Calendar of Events
Voices of Health Equity: “Stepping Down” from Medically Tailored Meals: A Pilot Program to Empower Individuals to Prepare Healthy Meals on their Own
12:00 PM - 1:00 PM
Food insecurity and poor nutrition are modifiable social determinants of health that impact a wide range of health equity and quality of life outcomes across the lifespan. Community Servings’ Medically Tailored Meals (MTM) Nutrition Program is an ...
Addressing Social Determinants of Health in the Medical Setting through Targeted Economic Support
3:00 PM - 4:00 PM
In this webinar, learn about innovative work taking place in the Pittsburgh region in which rapid, gap-filling financial support has been used to resolve patients’ and Health Plan members’ crises. Aisling McIntyre, Senior Project Manager at UPMC ...
Addressing Food Insecurity Through Medicaid: Four Innovative State-Based Approaches
3:30 PM - 4:30 PM
Improving food security among Medicaid enrollees will reduce healthcare costs and improve healthcare outcomes. Key strategies include increasing Medicaid enrollee connection to food resources, strengthening the network of community food resources for ...
Voices of Health Equity: Addressing Racial Disparities in Program Data and Operations: Insights from Maryland's Root Causes of Health Initiative (RoCHI)
11:00 AM - 12:00 PM
The Root Causes of Health Initiative (RoCHI) serves as a catalyst for understanding and addressing the systemic factors contributing to health disparities. Through this initiative, MDH’s “Team M.O.R.E. (Maryland Operates to Reach Equity)” implemented a ...
Voices of Health Equity: Call to Reform: Deconstructing the Criminal-Legal Approach to Mental Health Crises
11:00 AM - 12:00 PM
The deinstitutionalization of mental health has historically lacked adequate support and resources for individuals living with mental illnesses, exacerbating instances of mental health crises in outpatient and community settings. The ...
Voices of Health Equity - OB CARE ALWAYS THERE 24/7/365: Creating Relationships, Building Trust, Saving Lives
1:00 PM - 2:00 PM
OnCall Connect Pregnancy & Post-Partum Support Program was born out of a five-year collaborative partnership between the State of Illinois, OSF OnCall and four Federally Qualified Health Centers in Illinois. The program delivers education and check-in ...
Voices of Health Equity - Washington Fatherhood Council: Building an Integrated System to Promote Fatherhood Inclusion and Belonging
12:00 PM - 1:00 PM
Families experience improved wellbeing when fathers positively engage in their children’s lives; however, the current systems serving families often lack explicit fatherhood-specific programs which can create unintended barriers for fathers and ...
Voices of Health Equity: Moving from Community Engagement to Community Action: The Southside Center for Wellbeing
12:00 AM
We will share our unique & scalable model of equitable community engagement (Listen, Connect, Craft, & Reflect), and both how our model centers communities’ priorities and led us to create the RVA Southside Center for Wellbeing (CWB), a novel solution ...