2022 HOAC Spring CME Meeting

Climate Change, Resiliency, and Equity:
What Local Health Officers Can Do

May 5-6, 2022

Learning Objectives

  • After attending this activity, health officers will know how to use their role to build resilience in their communities.
  • After attending this activity, health officers will feel equipped to communicate about climate change to a variety of audiences.
  • After attending this activity, health officers will integrate climate change into their public health practice in at least one ongoing way.

Agenda

Thursday, May 5


7:15       REGISTRATION AND BREAKFAST

8:00       WELCOME
Karen Relucio, MD, MPH, President, Health Officers Association of California; Health Officer, Napa County

SESSION 1: TAKING ACTION TODAY: LOCAL AND STATE ACTIONS HAPPENING NOW


8:15      Using Your Role as Health Officer to Impact Climate Change 

              Richard Jackson, MD, MPH, Professor Emeritus, UCLA Fielding School of Public Health (invited)


9:15       Effecting Change Locally – Los Angeles

 Elizabeth Rhoades, PhD, Climate Change Program Director, Los Angeles County Department of Public Health (confirmed) (via Zoom)

9:45       Effecting Change Locally – San Diego

            Jo Ann Julien, San Diego (confirmed) (In-Person)

10:15    BREAK

10:30    Update on State Climate Change Action

              Rohan Radhakrishna, Linda Helland, Dan Woo, Office of Health Equity, California Department of Public Health (invited)

  • Climate Change Line Item in Governor’s Budget
  • Other actions planned by CPDH

12:00    LUNCHEON

SESSION 2: ENTRY POINTS FOR LOCAL HEALTH DEPARTMENTS TO TAKE ACTION


1:30       Federal Collaboration and Update

John Balbus, MD, MPH 

2:15        Effecting Change Locally – Fresno

            Rais Vorha, MD (confirmed) (via Zoom)

3:00      BREAK

3:15      Top 5 Local Planning Meetings Health Officers Should Be Attending

Rohan Radhakrishna, Linda Helland, Dan Woo, Office of Health Equity, California Department of Public Health (invited)

4:15       Linda Rudolph, MD, MPH, Public Health Institute 

5:00      ADJOURN

6:30     Reception with Hosted Bar

7:00     Dinner

Friday, May 6


7:15 REGISTRATION AND BREAKFAST

SESSION 3: Health Officer Round Table – Attendance Open to Health Officers Only

8:00     Round Table Discussion: The role of the health officer – Karen Relucio 


10:15   BREAK

10:30   Regional Discussions: The role of the health officer


12:00   ADJOURN