September 24, 2013
Friday, December 13th
2013, 9am to 4pm
Kaiser Town Hall
3704 N Interstate Ave, Portland, OR 97227
Registration: $50/professional
(Includes sustainable lunch)
Developed by
Oregon Physicians for Social Responsibility
Health Care Without Harm
Kaiser Permanente Northwest
Jointly Sponsored by
Oregon Physicians for Social Responsibility
Northwest Permanente, PC
Department of Clinical & Leadership Education
Kaiser Permanente Northwest
About the Training:
The Food Matters Training is designed to introduce a clinical audience (physicians, nurses, and other medical and community health professionals) to issues related to our current food system and human/population health and to provide them with hands-on training and experience to advocate for healthy food environments and systems as part of a prevention based agenda in the community and public policy arena. A panel of elected officials will
share perspectives and strategies for effective policy advocacy.
Three current policy debates will be presented by local experts as case studies: farm to school, antibiotics in animal agriculture and healthy food access.
Participants will be engaged in small groups to learn and practice advocacy approaches on these case study issues including preparation and delivery of testimony, media interviews and persuasive writing.
Background:
What we eat profoundly impacts the health of individuals, our communities, and the environment. The U.S. population is ubiquitously exposed to energy-dense, nutritionally depleted, chemical-laden food that is grown in environmentally destructive and unsustainable ways. Obesity, diabetes, malnutrition, cancer and other chronic diseases are the costly consequences of our current consumption patterns, both in terms of human well-being
Register today at: www.foodmatters.eventzilla.netand healthcare expenditures. Health care professionals, such as physicians, nurses and dieticians, frequently provide anticipatory guidance on nutrition and health eating to their patients. Yet encouraging healthy eating alone will not promote healthy eating habits if the food systems which most people rely on, make access to
healthy food choices difficult.
The current industrial system of food production and distribution is deeply entrenched, and until recently was seen as outside the purview of health care professionals. This view is changing. In 2009, the American Medical Association House of Delegates passed a resolution calling for physicians to work with health care and public health organizations to educate the health care community and the public about the importance of healthy and
ecologically sustainable food systems that "provide food and beverages of naturally high nutritional quality”. In June 2010, the American Dietetic Association, American Nurses Association, American Planning Association, and American Public Health Association endorsed a similar set of food system principles.
Speakers Include
- Ted Schettler, MD; Science and Environmental Health Network
- Emma Sirois, MS, Program Director, Oregon Physicians for Social Responsibility
- Molly Haynes RD, MPH, Community Benefit Manager, Kaiser Permanente
- Anneliese Koehler, Public Policy Advocate, Oregon Food Bank
- Jeff Kleen, Federal Public Policy Advocate Oregon Food Bank
- Katy Pelissier, MPH, Farm to School Program Manager, Ecotrust
- Invited local, state and federal elected officials
For more information contact
Emma Sirois, [email protected], 503.780.9859 OR
Gretchen Miller, [email protected], 503.475.6256
At the conclusion of this activity the learner will be able to:
1. Describe current food systems issues and associated legislative policy activities.
2. Describe types of advocacy strategies that could be used and that they could engage in to support policy
actions.
3. Engage with local organizations with which to engage to support policy actions.
4. Engage in effective advocacy on public policy including providing testimony, writing persuasively and
speaking to media outlets.
Accreditation and Credit Designation
Accreditation: This activity has been planned and implemented through the joint sponsorship of the Northwest
Permanente, PC Department of Continuing Medical Education & Professional Development (NWP CME &
Professional Development) and Oregon Physicians for Social Responsibility. NWP CME & Professional Development
is accredited by the Oregon Medical Association to provide continuing medical education for physicians.
Credit Designation: NWP CME & Professional Development designates this Live Activity for a maximum of 5.5 AMA
PRA Category 1 Credits
TM
. Physicians should claim only the credit commensurate with the extent of their
participation in the activity.
Disclosure Policy:
NWP CME and Professional Development asks all individuals involved in the development and presentation of continuing
medical education activities to disclose all relationships with commercial interests. This information is disclosed to
participants. In addition, faculty members are asked to disclose when any unapproved, unlabeled, and/or investigational use
of commercial products and/or devices is being discussed. NWP CME and Professional Development has procedures to
resolve any apparent conflict of interest. Any products mentioned are for illustrative purposes and are not to be construed as
endorsements of those products. All information is provided for educational purposes only.
To request reasonable accommodations for a disability please notify, Emma Sirois ([email protected]) in writing as soon as possible.
