The experience and impact of "place" on SDOH- how to include this relationship in policy?

One of the best ways to promote place-based thinking at the policy level is for funders (both public sector and philanthropic) to specify which kinds of stakeholders need to be part of the collaboratives or coalitions that apply for funding. For example, the BUILD Health Challenge Grants specifically named public health agencies as part of the local partnerships involving community-based organizations, health systems, and others (sponsored by de Beaumont Foundation, Kresge Foundation, Robert Wood Johnson Foundation, Colorado Health Foundation). See http://www.debeaumont.org/programs/build-health/. ;

Place-based thinking underlies many of the public health approaches that map health disparities using geocoding and other tools, and health systems that are interested in the health and economic well-being of the neighborhoods where their facilities are located are using similar approaches. Kaiser Permanente may be the best example, but several other heath systems are moving in that direction too. And some of the Federal Reserves (e.g., Boston, San Francisco) are using medical and educational institutions are "anchors" to spur local investments that also promote community health in collaboration with local agencies (housing, transportation, etc.) CDC also uses place-based thinking with some of its grant awards.

There's a lot going on, using different terminologies and different approaches. We could do a lot better at finding out how to measure the impact of these place-based approaches.

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Margo Edmunds October 21, 2018 at 12:57pm

One of the best ways to promote place-based thinking at the policy level is for funders (both public sector and philanthropic) to specify which kinds of stakeholders need to be part of the collaboratives or coalitions that apply for funding. For example, the BUILD Health Challenge Grants specifically named public health agencies as part of the local partnerships involving community-based organizations, health systems, and others (sponsored by de Beaumont Foundation, Kresge Foundation, Robert Wood Johnson Foundation, Colorado Health Foundation). See http://www.debeaumont.org/programs/build-health/. ;

Place-based thinking underlies many of the public health approaches that map health disparities using geocoding and other tools, and health systems that are interested in the health and economic well-being of the neighborhoods where their facilities are located are using similar approaches. Kaiser Permanente may be the best example, but several other heath systems are moving in that direction too. And some of the Federal Reserves (e.g., Boston, San Francisco) are using medical and educational institutions are "anchors" to spur local investments that also promote community health in collaboration with local agencies (housing, transportation, etc.) CDC also uses place-based thinking with some of its grant awards.

There's a lot going on, using different terminologies and different approaches. We could do a lot better at finding out how to measure the impact of these place-based approaches.
- Navah Stein > Margo Edmunds October 26, 2018 at 9:36am
  
  Benedict Anderson's work, "Imagined Communities", is an interesting theoretical approach to considering the concept of "place" and nationalism.
  
  See: https://www2.bc.edu/marian-simion/th406/readings/0420anderson.pdf
  
  https://www2.bc.edu/marian-simion/th406/readings/0420anderson.pdf

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