Welcome & Orientation to

Reuben K. Varghese, MD, MPHHealth Director & Public Health Division Chief22 January 2018

Welcome to Destination 2027

•Our journey as a public health system toward health equity and health

•How did we get here?

•Where are we going?

•What have we learned?

•Roles and Responsibilities• Steering Committee•Co-Chairs

Destination 2017

Where are we going? Community-Informed Strategic Planning to Achieve Health Equity and Health

• There is an uneven opportunity landscape in Northern Virginia (Source: NVHF)

• Achieving a health equity and health for all vision will require alignment, clarity, and intentionality among the Local Public Health System members

• Community Strategic Planning Process includes examining• Examining and/or conducting

• Health and quality of life metrics• Social determinants of health metrics• Local public health system policies and interactions• Environmental scan

• Decision making as a system for the system

Biggest Lesson from the past 10 years?

•Use a systems approach vs. a disease or issue specific approach to public health change

A system* has 1. Elements2. Interconnections:

• Feedback• Information Flow• Rules

3. Purpose/Function

*How a system actually behaves is the purpose or function of the system.

Our Roles and Responsibilities – the 20,000 foot view

To achieve health equity in Arlington, we will need

1. Alignment: coordinated, collaborative action of all sectors of the community

2. Clarity: focusing effort on issues that matter to people with corresponding measurable outcomes

3. Intentionality: designing our communities, policies, and processes to specifically lead to improved outcomes in well-being, while avoiding unintended unhealthy outcomes

Destination 2027 Steering Committee Co-Chairs

Abby Raphael Patricia Rodgers