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Working With Faith-Based Leaders to Promote Child Health
At the annual Community Voices Faith and Community Leaders Luncheon, health care and faith leaders came together to discuss their common goals of boosting child well-being.
How a Hospital Partners to Help High School Students Graduate
Nationwide Children’s has partnered with Linden-McKinley STEM Academy in a program called Be The One, which supports high school students who are at risk of not graduating high school. This program focuses on students who have experienced family trauma, homelessness and other adverse childhood experiences.
How Community Input Guided a Report
Many scientific reports on public health issues don’t actually use public input. But recent research on treating people exposed to “forever chemicals” began by talking with people who have been exposed to them. A project officer at the National Academies of Science, Engineering and Medicine, spoke with The Collaboratory about this common-sense approach.
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.