Jersey City Culture of Health Forum

The Robert Wood Johnson Foundation (RWJF) has a new vision for America, calling for us, as a nation, to work together to build a Culture of Health. When we achieve a Culture of Health, everyone in our diverse society will be able to lead healthy lives, now and for generations to come. The healthy choice will be the easy choice, and health will have more to do with maintaining wellness than treating illness.

In this national Culture of Health… 

• Individuals, businesses, government, and organizations will work together to foster healthy communities and lifestyles.
• The economy will be less burdened by excessive and unwarranted health care spending.
• Individuals and families have the means and the opportunity to make choices that lead to healthy lives.
• Efficient and equitable health care will deliver optimal patient outcomes.

In an effort to stimulate discussion and cross-sectional collaboration in communities throughout New Jersey, the Foundation is conducting a series of regional forums around the State over the coming year. These Forums are intended to jumpstart a conversation about how different sectors in New Jersey can support these important goals.

The program will be moderated by Emmy Award-winning anchor, Thirteen/WNET (PBS) and NJTV (PBS) and author, "You Are the Brand", Steve Adubato, PhD.

AGENDA

9:15 a.m.    Refreshments & networking for Forum attendees

9:30 a.m.    Welcome & opening remarks – James S. Marks, MD, MPH, senior vice president and director, Program Portfolios, RWJF

9:40 a.m. Panel Discussion

• James S. Marks, MD, MPH, senior vice president and director, Program Portfolios, RWJF
  
• Steven M. Fulop, mayor, Jersey City
• Michellene Davis, Esq., executive vice president, corporate affairs, Barnabas Health
• Robert Caulfield, owner, Field Development Group
• Jessica Schaeffer, Healthy Schools program manager, Alliance for a Healthier Generation
• Jim Nelson, executive director, The Sharing Place at St. Paul's Lutheran Church.
  

10:40 a.m. Crowdsourcing – Best ideas for working together to build a Culture of Health in Jersey City 

An interactive exercise designed to solicit input and ideas for moving forward from audience members. 

*Confirmed panelists as of 11/3/14. 

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