Navigating the Health Care System (Health Literacy)

Lesson Plans– Lesson plans and materials for teen and adult versions of NTHCS. Includes:

Podcast– Champions for Children podcast episode featuring Navigating the Health Care System

NTHCS Brochure– An overview of the teen curriculum, including topics covered in each module

Overview Slides: NTHCS for Teens– Overview of Navigating the Health Care Upstream

Flyer– One page flyer for teachers/parents, and for teens

Communications Toolkit– Contains content champions of health literacy can copy/paste to spread the word about NTHCS.

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Financing & Payment Models

Health Affairs Blog: Caring for Kids in the Covid-19 Era– This blog posts shares recommendations for addressing social factors in the wake of Covid-19.

Building Cross Sector Partnerships from the Ground Up – Lessons on aligning Medicaid and early childhood initiatives.

Children’s Health & Wellness Fund – Read about how to galvanize investments in social determinants of health for children

Pediatric Value-Based Care Models– Examples and recommendations for financing integrated care models. Includes:

Using Pay for Success Financing in Medicaid – Learn about Washington’s exploration of Pay for Success Financing.

Population Health Integrators– How do hospitals & health systems catalyze multi-sector efforts to improve population health Includes:

Data Sharing Across Child-Serving Sectors – A policy brief on cross-sector data sharing.

Collaboration between Medicaid and Early Care and Education – A brief and toolkit sharing lessons learned from cross-sector collaboration. Includes:

Medicaid & Financing Upstream Prevention– Approaches Medicaid, health plans, and stakeholders can use to fund upstream prevention. Includes:

Building the Business Case for Investment in Childhood Obesity Prevention– A tool to simulate costs, savings, and health outcomes of childhood obesity prevention. Includes:

Defining an Accountable Community for Health for Children and Families– MHCU leaders make the case for an ACH for Children & Families

Pathways Through Medicaid to Prevention– A toolkit illustrating a range of Medicaid and CHIP options to fund upstream prevention. Includes:

Early Childhood & Medicaid– Intro to Medicaid & CHIP and strategies for partnership for the early childhood sector

Example in Action: Payment & Financing– Check out these real-world examples! Includes:

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Health Care & Community Partnerships

Developing & Scaling a Social Needs Screening and Referral Process within Pediatric Health System – This combined case study and guidance resource shares insights from Nemours Children’s Health.

Children’s Health & Wellness Fund – (DUPLICATE- see detail under Financing & Payment Models, above)

Lived Experience: The Practice of Engagement in Policy – This brief highlights the value of involving those with lived experience in policy and systems change.

Nemours Children’s Project HOPE– Harnessing Opportunity for Positive, Equitable Early Childhood Development (HOPE) Project. Includes:

Community Care Coordination Systems: Technology Supports– Brief explores technology emerging to “close the loop” between clinical & community services.

Population Health Integrators- (DUPLICATE- see detail under Financing & Payment Models, above)

Navigating the Health Care System– (DUPLICATE- see detail under Navigating the Health Care System, above)

MHCU’s Policy Learning Labs: Food Insecurity; Root Causes of Asthma– Accelerating adoption of organizational and local policies for upstream health promotion. Includes:

Defining an Accountable Community for Health for Children and Families– (DUPLICATE- see detail under Financing & Payment Models, above)

Roadmap For Action: Advancing the Adoption of Telehealth– Guide to help promote the adoption of effective telehealth implementation strategies.

Moving Health Care Upstream– Profiles of the innovative population health initiatives of three children’s hospitals

Building Community Resilience Collaborative– BCR works to increase cross-sector collaboration to address trauma and toxic stress

Examples in Action: Partnerships– Check out these real-world examples! Includes:

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Leading Change

Developing & Scaling a Social Needs Screening and Referral Process within Pediatric Health System – This combined case study and guidance resource shares insights from Nemours Children’s Health.

Children’s Health & Wellness Fund – (DUPLICATE- see detail under Financing & Payment Models, above)

Lived Experience: The Practice of Engagement in Policy – (DUPLICATE – see detail under Healthcare & Community Partnerships, above).

Nemours Children’s Project HOPE- (DUPLICATE – see detail under Healthcare & Community Partnerships, above.)

Population Health Integrators– (DUPLICATE- see detail under  Financing & Payment Models, above.)

Policy Leadership for Health Care Transformation– How can health systems use policy to sustain their work addressing social determinants? Includes:

Transformational Leadership– (DUPLICATE – see detail under Healthcare & Community Partnerships, above.)

Roadmap For Action: Advancing the Adoption of Telehealth– Guide to help promote the adoption of effective telehealth implementation strategies

Examples in Action: Leading Change – Check out these real-world examples! Includes:

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Policy Strategies

Developing & Scaling a Social Needs Screening and Referral Process within Pediatric Health System – This combined case study and guidance resource shares insights from Nemours Children’s Health.

Children’s Health & Wellness Fund – (DUPLICATE- see detail under Financing & Payment Models, above)

Health Affairs Blog: Caring for Kids in the Covid-19 Era– (DUPLICATE- see detail under Financing & Payment Models, above)

Pediatric Value-Based Care Models– (DUPLICATE- see detail under Financing & Payment Models, above)

Population Health Integrators– (DUPLICATE- see detail under Financing & Payment Models, above)

Policy Leadership for Health Care Transformation– (DUPLICATE- see detail under Leading Change, above)

MHCU’s Policy Learning Labs: Food Insecurity; Root Causes of Asthma– (DUPLICATE- see detail under Health Care & Community Partnerships, above)

Medicaid & Financing Upstream Prevention– (DUPLICATE- see detail under Financing & Payment Models, above)

Pathways through Medicaid to Prevention– DUPLICATE- see detail under Financing & Payment Models, above)

Moving Health Care Upstream– (DUPLICATE- see detail under Health Care & Community Partnerships, above)

Transformational Leadership– (DUPLICATE- see detail under Leading Change, above)

Examples in Action: Policy Strategies – Check out these real-world examples! Includes: