Solving the Connecticut Data Deficit through Collaboration
Without data that could be monitored over time, how could those interested in improving the health of Connecticut residents track progress or measure success?
Roots of Health Inequity
This webinar introduced health funders to Roots of Health Inequity, a Web-based course developed by the National Association of County & City Health Officials.
Rethinking Juvenile Justice: Promoting the Health and Well-Being of Crossover Youth
Over the past decade, the Sierra Health Foundation has invested in community efforts to improve the health and well-being of youth. As they focused efforts around juvenile justice, the foundation believed it to be a critical and opportunity-laden moment in which a regional funder could influence juvenile justice policy and practice across the entire state and perhaps the nation.
Investing in Opportunities and Assets: Lessons from the South for the Nation
Investing in Opportunities and Assets: Lessons from the South for the Nation was held September 6-7, 2012 in New Orleans, Louisiana.
Briefing on Striving for Health Equity: Opportunities as Identified by Leaders in the Field
This audiconference focused on GIH’s latest report, Striving for Health Equity: Opportunities as Identified by Leaders in the Field, which highlights funder strategies along a continuum of upstream and downstream approaches to address health disparities.
Striving for Health Equity: Opportunities as Identified by Leaders in the Field
Striving for Health Equity: Opportunities as Identified by Leaders in the Field is an exploration of grantmaking options to support health equity goals. Strategies discussed describe opportunities for intervening along a continuum of upstream and downstream approaches to address health disparities.
Another Call to Go Upstream: Housing Is Health
Research over the decades has indicated that factors, such as education, income, occupation, housing, neighborhood environment, race, and ethnicity, have a powerful influence on health and are often referred to as the “root cause” of poor health.
Health in Mind: Addressing Disparities at the Intersection of Health and Education
This audioconference revealed recommendations outlined in “Health In Mind: Improving Education Through Wellness,” and how funders have become involved in this issue to address health disparities.
Food and Health for All: Health Equity for Agricultural Farmworkers
Farmworkers—the hands that grow and supply so much of our daily food—pay a high price with their health and often their lives to provide our nourishment. Living below the U.S. federal poverty level, those who feed our nation are a young workforce facing economic, educational, health, and linguistic challenges.
Cultivating Culturally Competent Organizations: Making the Transition for Health Equity
In an environment characterized by increasing cultural diversity, health philanthropy continues to develop new approaches to promote health equity. As foundations learn from past work, that field is shifting.
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