In the final episode of Keeping Up With Public Health: Cross-Sector Collaborations (Season 3), we review the value of working across sectors for developing public health infrastructure and advancing health equity, and discuss general approaches to cross-sectoral work and relationship building. Resources for engaging in cross-sectoral work are shared. Guests: Ruben Cantu, Melissa Jones, MPA.
Learning Objectives:
- Explain the importance of cross-sectoral work for advancing health equity.
- Discuss approaches to engaging in cross-sectoral work for population health.
- Access resources for working across sectors.
Target Audience: Public Health Professionals
Duration: 40 minutes
Continuing Education Information: 0.75 Category 1 CHES credits (no continuing competency)
CHES Provider number: 99036Format: Podcast
Recorded: 5/2023
Hosted by: Allison Root, DrPH, MS, RDN, MCHES®
Guest Bios:
Ruben Cantu is an Associate Program Director at Prevention Institute with 20+ years’ experience in public health, safety, and wellbeing through an equity and racial justice lens. He leads initiatives to address and prevent community trauma and improve mental health and community safety through a focus on community conditions. He is the primary author of California’s strategic plan for reducing mental health disparities and serves on several state advisory committees.
Melissa Jones, MPA, is the Executive Director of BARHII. She is passionate about creating the conditions that increase quality of life and makes life more fair for more people. Her work focuses on the intersection of social determinants of health, social inequity, and well-being. Her experience includes work in municipal government and non-profits, in the Bay Area’s large and small cities. Melissa is an active community member in Oakland and also serves on the Association of Bay Area Government’s Regional Planning Committee, which advises on regional planning issues. Before joining BARHII, Melissa served as Senior Program Officer at Boston Local Initiative Support Corporation (LISC), where she launched and ran Boston LISC’s Resilient Communities Resilient Families (RCRF) Initiative. The initiative works to ensure that residents of Boston’s Roxbury, Dorchester, and Mattapan neighborhoods benefit from the rising tide of transit and other public investments.
Disclosures: The planners, reviewers, and authors have no declared conflicts of interest.
