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1. 1. Policymaker Quotes in Support of Smokefree Air - no-smoke.org

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   Published on: 6/9/2008   Last Visited: 7/1/2008

   Dr. Adewale Troutman, Director, Louisville Metro Health Department, KY
   
   "A complete ban is what makes the most sense , there's no doubt about it."Troutman stated that businesses that permit smoking are "damaging the health of their constituents as well as the health of their workers," and that he had informed the mayor that "the only way you can guarantee protecting the public from exposure to secondhand smoke is to eliminate it in public places."
   
   Quoted in:
   
   Allen, W., "Troutman supports smoking ban: new health chief talks of health toll," Courier-Journal, January 13, 2004

2. 2. www.cherp.org

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   Published on: 6/5/2008   Last Visited: 8/21/2008

   Adewale Troutman, MD, MPH, MA
   
   Dr. Adewale Troutman has had a distinguished record of achievement in public health education, leadership, research, and advocacy.Currently, he is the Director of the Louisville Metro Department of Public Health and Wellness where he leads the department's 350 employees in the protection, preservation and promotion of the health, environment and well-being for the country's 16th largest city.In addition, Dr. Troutman serves as an Associate Professor at the University of Louisville School of Public Health.Since coming to Louisville more than four years ago, Dr. Troutman has accomplished much including:
   
   Being featured as a public health expert in the PBS documentary "Unnatural Causes: Is inequality making us sick?"that aired in March, 2008.
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   Dr. Troutman holds an M.D. from the University of Medicine and Dentistry of New Jersey as well as an M.P.H. from the Columbia University School of Public Health.Dr. Troutman also earned an M.A. in Black Studies from the State University of New York.He served a residency and internship in Family Medicine at the Medical University of South Carolina.
   
   Other positions he has held include: Director of the Fulton County Department of Health and Wellness; Director of Emergency Medical Services for United Hospital's Medical Center in Newark, New Jersey; Medical Director and Acting Health Officer of the Newark Department of Health and Human Services; and Medical Director of the North Newark Health Center.
   
   Dr. Troutman also served as Senior Scientist for Community Health and Preventive Medicine at the Morehouse School of Medicine where he worked with former U.S. Surgeon General, David Satcher, on a study of racial disparities in health.
   
   Dr. Troutman's record includes a widespread focus on global health including health assessment missions to Angola, Zaire during the Rwanda crisis, WHO consultancies to Japan and Uganda, training in Community Oriented Primary Health care in India, organizing around the convergence of animal and human health in a WHO, CDC sponsored consortium in Austria and multiple trips to Sub Saharan Africa including Ghana, Ivory Coast, Benin, Nigeria and South Africa.

3. 3. www.leoweekly.com

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   Published on: 3/11/2008   Last Visited: 3/11/2008

   Spearheaded by Dr. Adewale Troutman, head of the Louisville Metro Health Department, the Center for Health Equity is an ambitious agency that was created to connect grassroots organizations with residents and policymakers.
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   "We think the best approach is at a grassroots level, where we work with residents for policy changes," Troutman said.
   
   If you're wondering where Metro government stands in the food justice movement, know this: It has undoubtedly been active on health issues, if from a somewhat cynical approach focused on bolstering Louisville's emergence in the region and its image as the progressive blue city in a red state.Since arriving in 2004, Troutman has been the loudest public voice for a healthier Louisville.