Our Health is Our Culture

This is a webinar series designed to engage in dialogue about the pressing issues affecting health and well-being in the Caribbean.

Purpose

  • Do you have questions or concerns about the health system in your Caribbean nation or across the Caribbean?
  • Do you work in health, housing, government, construction, transportation, criminal justice, business, agriculture, planning, education, tourism, climate change, policy, law enforcement, social services, energy or other sectors?
  • Does your health, the health of your community, the health of your employees, family or friends matter to you?
  • Do you feel like you have a responsibility or a desire to contribute to improving the health system in your country?

 

If you answered yes to any of these, Our Health is Our Culture webinar series is for you!

 

The series will highlight the opportunities and challenges faced in the Caribbean to create a Culture of Health; A Caribbean where everyone deserves to live in healthy communities where they can safely live, work, learn, play, and prosper.

Program Description

Our goal is to provide public health professionals and multi-sector partners in health with the quality training and information to help them to innovate and implement transformative population health practices in this dynamic field—no matter their position, area of expertise, or work setting.

Background

Health is not merely the absence of infirmity. According to the World Health Organization,  health is the state of complete physical, mental, and social well-being. Population health is characterized by many factors including the quality of health care, health behaviors, socioeconomic factors, and the physical environment. Measures of health and population health are directly related to productivity, crime and overall quality of life for our nations. Presently there is a gap in continuing education opportunities for the public health workforce and the broader multi-sector population health workforce in the Caribbean. To ensure the health and well-being of all people living in the Caribbean, a multi-sector stakeholder group of public, private and community partners would need to have a shared understanding of the population health and social issues facing the people of the Caribbean, and of the potential best practices available in response.

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