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Harnessing Focus Groups to Drive Collective Community Action

06.26.2019 | Health Leads

Community Partnerships & Engagements, Health Equity, Whitepaper/Research

This whitepaper describes how a regional cross-sector learning collaborative in the Bay Area used focus groups to inform the development and delivery of an impactful community engagement strategy. These focus groups helped to elevate local residents as key decision-makers in driving the collaborative’s action agenda forward.

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Building Trust Between Healthcare & Community Organizations

06.10.2019 | JAMA Network

Community Partnerships & Engagements, Health Equity, News/Opinion, Workforce & Authentic Relationships

Collaboration is key to improving health outcomes in our communities but building strong, mutually-beneficial partnerships can be a challenge. Writing for JAMA, Somava Stout, Lisa Simpson and Prabhjot Singh tackle this highlight the importance of establishing and maintaining trusting relationships between healthcare organizations and community-based partners.Under the themes of leading from within, leading together and leading for outcomes, the authors share 10 key steps to building trustworthy collaboration:

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How Magnolia Community Initiative Improves Health through Technology & Neighbor-to-Neighbor Connections

05.31.2019 | Magnolia Community Initiative

Community Partnerships & Engagements, Health Equity, Video/Explainer, Webinar/Training

This HL Network discussion focuses on Magnolia Community Initiative's (MCI) innovative work to pair resource referral technology with neighbor-to-neighbor connections to improve community health. MCI Director Sam Joo shares how the organization developed a network of organizations and residents who are rethinking how local resources are harnessed to strengthen families.

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Reflections on Racial Responsibility in Systems Improvement Work

05.03.2019 | National Institute for Children’s Health Quality

Blog/Overview, Design Questionnaire, Harnessing Data, Health Equity, Workforce & Authentic Relationships

We know that race and racism play a serious role in the systemic inequities that plague our communities. But how do systems of oppression show up in our own quality improvement (QI) programs in healthcare settings? And what can we do about it? NICHQ offers six critical questions to help ensure equity is at the center of all change efforts.

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Warning: We’re Integrating Social Care into a Racially-Biased Health System

04.02.2019 | Artair Rogers

Blog/Overview, Health Equity, Workforce & Authentic Relationships

Health Leads' Artair Rogers points to research showing implicit bias continues to be pervasive in healthcare. For those of us who advocate for the integration of medical and social care, this reality cannot be ignored.

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