This report offers an in-depth look at how the Toledo, Ohio based health system aligned its institutional operations and clinical practice to better tackle the social determinants of health. From an innovative hospital-owned grocery store in a food desert to investments in preserving affordable housing, this exploration of ProMedica's decade-long journey to understand how their resources as a healthcare anchor could be used for the wellbeing of the communities they serve is a useful guide for hospitals and health systems embarking on similar shifts.
Read MoreSustainable cities need more than parks, cafes, and a river walk. they need equity too
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The equity piece is often missing from development projects promoted as green or sustainable. This piece in CityMetric explores models of urban greening that produce real environmental improvements and also benefit long-term working-class residents in neighborhoods that are historically underserved.
Trina Hamilton and Winifred Curran | May 22, 2018
This piece appears in the Environment section of CityMetric.
Read MoreInvesting in healthy cities: Initiative transforms civic collaboration to improve low-income communities→
/"What does it mean for a health system to invest fully in its community? Dozens of health care organizations across the country are learning that the commitment goes beyond typical community benefit programs and requires innovative thinking about partnerships. It’s a mindset shift for many health care leaders but one that could be the future of sustainable, preventive population health."
Read MoreA Marketplace for Health and Housing to Exchange Money—Has the Time Come?→
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"Our current “investments” in health are not working. Despite spending more per person on health services than other nations, the U.S. continues to have worse health outcomes. So how do we set up a marketplace of buyers and sellers of services and products that address social determinants and change the ratios of health investments?"
Megan Sandel and Allison Bovel-Ammon | April 13, 2018
This piece appears in Shelterforce magazine.
Read MoreA Blueprint for More Equitable Transportation Planning→
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The Mobility Equity Framework offers a method to assess and compare different transportation modes based on positive and negative impacts on low-income people. It also advocates for community planning processes like participatory budgeting, a structured process by which community members can make recommendations and direct decisions on public spending and planning., to ensure that planners are actually addressing community needs.
Sarah Trent | April 2, 2018
This piece appears in Next City: Inspiring Better Cities
Read MoreHealth Philanthropy’s Shift To Equity→
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" In the past two decades, we’ve seen a move from decreasing to eliminating disparities and, more recently, to achieving equity. The term “equity” increasingly shows up in philanthropic conferences and documents—it is as ubiquitous in word as it is elusive in practice—not only in foundations but elsewhere."
Gabriela Alcalde | March 29, 2018
This piece appears in Health Affairs Blog.
Read MoreHOLC "redlining" maps: The persistent structure of segregation and economic inequality→
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Eighty years ago, a federal agency, the Home Owners’ Loan Corporation (HOLC) created “Residential Security” maps of major American cities. These maps document how loan officers, appraisers, and real estate professionals evaluated mortgage lending risk during the era immediately before the surge of suburbanization in the 1950’s. Neighborhoods considered high risk, or “Hazardous” were often “redlined” by lending institutions, denying them access to capital investment which could improve the housing and economic opportunity of residents.
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