Political determinants of health include the governmental systems, structures, and policies that impact health outcomes. These factors influence individuals’ and communities’ access to healthcare, the quality of the care they receive, and healthcare providers’ ability to treat patients effectively.
On Monday, December 16, the Dartmouth Health Office of Government Relations is hosting a day-long symposium at Saint Anselm College’s New Hampshire Institute of Politics to explore the political determinants of health. Nonprofit and business leaders, state agency administrators, and policymakers will convene to explore policy solutions to critical issues New Hampshire residents are facing. Participants will discuss how laws and regulations influence the health and economic prosperity of Granite Staters.
The keynote speaker for this event is Philip M. Alberti, PhD, founding director of the Association of American Medical Colleges’ Center for Health Justice. Participants will then attend two breakout sessions of their choice. Sessions feature subject-matter expert panelists, and topics include maternal health access, youth mental health, housing infrastructure, making quality childcare affordable, and access to the right care at the right time.
New Hampshire Senate and House leadership will also share their policy priorities for the upcoming 2025 legislative session. Legislative leaders will include Deputy Democratic Leader Sen. Cindy Rosenwald (D-Nashua), House Health, Human Services & Elderly Affairs Vice Chair Rep. Erica Layon (R-Derry), and Democratic House Leader Rep. Alexis Simpson (D-Exeter).
This symposium is free and open to the public. To learn more and register, visit bit.ly/3Z4neZm.
About Dartmouth Health
Dartmouth Health, New Hampshire’s only academic health system and the state’s largest private employer, serves patients across northern New England. Dartmouth Health provides access to more than 2,000 providers in almost every area of medicine, delivering care at its flagship hospital, Dartmouth Hitchcock Medical Center (DHMC) in Lebanon, NH, as well as across its wide network of hospitals, clinics and care facilities. DHMC is consistently named the #1 hospital in New Hampshire by U.S. News & World Report, and is recognized for high performance in numerous clinical specialties and procedures. Dartmouth Health includes Dartmouth Cancer Center, one of only 57 National Cancer Institute-designated Comprehensive Cancer Centers in the nation, and the only such center in northern New England; Dartmouth Health Children’s, which includes the state’s only children’s hospital and multiple locations around the region; member hospitals in Lebanon, Keene, Claremont and New London, NH, and Windsor and Bennington, VT; Visiting Nurse and Hospice for Vermont and New Hampshire; and more than 24 clinics that provide ambulatory and specialty services across New Hampshire and Vermont. Through its historical partnership with Dartmouth and the Geisel School of Medicine, Dartmouth Health trains nearly 400 medical residents and fellows annually, and performs cutting-edge research and clinical trials recognized across the globe with Geisel and the White River Junction VA Medical Center in White River Junction, VT. Dartmouth Health and its more than 13,000 employees are deeply committed to serving the healthcare needs of everyone in our communities, and to providing each of our patients with exceptional, personal care.