…The Health Impact Project, a collaboration of the Robert Wood Johnson Foundation and The Pew Charitable Trusts, is a national initiative designed to promote the use of health impact assessments (HIAs) as a decision-making tool for policymakers. Analyze data on HIAs and their impact across the country, read the latest news on HIAs and learn about upcoming events….
…Imagine a healthy community as a connect-the-dots landscape painting. Each “dot” has its place and purpose: affordable housing, a vibrant economy, safe streets and public transportation, a high quality public education system, easy access to fresh food and safe recreation, and a healthcare system that provides both preventative and responsive services. When connected as designed by “artists” – community…
…address the root causes of health inequities by disrupting systemic barriers. For example, Hilltown Community Development Corporation is addressing barriers to safe walkability through policies, systems, and environmental change. Lawrence CommunityWorks is addressing housing instability and other barriers to healthy living for low-income, primarily Latinx local residents. NACEDA and NACDD are also partnering on federal policy, specifically on the Community…
…this trend, while building strong partnerships to strengthen the community fabric in the process. CHLI is most effective when many different community stakeholders are involved in the process and implementation of recommended strategies. CHLI is open to all interested communities and persons but it is recommended that those interested connect with their closest Y to coordinate efforts. Communities may use…
…Produced by National Association for Latino Community Asset Builders (NALCAB) with support from JP Morgan Chase Foundation, Open Society Foundations, Citi Community Development and NeighborWorks America this guide helps community members and community-based organizations anticipate changes in their neighborhoods. This guide provides tools and methods for analyzing socio-economic, demographic, and real estate date and projecting the impacts that market…
…How can measurement support an adaptive change process in a community system striving to optimize population well-being? How can integration and management of data collection and analysis work in practice? This case study of the Magnolia Community Initiative describes such a measurement system, and offers it as an example to illustrate a set of principles for measurement. Authors: Moira…
…started in social media; and Implementation Guides, providing evidence- and practice-based strategies to assist in replicating specific policies, systems or environmental changes across multiple sectors and chronic disease risk factors. The Healthy Communities Program has funded 331 communities and 52 state and territorial health departments to build community capacity around reducing health risk factors and support health equity. The…
…For millions of Americans, a steady job in safe working conditions is much more than a paycheck. Steady employment can provide the income, benefits and stability necessary for good health. Read a Robert Wood Johnson Foundation issue brief on the links between stable, well-paying jobs and better health….
…care and education (ECE) are often provided by small businesses whose economics provide insufficient cash flow to support the debt financing needed for facility development. These providers understandably channel their scarce resources to the immediate care and education needs of their students, leaving little left over for facilities maintenance or improvements. Child care facilities should be safe, healthy, and promote…
…Alexis holds a Master’s degree in Public Health from Baylor University and has a background in public health project management and public health communication. She previously worked with Native communities in the non-profit sector to provide technical assistance to improve public health infrastructure and combat opioid overdoses. She has experience creating and developing health communication materials and content, coordinating…
…Seung Kim is Senior Vice President at LISC and leads the National Programs unit including Child Care & Early Learning, Economic Development, Family Income & Wealth, Health, Safety & Justice and Sports & Recreation. She guides these programs in delivering technical and financial resources, thought leadership, program innovation and scaling, and external partnerships with an aim to enhance LISC’s impact…
…The Philadelphia Association of Community Development Corporations featured the Network’s Partnerships for Health Equity and Opportunity: A Healthcare Playbook for Community Developers in the 2019 Vital Signals issues. Read the issue here. What does it mean for a community to be healthy? When you think about it, health is so much more than not being sick. A healthy…
A ZIP code is 5 numbers meant to give mail to people—not indicate how long they live. But all too often, that’s exactly what a ZIP code does. Millions of Americans actually live sicker and shorter lives than others just a few miles away. Some of us are more likely to live 25 years less or be 3…
…The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention’s Community Health YouTube channel features a series of videos addressing community health and chronic disease prevention. These videos range from those making the business case for housing and food access strategies that support health, to those highlighting communities across the nation that have made healthy living easier. …
…In this short interview, watch Len Syme, considered by many to be one of the forefathers of social epidemiology, discuss toxic stress and how community developers may be the most important health interventionists of our time. Syme is Professor Emeritus at the University of California, Berkeley School of Public Health and a leading expert on the social determinants of…
…for communities. The articles are written by a diverse mix of leaders, including grassroots local leaders, organizational executives, elected and appointed leaders, philanthropists, evaluators, policy and subject matter specialists, technologists and conveners of regional and national networks, and those with a global view. The articles address lifestyle and behavior, environments and settings, practices and policies, innovations and investment. …
…Doug Jutte, MD, executive director of the Network, speaks at the Waianae Coast Comprehensive Health Center annual retreat on the social determinants of health and the need for greater collaboration between health and community development. …
…Bradley Kreit of the Institute for the Future writes in Fast Company about the potential of impact investing for addressing the root problems of negative health outcomes….
…Nancy Andrews, President and CEO of the Low Income Investment Fund, talks about the decision to include a healthy communities focus in all of the work LIIF does around the country. Reflecting on Federal Reserve Board Chair Janet Yellen’s historic speech at the National Interagency Community Reinvestment Conference, Nancy Andrews also discusses the value of combining people- and…
…Despite the rise of comprehensive community initiatives, little research evaluates the specific type and extent of neighborhood investment generated by government spending. This study uses the case of housing revitalization in San Francisco’s Bayview Hunters Point neighborhood to determine the feasibility of analyzing public, private, and nonprofit investment flows related to the Choice Neighborhoods Initiative and HOPE SF. Through…
…Access the Community Development 101 overview here. The Build Healthy Places Network’s primer provides an overview of the community development sector, a multi-billion-dollar sector that serves as an action arm for addressing social determinants of health through the development and financing of affordable housing, grocery stores, community centers, health clinics, and services in low- and moderate-income communities. The overview…
…CDFI CEOs Monica Copeland, Project Director, The People’s Practice, Thirdspace Action Lab Kate Gallagher, Senior Manager, Place-based Investing and Policy Initiatives, Healthcare Anchor Network Suzanne Gunther, Communications Director, Community Opportunity Alliance Romi Hall, Director of Network and Influence, Center for Community Investment Jackie Hunter, Vice President, Health Equity Strategies, American Hospital Association Enrique Martinez-Vidal, Vice President for Quality and Operations,…
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…means systematically identifying and eliminating inequities resulting from differences in health and in overall living conditions. https://www.who.int/health-topics/health-equity#tab=tab_1 What we found This blog details preliminary, high-level findings from interviews and focus groups we conducted with key stakeholders across the healthcare system to understand the roles, barriers, motivations, and incentives to health insurance companies addressing SDOH and health equity. Our research began…
…Instead, let’s examine how our field and our organizations can explicitly be on the side of justice against the racial terror being perpetrated by police departments across the country. Let’s have some difficult conversations about this problem specifically. Do you have a policy that details what circumstances you call the police, and does it take into account the fact that…
