Housing is considered a core social determinant of health (SDH) through mechanisms such as the quality, affordability, and location of the home. However, few nationally representative studies examine these mechanisms simultaneously with chi
Food insecurity is a prominent issue in the United States, and it is well established that food insecurity is linked to health and chronic illnesses. Studies show that screening for food insecurity is not yet part of standardized practice am
A Key to Accelerating Change: Leveraging the Power of Collaboration presentation concluded with a Fishbowl conversation with several organizations that are driving change through thought leadership, collaborative approaches and innovative programs. T
Lessons from Abroad: Care Coordination Across Sectors presentation covered how the American experience with the integration of health and social policy (or the lack thereof) is unique. Most countries, including not only the wealthy/developed ones but
Beyond the Doctor's Office: Housing is Healthcare presentation covered how healthcare professionals find that the most important factor is housing when it comes to making progress on the health and well-being of underserved populations. In other word
A New Service Utility: Governance & Consent Management for Integrated, Person-Centered Care Breakout presentation covered how governance is widely recognized as a key to cross-sector data sharing and interoperability, and one of the most challenging
The Welcome and Orientation and Change at Scale: Research, Social Determinants and Interoperability Converge and the VA presentation described how large-scale data interoperability can be implemented at a systems level and examined the potential (and
Driving Systems Level Change: What Matters Most Now and into the Future fisbowl conversation focused on how the NAA’s action recommendations fit into our “moon shot” proposal for the new Biden administration: Issue an executive order to jump-start a
From Research to Reality: What we Know (and Don't) about the Social Determinants presentation focused on how the influence of social conditions on human health has been known since time immemorial. This knowledge/insight, for example, inspired hygien
Courting Equity: Using Technology to Improve Access to the Civil Justice System presentation focused on work that Stewards of Change Institute is conducting as part of a national initiative by the Pew Charitable Trusts to make the U.S. civil justice
Let's Get Technical: A Deeper Dive into Project Unify and Data Integration presentation covered the work Project Unify team members have been working on with the Integrated Care for Kids (InCK) site in New Jersey to develop a proof-of-concept (POC) i
Shovel Ready: Implementing the NAA Action Recommendations and Project Unify presentation focused on how NAA’s priority action recommendations will be implemented in the months ahead with our first partner, the New Jersey Integrated Care for Kids site
These presentation slides covered the opening of the National Action Agenda Symposium on January 25, 2021. Presenters during this session included Daniel Stein, Karen Smith, David Rehkopf, Uma Ahluwalia, and Michael Chris Gibbons.
In November 2019, Imagine LA launched a comprehensive Financial Wellness Pathways Initiative, designed to create financial independence among very low-income families headed by single parents – Imagine LA’s primary service population. This initiative
Concern about growing economic inequality and the increasing gap between haves and have nots was a top worry for participants across all three methodologies. People feel the impacts of the stark economic divides that currently exist in the United Sta
