| For Immediate Release May 2, 2022
Contact: Elizabeth Goodsitt/Jennifer Miller 608-266-1683 Governor's Health Equity Council Releases Final Recommendations To achieve long-lasting and equitable health outcomes for all Wisconsinites The Governor's Health Equity Council (GHEC) voted Wednesday, April 27, on final recommendations. Today, Chairperson Gina Green-Harris and Vice-Chairperson Dr. Michelle Robinson released the executive summary, along with the council's prelude to the full report and the principles it established to govern this work. Established under Governor Tony Evers' Executive Order #17, the council was charged with creating a comprehensive plan to achieve long-lasting and equitable health outcomes for all Wisconsinites. The executive summary can be found on the DHS website. By voting to approve its recommendations, the council body has fulfilled its charge. Now, council leadership will shift to drafting the full report, including working with council members to finalize recommendations in accordance with approved amendments and revisions. A full report will be available early summer 2022. "Our primary focus has been targeting social determinants of health, such as economic status, educational attainment, or location — which in turn, determine an individual's ability to be healthy and create the conditions for health outcomes. In the past 18 months, the council has swept through the research, data, practices, and models in order to put forth a plan that will address these upstream factors that drive health disparities in Wisconsin," said Chairperson Gina Green-Harris, Director of Center for Community Engagement and Health Partnerships, UW School of Medicine and Public Health. "These proposals, if enacted, will have significant positive effects on our ability as a state to combat historic and pervasive health disparities across race, economic status, education, geographic location, and history of incarceration." View the entire news release. |
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