Build Healthy Places Network’s Executive Director, Dr. Douglas Jutte, was interviewed by Dr. Gabriel Kaplan, Board President of NACDD (National Association of Chronic Disease Directors). The two discussed the fundamentals of the community development field, the intersection of community development and health, and how the sectors can forge partnerships to increase investment in low-income neighborhoods to tackle health disparities. Tune in to learn more about how the community development, finance, and health sectors can collectively contribute to innovative cross-sector partnerships that address social determinants of health leading to better health outcomes in neighborhoods across the country (20-minute listen).
Read More Build Healthy Places Network, Prosperity Now, and Financial Health Network partnered to explore how to foster alignment across the community development, public health, healthcare, and financial well-being sectors. Fostering Healthy Neighborhoods: Alignment across the Community Development, Financial Well-Being and Health sectors presents examples of existing alignment across sectors, opportunities and challenges for increased collaboration including place-based initiatives, and recommendations to foster cross-sector alignment. We conducted focus groups, interviews, and an exhaustive scan of the published and online resources and materials at the intersection of this work.
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