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Social Isolation and Loneliness: Understanding a Mental Health Crisis
Social isolation and loneliness are important social determinants of physical and mental health that we, as a society, need to pay attention to and develop ways to mitigate their deleterious effects.
Day 1 Accelerating Health Equity Conference Coverage
More than 1,000 people gathered May 7 for the AHA Accelerating Health Equity Conference in Kansas City, Mo. During this afternoon’s opening session, Joanne M.
Chair File: Leadership Dialogue — Building Trust and Advancing Health Equity in Communities With Lynn Todman of Corewell Health
In today’s episode, I talk with Lynn Todman, vice president of health equity and community partnerships at Corewell Health.
Report: Women with health-related social needs less likely to get mammogram
Women with health-related social needs such as food insecurity, housing instability and lack of transportation were less likely to report receiving a mammogram in the past two years when surveyed in 2022, according to a report released April 9 by the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention.
Innovations in Improving Community Health: The CHW Hub at RUSH
Community health workers have become an essential component of RUSH University Medical Center’s efforts to minimize inequities in health and life expectancy. CHWs provide much-needed resources across the RUSH campus and several Chicago neighborhoods, while also being a driving force for partnerships and programming in a variety of care and community settings.
AHA issues community guide to addressing social determinants of health
he AHA today released a one-page guide to help hospital and health system board members and leaders in vulnerable communities implement a multi-step strategy to address the underlying social conditions that often prevent individuals from being able to access health care or achieve health goals.
AHA podcast: Focusing on the Social Determinants of Health
President and CEO John Chessare, M.D., shares how GBMC HealthCare began investing in its Baltimore community by specifically focusing on social determinants of health.
Accelerating Health Equity Conference: Day 2 highlights
Technology was the topic for the May 17 plenary session discussion between Ivor Horn, M.D., director of health equity and social determinants of health at Google, and Joy A. Lewis, AHA senior vice president for health equity strategies and executive director of IFDHE.
CDC announces grants to address social determinants of health
State, local, territorial and tribal jurisdictions may apply through June 30 for grants of up to $500,000 each for three years to implement interventions to address social determinants of health across four domains: the built environment, community-clinical linkages, food and nutrition security, and social connectedness.
AHA #HealthCareInnovation blog: How ProMedica is improving health in urban and rural communities
ProMedica’s approach to integrating social determinants of health “is designed to offer a helping hand, not a prescribed intervention,” writes the health system’s director of community impact in Michigan.