If we want to tackle the root cause of health conditions we need to look at #upstream solutions like this. #SDOH

Can a 'prescription' for free fruits and vegetables improve health? Studies say yes. buff.ly/49wElpO by Aria Bendix via @nbcnews CC: Lisa Goldman Rosas Roopa Kalyanaraman Marcello, DrPH, MPH

ICYMI! We had our #webinar on lessons from Gravity Project co-design project on #socialcare data standards, featuring Sarah C. DeSilvey, DNP, FNP (she/her) & speakers from Greater Flint Health Coalition & CIE San Diego. CC: Civitas Networks for Health

Watch: buff.ly/4cFkrvN

Every patient deserves to be heard—culturally-competent care is an essential part of #healthequity .

For Muslim women to get the health care they deserve doctors need to listen buff.ly/3vwD1Wj by Tasmiha Khan via The Emancipator CC Aasim I. Padela Samia J Abdelnabi Venus Mahmoodi, PhD

In our latest #newsletter , we discuss a new approach to hold health care accountable for #communityhealth and how this practice can meaningfully improve the lives of patients.

April 2024: Bringing Intentional Investment in Health Equity to a Bigger Scale buff.ly/4cUyFZC

I’m a Black doctor. To my Black patients, DEI matters. | Opinion inquirer.com/opinion/commen… via @phillyinquirer
Written by me on why the Educate Act should not pass!

Evictions are a threat to #publichealth —these communities will be feeling this impact for years. #housingforall

Exploring solutions to Harlems high eviction rates buff.ly/43OFKXS by ObsidianSerendipity New York Amsterdam News Report for America CC Jordan Wright Shana Harmongoff Joshua Clennon

'Caps can help ensure quality and cost of care are what drive prices—not profiteering that hospitals engage in because there’s no competition to stop them.' Roslyn C Murray Andrew Ryan STAT

Hospital care costs are out of control. Price caps can help buff.ly/3J5DUIl

We created a helpful reference guide for policy pathways on using #Medicaid to address health-related social needs as part of a strategy to advance #healthequity .

Medicaid Flexibilities to Address Health-Related Social Needs: A Stakeholders Guide buff.ly/47gqLqG

Our health system needs to advocate for #foodismedicine as part of an #upstream strategy to address the health needs of patients. #SDOH

Food Is Medicine: The Road To Universal Coverage Health Affairs buff.ly/3PVkKss by Ada Peters Richard Hughes IV Jeff Brown from Epstein Becker Green

This has the potential to be a #publichealth crisis that impacts the health of vulnerable communities. #ACA #healthequity

ACA Plans Are Being Switched Without Enrollees’ OK buff.ly/3POOIys by Julie Appleby via @kffhealthnews CC: B. Ronnell Nolan, HIA

Internet access is a #SDOH —without #telehealth many communities will needlessly suffer poor health outcomes.

End of Internet Subsidies for Low-Income Households Threatens Telehealth Access buff.ly/4cVpVCO Sarah Jane Tribble @kffhealthnews CC: Alister Martin Peter Welch

Healthy Together was one of the first #medleg partnerships, and 20+ yrs later – is providing #accesstojustice to 1000s of DC children each year. Learn how #medleg can be a tool in resolving the root causes that harm a child’s health. #NPHW National Center for Medical-Legal Partnership
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Read how Renee Linyard-Gary coordinated a group of Trident United Way stakeholders to collective action on #SDOH in Charleston. CC: Roper St. Francis Healthcare

Upstreamist In Action: Moving Stakeholders from Intention to Action to Reduce #FoodInsecurity in South Carolina buff.ly/3PhAl2O

As with all #abortion bans, the impact will be felt worse in marginalized communities. #SDOH #abortion ishealthcare

Florida accounts for 8% of U.S. abortions. With a forthcoming ban, where will patients go? buff.ly/49rMb3Y by Olivia Goldhill via STAT CC: Amy Hamric Weintraub

Our #SSI program is outdated and driving #disabled people to #poverty . An overhaul of the system is long overdue. #demolishdisabledpoverty

The safety net program trapping people in poverty buff.ly/43IXP9D by Jonquilyn Hill via Vox

'This is what #DEI efforts wanted to accomplish: to bring clinicians who look, speak, and think like their patients to their bedsides.' David Velasquez STAT

I saw the promise of diversity efforts in health care. A moment later I saw its critical gaps buff.ly/3VGFiZp

ICYMI! We had our #webinar on lessons from Gravity Project co-design project on #socialcare data standards, featuring Sarah C. DeSilvey, DNP, FNP (she/her) & speakers from Greater Flint Health Coalition & CIE San Diego. CC: Civitas Networks for Health

Watch: buff.ly/4cFkrvN

A strong & robust #publichealth system is paramount to advancing #healthequity

Research Funding Is Needed To Support An Effective, Equitable, And Sustainable Public Health System Health Affairs buff.ly/4aGQbyT CC KFroeb Tekisha Everette Lisa Simpson University of Washington TFAH

How can data standards encourage the linkages between healthcare and the social determinants of health, to address health upstream? Listen to this informative webinar with Sarah C. DeSilvey, DNP, FNP (she/her) Greater Flint Health Coalition CIE San Diego Civitas Networks for Health @healthbegins Gravity Project: buff.ly/3VE0Ztg

Heart #healthequity

Implementation Science to Achieve Equity in Heart Failure Care: A Scientific Statement From the American Heart Association buff.ly/4aKMPeh via AHA Science Circulation CC: Khadijah Breathett, MD, MS, FACC, FAHA, FHFSA Sabra Lewsey Nasrien E. Ibrahim MD, MPH Dan D. Matlock Modele Ogunniyi, MD, MPH Madeline Sterling, MD, MPH, FAHA Harriette Van Spall, MD MPH