Kathleen Amos, MLIS, Assistant Director, Academic/Practice Linkages, Public Health Foundation
Webinar participants listened in as
Shawna Mercer, MSc, PhD, Chief of the Community Guide Branch at CDC; Katya Seligman, MPH, Program Manager for HRET;
Jack Moran, MBA, PhD, Senior Quality Advisor for PHF; and
Ron Bialek, MPP, President of PHF, introduced The Community Guide, discussed driving forces behind the current focus on community health improvement, shared plans for
ACHI’s Community Health Assessment Toolkit, and described a
population health driver diagram framework that can be used for collaborative community health improvement. Participants’ questions delved deeper into aspects of The Community Guide and how it can support population health. All of this content is captured in the webinar archive available through the archive webpage,
Using the Community Guide for Community Health Improvement (Archived Webinar), along with the presentation slides.
This webinar served as a kick-off for a
new pilot initiative aimed at helping hospitals use evidence-based recommendations and findings found in The Community Guide to take action and implement community health improvement activities in collaboration with health departments and other community stakeholders. A joint effort of CDC, PHF, and ACHI/HRET, this pilot initiative will use the population health driver diagram framework, developed by PHF, to help hospitals and their community partners align and implement actions to address identified population health priorities. Two hospitals,
WellSpan Health in York, PA, and
INTEGRIS in Oklahoma City, OK, are leading the way in testing this framework and will be working with community stakeholders over the coming months to address health priorities in their communities using The Community Guide.