i do think public health has that role in driving the conversation. >> we at the american public health association have an active set of groups in specifically on the point of integrationacross multiple sectors . >> i wanted to add you are right. about making sure those resources are there and that's one of our big projects, is it's physically helping advocates from across the country offer the stakolders, think about w they can leverage medicaid funding to help pay for community health groups. please get on our website, we have a project focused on laying out either a pathway for getting some medicaid money, we have to start somewhere. it's medicaid we have tostart . >> other concrete ideas, anybody else. >> i'm going to sound like a broken record by the end of today but in my life before doing the work i did, i do go back to, we are not having these conversations and highlighting them as a priority in early education in elementary school . the university level, there's a lot that could be done but there's a lot more that could be done if we are showing this is a priority and i understand there's

the discussion. from surgeonrks general on public health partnerships and the opioid epidemic. he is followed by a panel discussion with health officials on social determinants of health. the american public health association hosted this to our event. -- 2 hour event. >> good afternoon, everyone. i would like to welcome everybody here to our national health week celebration. we are changing our future together. is howme for this year we can work across divides, across sectors, across groups to ay toin a positive w improve the health and well-being of our community. we have exciting speakers for you today. that will be followed by a pattern. we have both at the audience here in the room and an audience out there in c-span. we are really glad that audience could be here with us as well today. i had the honor this morning of introducing an old friend. a younger man by the name of jerome adams. dr. adams is a board-certified anesthesiologist and served as the indiana state health commissioner from 2014-2017. he has a bachelors degree in fromemistry and psychology the university of maryland, baltimore county. i like that, because my daughter went to you nbc as well -- umbc as well. i met dr. adams when both he

public health partnerships and the opioid epidemic. he's followed by a panel experts n with health on social determinants of health. held by the american public health association, this is about two hours. >> that's better. i'm dr. georges benjamin, at the e director american public health association here in washington, d.c. and so i'd like to welcome all here to our national public health week celebration. we're calling healthiest nation 2030, changing our future together. our theme for this year is across the ork divide, across sectors, across in a positive way to improve the health and well being of our community. we have a couple of really exciting speakers here for you today. follow by a will pattern. i also want to note that we have both the audience here in the an audience out there in c-span. we're really glad that that audience could be with us here today. had the honor this morning of introducing an old friend. oung man by the name of jerome adams. dr. adams is a board certified served as ogist and the indiana state health commissioner from 2014 to 2017. he has a bachelor's degree in iochemistry and physiology -- sorry, in psychology from the univers

this is doctor jill, she is the president of the american public health association. the professor of public health practice and research in the carly has distinguished chair of public health, college of public health in georgia. he also serves as cochair of the department of community help a girl in education and department of health policy and management. the host a masters in social work and mph from the university of california berkeley and abpa from the johns hopkinsuniversity. he's had over 33 years experience as a clinician and community advocate and public health practitioner , our president , in the american public health association, doctor,gil. >> . >>. [applause] >> thank you very much doctor b. thank you to our surgeon general. again, i want to thank everyone for attendingand you all who are listening , i want to thank you for coming to our panel today. i have the distinguished pleasure of introducing the phenomenal panel that you had to hear about. as i get started i want to give you a little background on each of the panelists, starting with at the far e

georges benjamin, with the american public health association, says it had a chilling effect on gun violence research at the centers for disease control. dr. georges benjamin (american public health association): people used that language to intimidate the researchers and there was some self-censorship at the agency. jessica smith reporting: facing pressure after the parkland school shooting, congress added a single sentence to the spending bill. it said the cdc ácaná research gun violence. while some have blamed the gun lobby for blocking cdc studies, nra spokesperson catherine mortensen says the organization has always been ok with the research. catherine mortensen (nra spokesperson): the problem is not that research going on, the problem is you may have biased researchers mortensen says the nra supports unbiased research, if it doesn't become gun control advocacy.catherine mortensen (nra spokesperson): we're very concerned if we start to see any taxpayer dollars go toward the promotion of gun control policy but benjamin argues congress should have gone further -- and eliminated the dickey

the social factors that determine how healthy you are. after his remarks a discussion on life expectancy. from an american public health association for in washington, d.c., this is about two hours. >> good afternoon, everyone. that's better. good afternoon, everyone. >> good afternoon. >> i'm dr. georges benjamin and an executive director at the american public health association here in washington, d.c. and so i would like to welcome all of you here to our national public health week celebration which were calling healthiest nation 2030, changing our future together. and our theme for this year is how we can work across divide, across sectors, cross groups to work in a positive way to improve the health and well-being of our community. so we have a couple really exciting speakers here for you today, then that will be followed by a panel. also want to know where both the audience in the room and we have an audience out there that's in c-span so we really glad that audience could be with us here as well today. i have the honor this morning of introducing an old friend, a young man by the name of jerome adams your dr. adams is a bo

brought the old ramshackle institution of to a standard where it was approved by the american public health association, the american medical association. and then after that, shannon and welch and thompkins get into it with one another. he ends up resigning his suit -- is superintendents a. but there was another issue on the table, which was very important. tompkins, because the eighth ward was predominately african-american, in 1920, organized a rival democratic club in the eighth ward that rivaled welch and shannon and they did not like that. at all. and that was probably the reason why he resigned. pendergast, the tot faction, hired thompkins be the assistant commissioner of child hygiene and communicable diseases for the city. they task him with looking at the tuberculosis cases among african-americans in the city. that report is in the holdings of the kansas city public library. .e surveyed the conditions i need to do more research to figure out -- there was a hospital in leeds, but it was mainly for whites only. hospital.uberculosis i strongly believe that african-americans, because of his work,

surgeon general delivered keynote remarks at the american public health association national forearm in washington. he spoke about his priorities as surgeon general. >> good afternoon everyone.

georges benjamin, with the american public health association, says it had a chilling effect on gun violenceh at the centers for disease control. dr. georges benjamin (american public health association): people used that language to intimidate the researchers and there was some self-censorship at the agency. jessica smith reporting: facing pressure after the parkland school shooting, congress added a single sentence to the spending bill. it said the cdc ácaná research gun violence. while some have blamed the gun lobby for blocking cdc studies, nra spokesperson catherine mortensen says the organization has always been ok with the research. catherine mortensen (nra spokesperson): the problem is not that research going on, the problem is you may have biased researchers mortensen says the nra supports unbiased research, if it doesn't become gun control advocacy.catherine mortensen (nra spokesperson): we're very concerned if we start to see any taxpayer dollars go toward the promotion of gun control policy but benjamin argues congress should have gone further -- and eliminated the dickey amendme

the discussion. from surgeonrks general on public health partnerships and the opioid epidemic. he is followed by a panel discussion with health officials on social determinants of health. the american public health associationosted this to our event. -- 2 hour event.

many americans still get and uch salt in their diet we know it is associated with cardiovascul disease and hard disease. to promulgate try policies to help people improve nutrition. of the public health basics and where you will have the most impact on public reducing smoking rates, helping people get better diets, reducing chronic disease diet, increasing vaccination rates. those are the basics. big progress this we will have a big impact. >> that is it for our time. commissioner gottlieb thank you. conversation we are ack with our reporters who cover public health issues for their organizations. by his own is admission a conservative epublican and he was at american enterprise institute yet his f.d.a. has been a pretty year. one the first what is the consensus view among manufacturers about the approach he's taken to the marketplace? been fairly has positive. i haven't talked to a ton of last month s since but initially they were excited bout him being on board and they work well with him because he speaks their language. what kind of influence does have in the area of drug pricing? >> on drug pricing they are sort work from two main angles one on generic drugs if get more generics