December 17, 2025

3:00 – 4:00 p.m.

Join us for a dynamic pop-up webinar exploring the newly released Model of Health from the University of Wisconsin Population Health Institute. This updated model, featured in the 2025 County Health Rankings & Roadmaps, highlights the critical role that power and societal rules play in shaping community conditions and health outcomes.

In the Kansas Health Institute’s technical assistance efforts across the state, they have seen a growing interest and capacity for addressing  community conditions – often thought of as the social determinants of health.  Discussions of power and societal rules, which include factors such as underlying value, beliefs, laws, policies, and institutional practices, can be more challenging. Collectively, power and societal rules can be seen as the  structural determinants of health. This dynamic, pop-up webinar will address that gap by building the knowledge and capacity for incorporating power and  societal rules into health promotion efforts.

This session will include:

1. Presentation of the new model

2. Group discussions with Elevate Kansas peers

3. Stakeholder mapping activity

4. A take-home resource guide to support continued  exploration, discussion and utilization of CHR&R tools and resources.

Presenters:

• Wyatt Beckman, M.P.H.

• Avanthi Chatrathi, M.P.H.

• Viktoria Sterkhova, M.P.H.

At the end of the session, participants will be able to:

1. Summarize key changes to the new University of Wisconsin Population Health Institute Model of Health.

2. Describe how power and societal rules shape health       

3. List key stakeholders involved in shaping power and equity in their own community