Disclaimer: Moving Health Care Upstream is a collaborative effort originally co-led by Nemours Children’s Health System (Nemours) and the Center for Healthier Children, Families & Communities at the University of California- Los Angeles (UCLA). The views and opinions expressed in this article are those of the author(s) and do not necessarily reflect the official policy or position of Nemours, UCLA or the Moving Health Care Upstream initiative.

Integrative Activities: What Are They & What Value Do They Bring to Population Health Networks?

Integrative Activities are the governance, oversight, and administrative functions that enable population health networks to carry out tasks and strategies related to the network’s shared population health goals. Like an engine, integrative activities propel networks forward.

Over the last two years, Nemours has been exploring the ways integrative activities can be used to strengthen population health networks. This has included revisiting the framework of integrative activities Nemours presented in 2012 and understanding the value of strategic use of integrative activities.

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Disclaimer: Moving Health Care Upstream is a collaborative effort originally co-led by Nemours Children’s Health System (Nemours) and the Center for Healthier Children, Families & Communities at the University of California- Los Angeles (UCLA). The views and opinions expressed in this article are those of the author(s) and do not necessarily reflect the official policy or position of Nemours, UCLA or the Moving Health Care Upstream initiative.

In this video blog post, Nemours Children’s Health System announces the release of a four part series: “Take 2: Reflections & Advice from Population Health Network Leaders”.

To read the series, CLICK HERE. To learn more about Nemours’ overarching body of work related to integrative activities as accelerators for population health networks, CLICK HERE.

We’d love to hear your reflections. Please leave a comment below the post, Tweet us at @MHCUpstream, or email us at [email protected].

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Disclaimer: Moving Health Care Upstream is a collaborative effort originally co-led by Nemours Children’s Health System (Nemours) and the Center for Healthier Children, Families & Communities at the University of California- Los Angeles (UCLA). The views and opinions expressed in this article are those of the author(s) and do not necessarily reflect the official policy or position of Nemours, UCLA or the Moving Health Care Upstream initiative.

Moving Health Care Upstream is pleased to share this information with you on behalf of 100 Million Healthier Lives and the National Committee on Vital and Health Statistics:

Looking for validated, common measures for population and community health that can be used across sectors to address social needs and social determinants?

A recently released report, Well-Being In the Nation Measurement Framework: Measures for Improving Health, Well-Being and Equity Across Sectors, offers simple, powerful cross-sector measures to help you do that.
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Disclaimer: Moving Health Care Upstream is a collaborative effort originally co-led by Nemours Children’s Health System (Nemours) and the Center for Healthier Children, Families & Communities at the University of California- Los Angeles (UCLA). The views and opinions expressed in this article are those of the author(s) and do not necessarily reflect the official policy or position of Nemours, UCLA or the Moving Health Care Upstream initia

For the past two years, Moving Health Care Upstream’s Policy Learning Lab has provided technical assistance to teams focused on food insecurity in their communities, helping them leverage local and organizational policy to address food insecurity on a community-wide scale. In this newsletter, we feature two resources that have been useful to our teams: the Healthy Food Access Portal and the Hunger Vital Sign National Community of Practice. Additional food insecurity resources, including a copy of technical assistance provided to each team in MHCU’s Policy Learning Lab, are available HERE. [Read more…]

Disclaimer: Moving Health Care Upstream is a collaborative effort originally co-led by Nemours Children’s Health System (Nemours) and the Center for Healthier Children, Families & Communities at the University of California- Los Angeles (UCLA). The views and opinions expressed in this article are those of the author(s) and do not necessarily reflect the official policy or position of Nemours, UCLA or the Moving Health Care Upstream initiative.

Let Your Work Inspire Others

Start the new year by sharing your upstream work with others. Submissions are always welcome for the “Examples in Action” pages of MHCU’s website- which contains self-submitted examples of upstream work being done by health systems with their community partners. Email [email protected] for information.

Spotlight on New Tools & Resources

Working on Health Literacy? Nationwide Children’s Hospital created interactive web-based activities to teach teens (and others) how to assess the trustworthiness of health information sources online. Now available as part of Nemours Children’s Health System’s adolescent health literacy lesson plans: Navigating the Health Care System.

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