2025 Greater Hampton Roads Population Health Summit

Considerations for Hampton Roads

Hybrid: In-person at Virginia Health Sciences or virtually via Zoom

* For in-person attendees, registration and breakfast begins at 8:00am*

Learning Objectives:

1) Define and describe the Political Determinants of Health (PDOH).

2) Explain the relationship between political determinants of health and inequities.

3) Assess how policy decisions at the local, state, and federal levels affect clinical practice and community health.

Light breakfast, lunch and free parking at Virginia Health Scienecs will be available for in-person attendees!

" The Political Determinants of Health”

Daniel Dawes, JD

Founding Dean, School of Global Health

Senior Vice President, Global Health

Meharry Medical College

Objectives:

1. Identify how political structures, policymaking processes, and governance influence the distribution of health and illness across populations.

2. Analyze the impact of voting laws, policy decisions, civic disenfranchisement, and structural racism on access to care and population health outcomes.

If you are unable to join in-person, but are interested in reading this book by our Keynote Speaker, copies can be purchased via the Johns Hopkins University Press website or on Amazon:

Johns Hopkins University Press: Paperback, E-Book

https://www.press.jhu.edu/books/title/12075/political-determinants-health

Amazon: Kindle, Audiobook and Paperback

https://www.amazon.com/Political-Determinants-Health-Daniel-Dawes-ebook/dp/B07YQ8HWFV/ref=sr_1_1?crid=3C53X6IK6LZHT&dib=eyJ2IjoiMSJ9.1-id8bv2YdCTt2K97M2lRHKAhk5O2rfJdXzwty_4gbE.bx4CaOnnsamgeyAA2D5vsJihwoxKFCgi2Bthg_dphH4&dib_tag=se&keywords=the+political+determinants+of+health+by+daniel+e.+dawes&qid=1755541408&sprefix=The+Political+Deter%2Caps%2C130&sr=8-1

State/Regional perspective on Health in All Policies

William A. Hazel, Jr. MD

CEO, Claude Moore Opportunities

Former Secretary of Health and Human Resources of Virginia

Objectives:

1. Summarize the role of health policy to address the social drivers of health.

2. Discuss specific examples (e.g., Medicaid expansion, quality of care standards, public health funding) that directly or indirectly influence patient health and healthcare delivery

3. Describe the importance of a robust health workforce in addressing differences in health outcomes and gaps in healthcare services.

Moderator:

Brett Sierra, DHSc, MPH

Assistant Professor, Master of Public Health

EVMS School of Health Professions

Macon and Joan Brock Virginia Health Sciences at Old Dominion University

Panelists Include:

Education:

Tawana Fortune

Supervisor of Student Support in the Division of School Leadership and Support for Chesapeake Public Schools

Food / Nutrition:

Chris Tan

President and Chief Executive Officer, Foodbank of Southeastern Virginia and the Eastern Shore

Housing:

Nathan Simms

NRHA Executive Director

Objective:

1) Analyze how decision making within individual sectors impact overall community health and living standards for Eastern Virginia.

2) Discuss opportunities for cross-sector collaboration focused on health and wellbeing.

This activity has been approved for AMA PRA Category 1 Credit™

Event Venue & Nearby Stays

Waitzer Hall, 735 Fairfax Avenue, Norfolk, United States