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

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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.

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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We Must Collect Vaccine Data to Protect Future Generations

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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.

At Nemours, our core mission to help keep children healthy and thriving.

We are very encouraged to see that the Biden Administration announced this month another funding campaign to increase availability of the COVID-19 vaccine in an effort to lessen the spread and impact of the novel corona virus. Along with funding, the Administration is doubling down on efforts to combat vaccine hesitancy and disinformation – two powerful forces working against our nation’s recovery.

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Take 2: Reflections & Advice from Population Health Network Leaders

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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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Building a Systems Change Initiative Theory of Change

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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.

The  Building a Systems Change Initiative Theory of Change helps to visually organize the focal areas and intended outcomes of systems change initiatives. This version provides annotations to guide users through the process to develop their own Theory of Change for their systems change initiative and includes specific examples using Nemours’ Harnessing Opportunity for Positive, Equitable Early Childhood Development Project (Project HOPE).  Click here for the resource.

This fillable form for the Building a Systems Change Initiative Theory of Change can be downloaded here separately without annotations. This version allows users to enter their systems change initiative focal areas and intended outcomes into a shareable PDF file. The organization completing this theory of change can also place their logo in the bottom right corner of the fillable form. Click here for the fillable form. (Right click to save the fillable form to your computer.)

Building Cross Sector Partnership from the Ground Up: Lessons on Aligning Medicaid and Early Childhood Initiatives

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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.

We are pleased to announce the release of Nemours’ brief, “Building Cross Sector Partnership from the Ground Up: Lessons on Aligning Medicaid and Early Childhood Initiatives.”

The brief highlights lessons learned from Nemours’ work with small groups of leaders from the health care and early childhood sectors in Florida, Georgia, and Washington, D.C. to pilot small-scale projects, or create a practical resource, to address a particular child health need through cross-sector collaboration. The goals were to foster alignment across Medicaid and ECE, uncover barriers to collaboration and identify solutions, and lift up learnings to enable other states to pursue cross-sector upstream prevention initiatives.

This work builds on previous Nemours’ efforts to test approaches to financing upstream prevention and addressing the social determinants of health and was supported by grants from the Alliance for Early Success to the Georgia Early Education Alliance for Ready Students (GEEARS), the Florida Association of Healthy Start Coalitions (FAHSC), and DC Action for Children.

The brief explores cross-cutting themes that emerged from this work around:

  • Building an effective cross-sector team
  • Generating support for the initiative across the health and early childhood sectors
  • Strategies for implementing the initiative
Please feel free to contact Janet Viveiros at [email protected] if you would like more information.

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