HPIO forum to address health, wealth link

The Health Policy Institute of Ohio is hosting a forum next month titled “Linking health and wealth: How economic vitality can lead to healthier Ohioans.”

There are many factors beyond health behaviors and access to healthcare services that impact our health. In order to be healthy, everyone needs the opportunity to earn a sufficient income and live in affordable, safe housing. The forum will explore state policy options to improve health outcomes and health equity by increasing economic development, labor force participation and income mobility.

Speakers include:

• Anjum Hajat, University of Washington School of Public Health
• David Norris, Kirwan Institute for the Study of Race and Ethnicity
• And more to be announced 

The forum will take place from 9:30 a.m. to 2:30 p.m. on Thursday, July 27 at the Ohio University Dublin Integrated Education Center (6805 Bobcat Way, Dublin, OH 43016).