2023 Community Health Improvement Week - Archive

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Highlights from the 2023 Accelerating Health Equity Conference

Accelerating Health Equity Conference Playbook

Browse a recap of the 2023 Accelerating Health Equity Conference, with key takeaways from conference sessions.

Strategies for Equitable Community Engagement

Building relationships with local stakeholders helps create solutions to address health inequities.

Innovative Partnerships to Address Behavioral Health

Community-focused models and interventions are effectively addressing the behavioral health challenges youth and adults face.

Thought Leadership

Hospitals Focus on Healthy Communities

AHA Chair John Haupert highlights the field’s efforts to improve community health and advance health equity and the impact.

Community Health as a Strategic Asset

Ji Im of CommonSpirit and the AHA’s Andrew Jager discuss community health as a strategic asset for redesigning care delivery.

Rural Investment and Community Trust

Karen Cheeseman describes how Mackinac Straits Health System built authentic relationships with the tribal community to address health needs.

Supporting DEI and Community Collaboration Journeys

AHA's Chris DeRienzo and Nancy Myers discuss how AHA can support organizations’ population health and community health work.

Community Health Improvement in Action

Discover how organizations across the U.S. are improving community health and advancing health equity.

Elevating Voices of LA County Youth Through Photos

Children's Hospital Los Angeles engages youth through photovoice to help identify health needs and assets in the community.

Rebuilding a New Minneapolis

Two short videos from the AHA feature conversations with Minneapolis hospital and community leaders about how civil unrest following George Floyd’s murder has shaped their organizations’ work.

Focusing on Community Needs to Improve Health

Houston-based Memorial Hermann, winner of the 2023 Foster G. McGaw Prize, focuses on four pillars to improve community health.

Supporting a Local Business to Ensure Health Equity

Boston Medical Center supports Nubian Markets, a local business that caters to diverse communities’ needs.

Celebrating CHI Week

Memorial Health in Illinois marks Community Health Improvement Week by assembling culturally appropriate food packages and cleaning up roadsides, among other activities.

Expanding Access to Health Care and Social Services

A mobile platform used by Essentia Health in Minnesota connects people to resources for food, housing, transportation and more.

Caring for Community Outside Hospital Walls

Norman Regional Health System in Oklahoma runs a food pharmacy, staffs a community call center and uses a community health navigator to link patients to services.

Breaking Down Barriers to Address Health Equity

Monthly dialogues on health issues are facilitated through a partnership between VCU Massey Cancer Center and black faith-based organizations in Virginia.

Launching a Community Health Needs Assessment

Maricopa County Public Health Department in Arizona highlights how it uses data collected during its collaborative CHNA process to improve community health.