NEW HAVEN HEALTH MATTERS

NEW HAVEN HEALTH MATTERS

Health Matters! is an ambitious movement to improve the health status of the City of New Haven and make New Haven one of the healthiest cities in the nation!

Why Health Matters!?

Each year, Connecticut spends nearly $1 billion on chronic illnesses, including obesity. Fueled, in part, by policies from federal, state and local jurisdictions that affect health directly (e.g., access to health care) or indirectly (e.g., business, transportation, education), New Haven and other urban centers continue to carry a disproportionate burden of the cost, morbidity and mortality. A recent report sponsored by the Robert Wood Johnson Foundation ranked New Haven seventh out of the eight counties in Connecticut in health outcomes. Surveys of 2400 children and adults from six neighborhoods in New Haven demonstrated that:

- 1 in 2 fifth and sixth graders were overweight or obese
- 1 in 3 adult residents reported daily smoking
- 1 in 5 skipped meals in the past 30 days because they had no food or money for food

SAVE THE DATE! 
Health Matters: Visioning a Healthier New Haven 
Thursday, January 27, 2011 • 8:30 a.m. - 2:00 p.m.

New Haven Lawn Club 193 Whitney Avenue, New Haven, CT 06511 
Breakfast and Lunch will be provided. 
Featured Keynote Speaker: Anthony Iton, M.D., J.D., MPH Senior Vice President for Healthy Communities at The California Endowment.

Conference will also include a debut of Visions of a Healthier New Haven short film documentary, panel presentations, and an interactive discussion about how we can work together to build a healthier New Haven.

To RSVP, please contact Shanta L. Evans by calling (860) 869-8779, or email at HealthMattersNH@newhavenct.net.