WiredPeople, Inc.’s Post

"In the journey to reshape the vision for public health, we need to bridge the gap between processes and meaningful outcomes. By adapting the principles of the Quadruple Aim, public health can enhance how it communicates its goals for community engagement, comprehensive community health, cost-effectiveness and elevated recognition for its professionals. This approach could make public health resonate more deeply with stakeholders, which may help promote a united, effective approach to creating healthier, thriving communities."

The American Public Health Association (APHA) sponsors National Public Health Week from April 3 to 9 to recognize the contributions of public health and highlight issues that are important for improving our nation’s health. This year’s theme, Centering and Celebrating Cultures in Health, emphasizes the way different cultures focus on health. As an FQHC, for My Community Health Center, public health is more than just health care. It is all the steps we take to make sure our neighborhoods and environment are healthy. It is making sure our food and water are safe to eat and drink. It is also the relationships we foster in our communities. We are all interconnected. When we all come together to support public health, all of us — individuals, families, communities, and the public health field — can achieve the goals of public health! https://lnkd.in/gHfePk3p #NationalPublicHealthWeek #centeringandcelebratingculturesinhealth #mchc #FQHC

Great conversation happening now about rural communities and the challenges we face around healthcare. Cancer care and access to that care is a large part of this. This work is hard, impacts the whole community, and needs to involve cross-sectional work. One thing that I appreciate Dr. Calhoun mentioning, we need to focus on the similarities, to help address these challenges and think of innovative ideas to tackle rural healthcare. #RuralHealthcare #EastTexas #CancerAccess

PHCC #TipOfTheWeek: Meet people where they are. "I don’t know that the average citizen, even if they’re experiencing it, understands what structural racism means. It’s really important that we meet people where they are so that we can raise awareness about these issues.” Learn more from Raynard Washington, Ph.D., MPH, Public Health Director of Mecklenburg County Public Health, and other experts in our webinar, Structural Racism and Public Health: How to Talk to Policymakers and Community Members. https://lnkd.in/gpHT5wHm #HealthEquity

Register for “People and Civil Society at the Core: From Slogans to Action” - the second session of Empower Health, our 30th anniversary conference.      ⌚ 10:15 – 11:00 | 12 September 2023   📍 Online Stream    How do we bring the fundamental principle of ‘Nothing About Us Without Us’ into action?     Join us as we discuss why people and civil society must occupy a central role in the decision-making processes in public health.     We will explore how engagement must span the entire spectrum of public health policy-making – from conceptualisation through to implementation and assessment. We will outline practical solutions to achieve this, to ensure the critical voices and expertise of civil society are integrated to achieve better, fairer policies. Register here: https://lnkd.in/eYyx3V6s 

We are proud to join AHIP, Alliance of Community Health Plans (ACHP), American Hospital Association, and American Medical Association as a founding member of the Common Health Coalition: Together for Public Health. We are partnering to translate the hard-won lessons and successes of the COVID-19 pandemic response into actionable strategies that will strengthen the partnership between our health care and public health systems. It’s time for a reimagined health system: one in which the nation’s health care and public health systems no longer work in parallel, but hand in hand – with better health for all as the common goal. https://k-p.li/3FSQHfK

Register for “People and Civil Society at the Core: From Slogans to Action” - the second session of Empower Health, our 30th anniversary conference.  ⌚ 10:15 – 11:00 | 12 September 2023   📍 Online Stream How do we bring the fundamental principle of ‘Nothing About Us Without Us’ into action?  Join us as we discuss why people and civil society must occupy a central role in the decision-making processes in public health.  We will explore how engagement must span the entire spectrum of public health policy-making – from conceptualisation through to implementation and assessment. We will outline practical solutions to achieve this, to ensure the critical voices and expertise of civil society are integrated to achieve better, fairer policies. Register here: https://lnkd.in/eYyx3V6s #EPHA30 #EmpowerHealth #NothingAboutUsWithoutUs

PHCC #TipOfTheWeek: “We need an army of storytellers in #PublicHealth. If you want to keep health equity front and center, compelling stories are going to be the way to break through the noise.” Learn more from Judith Monroe, MD, President and CEO of the CDC Foundation, in our recent webinar on Structural Racism and Public Health. https://lnkd.in/gvQeE4UK