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The Delicate Work of Hospital Community Relations
Tifini Ray, the hospital’s new director of Community Relations, talks about how she approaches strengthening neighborhood relationships.
How Nationwide Children’s Hospital Became the World’s Largest "Imagination Library” Affiliate
Nationwide Children’s now distributes 47,000 free monthly books to young children in central Ohio, making it the largest single affiliate of Dolly Parton’s Imagination Library. The program – launched and supported by Ohio First Lady Fran DeWine – is still working to reach some of the children it could help the most.
How Tax Credits Can Help a Hospital Finance Affordable Housing
Nationwide Children’s Hospital and its partners broke ground on a $16 million affordable housing development, which was partially funded by low-income housing tax credits. Learn how other hospitals, even those with no housing experience, can follow suit.
Investing in the Community? Listen to the Community First.
Nationwide Children’s Hospital’s national model of community investment is built on a trusting relationship with residents. Nick Jones, director of Healthy Neighborhoods Health Families, writes for the American Hospital Association about how that trust was built.
Bringing Comprehensive Injury-Prevention Program to Central Ohio Kids
Safety City is coming back to central Ohio this summer. Safety City, a proven injury-prevention program, is designed for children who are approximately 5, 6 and 7 years old, and focuses on preventing some of the most common causes of injury.
Building Momentum for School-Based Health Care
Schools and health care organizations are starting to realize they have the same goal: healthy, successful, happy, productive children. Mary Kay Irwin, EdD, senior director of School Health Services at Nationwide Children’s Hospital, shares how the two can collaborate through school-based health care.
Collaboration for a Fresh Food Market and Charitable Pharmacy
Many partners from the public and private sectors have joined forces to open a free, fresh food market and charitable pharmacy to improve the health and wellbeing of an underserved but opportunity-rich neighborhood.
How School-based Health Helps Children and Families
With the expansion of school-based health clinics in some parts of Ohio, there’s confusion about the role the clinics play in improving children’s health outcomes. The Ohio School-Based Health Alliance is working to show that “healthy kids learn better.”
New Child Obesity Guidelines as Rates Accelerate
Youth obesity rates have been rising for decades, but they accelerated during COVID-19. Experts at Nationwide Children’s recently helped develop new national guidelines for the safe and effective treatment of obesity – the first guideline update in 15 years.
Opening School-based Health Care to the Community
St. Mary School in Columbus, Ohio’s German Village neighborhood is breaking ground on a new school health center, which will provide on-site care to the students of St. Mary’s and to others throughout the area.