Project Title
Healthy Communities Conference Scholarship
Grant Amount
$2,000
Priority Area
Other
Date Awarded
October 20, 2017
Region
North Country
Status
Closed
Website
In a state as large as New York, a steady stream of smart, innovative work is coming from NYHealth grantees and non-grantees alike that is relevant to NYHealth’s priority areas of Building Healthy Communities and Empowering Health Care Consumers and its focus area on Veterans’ Health.
These organizations should be elevating their work and informing key stakeholders at regional, statewide, and national conferences, meetings, and other convenings. Yet, because of a lack of resources, they are often unable to do so. To address this issue, NYHealth awarded grants through its Sponsoring Conference Participation in Support of Healthy Communities, Consumer Empowerment, and Veterans’ Health Request for Proposals (RFP). Through this RFP, NYHealth sponsored low-resource organizations to attend and present at local, State, and national conferences related to these areas. In 2017, NYHealth awarded Fort Drum Regional Health Planning Organization (FDRHPO) a grant to participate in this initiative as part of its efforts to support healthy communities.
With NYHealth funding, one FDRHPO staff member attended the American Public Health Association Annual Meeting and Expo, “Creating the Healthiest Nation: Climate Changes Health.” The staff member attended sessions relevant to FDRHPO’s regional health assessment, including preventing chronic disease by reducing obesity in adults in children. Lessons learned from the conference helped inform a variety of FDRHPO’s presentations, reports, and collaborative activities that address population health, public health, and social determinants of health.