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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 School-Based Health Care Helps Children
Health systems and school districts throughout Ohio have partnered on “school-based health care,” an effort to bring medical and other wellness services into schools for children who might not otherwise receive them.
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.”
How Should a Neighborhood Improvement Initiative Measure Its Impact?
The Healthy Neighborhoods Healthy Families initiative has sparked millions of dollars of investment into the South Side of Columbus, Ohio. Deena Chisolm, PhD, director of the Center for Child Health Equity and Outcomes Research at Nationwide Children’s Hospital, discusses making sure that investment has an impact.
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.
Improving Children’s Health by Improving the Community
One of Nationwide Children’s Hospital signature initiatives to improve outcomes for an entire population – Healthy Neighborhoods Healthy Families – was the recipient of the 2020 Hearst Health Prize.
Improving Communities and Community Wellness
Vice President of Community Wellness Nick Jones sits down to discuss his philosophy on community improvement, Healthy Homes Healthy Families initiatives and priorities for 2023.
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.
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Nationwide Children’s Hospital Once Again Named on U.S. News & World Report’s 2022-2023 Best Children’s Hospitals Honor Roll
Nationwide Children’s Hospital has once again been named to U.S. News & World Report’s Best Children’s Hospitals Honor Roll. The Honor Roll is a distinction awarded to only 10 children’s hospitals nationwide recognized by U.S. News as the “Best of the Best.”
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Katherine Deans, MD, MHSc, Appointed as Chief Clinical Research Officer at Nationwide Children’s Hospital
COLUMBUS, Ohio – Following a national search, Katherine Deans, MD, MHSc, has been appointed to the new position of Chief Clinical Research Officer at Nationwide Children's. She will begin in the role on September 1, 2020. Dr.