior Director of the Massachusetts Health Aging Collaborative, accepts the Peter R. Lee Healthy Communities Award before Lindsey introduces Heidi Klein of the Vermont Department of Public Health to give the keynote address. (Row three) Jackie DeWolfe, Director of Sustainable Mobility for the Mass. Dept of Transportation and Juan Vega of the Executive Office of Housing and Economic Development talk about how their agencies' policies address health as Ms. Klein listens. (Bottom row) Boston Alliance for Community Health Director David Aronstein and Mass. Public Health Association Field Director Andrea Freeman pose questions to the panel before the group breaks for lunch. |
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