Where do wellness issues fit in the transit conversation? What is the link between how we build our cities and transportation networks, and the physical, social, mental and economic wellness of our communities? Participate in the discussion with health funders, community development professionals, health equity advocates and urban planners. Hear how they've leveraged new funding sources for critical investments. What are the politics, processes and mechanics of integrating health, wellness and health equity issues into the planning and design of livable communities? Learn new techniques and perspectives from health foundations, public policy advocates and urban designers and cities in the US (Phoenix, Dallas, Houston) and Canada. Moderator: Elizabeth Sobel Blum, Senior Community Development Advisor, Federal Reserve Bank of Dallas, Texas Antonio Gomez-Palacio, Principal, DIALOG, Toronto, Ontario C.J. Hager, Director, Healthy Community Policies, St. Luke's Health Initiatives, Phoenix, Arizona Niiobli Armah, IV, Managing Director, WE-COLLAB, Houston, Texas

1. Integrating Health, Livable
Communities and Transit:
How to Engage Health
C.J. Eisenbarth Hager
Director, Healthy Community Policies
St. Luke’s Health Initiatives

2. St. Luke’s Health Initiatives
Improving well-being in Arizona by addressing
root causes and broader issues that affect health.

3. Health ≠
Healthcare

4. What influences our health?
Medical Care
10% Physical
Environment
5%
Social
Circumstances
15%
Behavioral
Choices
40%
Genetics
30%
* McGinnis, J., Williams-Russo, P. and Knickman, J. The Case For More Active Policy
Attention To Health Promotion. Health Affairs, 21, no.2 (2002):78-93

5. Charlotte’s
Light Rail Users:
• Lost 6 pounds
• Reduced obesity risk
by 81%
*MacDonald, J., Stokes, R., Cohen, D., Kofner, A.
Ridgeway, G. The Effect of Light Rail Transit on Body
Mass Index and Physical Activity. American Journal
of Preventative Medicine. (2010) 39(2): 105–112.

6. Foundation Roles
Convener Investor
Matchmaker Communicator
Data Provider Deal Maker
Capacity
Builder
Mission
Steward
Systems
Engineer
Policy
Advocate
Hacke, R., Wood, D., Urquilla, M. What Can Foundations Do to Foster
Community Investment: 10 Roles for Philanthropy (2014) Retrieved
from: kresge.org/library/what-can-foundations-do-
foster-community-investment-10-roles-for-philanthropy

7. Reinvent PHX
• Capacity Builder
• Policy Advocate
• Mission Steward
• Data Provider
• Investor

8. Complete Streets
• Convener
• Policy Advocate
• Mission Steward
• Communicator

9. Reaching Out
to Health
• Nonprofit hospitals
through community
benefit requirement
• Heath impact
assessments

10. Reaching Out to
Health
• Health foundations
• American Public Health
Association
• Public health agencies

11. C.J. Eisenbarth Hager
St. Luke’s Health Initiatives
cj.hager@slhi.org