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Posted in Fast Facts

Access to Healthy Food Combats Older Adult Malnutrition

Written by Build Healthy Places Staff on 09/24/2018

This is part of our Fast Facts series with Capital Impact Partners and West Health that highlights how coordinated services – from healthcare to housing – can create livable, age-friendly communities that support the economic, health, and social needs of older adults.

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Posted in Our Publications and Reports

From the Build Healthy Places Network: “Partnerships for Health Equity and Opportunity: A Healthcare Playbook for Community Developers”

Written by Build Healthy Places Staff on 07/16/2018

Download the playbook, Partnerships for Health Equity and Opportunity: A Healthcare Playbook for Community Developers.

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Posted in Expert Insights

Tools of the Trade: Measuring the Health-Related Returns of Community Development

Written by Build Healthy Places Staff on 02/13/2018

This article appears in the Winter 2018 edition of Shelterforce magazine.

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Posted in Expert Insights

Moving Hospital and Health System Investments Upstream

Written by Build Healthy Places Staff on 02/05/2018

This article originally appeared on Shelterforce on 1/25/2018.

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Posted in Crosswalk

Building on Tradition, Catholic Hospitals Invest in Community to Improve Health

Written by Build Healthy Places Staff on 07/23/2017

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Posted in Expert Insights

How can HIAs and CHNAs be tools for community development?

Written by Build Healthy Places Staff on 06/12/2017

For more than 20 years, the Georgia Health Policy Center (GHPC) has lived its mission of integrating research, policy, and programs to advance health and well-being. Through the clients it serves at the local, state, and national levels, GHPC has been embedded in the problem-solving cycle of real people and real challenges. To identify community-wide areas of concern and support the development of strategic actions to improve health, GHPC assists public health departments, health systems, government agencies, and community development coalitions/stakeholders with a variety of assessments, including health impact assessments and community health needs assessments. While these assessments share the objective of improving community health, they differ in regards to their scope, intended use, and stakeholders involved.

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