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“Roadmap” to Community Investment Illustrates What’s Possible
Nationwide Children’s Hospital may now be a model for health systems that want to invest upstream in its communities, but the road there was more than 25 years in the making. Nationwide Children’s CEO Tim Robinson recently traced the hospital’s “more evolutionary than revolutionary” journey to its current community investment strategies in conversation with Robin Hacke, executive director of the Center for Community Investment (CCI).
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.
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.
Using a Transportation Model to Expand School-Based Health
In partnership with CareSource, the Nationwide Children’s school-based health program is helping transport kids from their schools to school-based health centers. The program, which started in October, is already seeing success in connecting kids with care while limiting time spent out of the classroom.
The Power of The Partnership
Health systems that want to invest in their neighborhoods — to go upstream of medical care to make whole populations healthier — can’t do it alone. They need funding partners, the buy-in of local government, the support of residents and the expertise of people with experience in community development.
School-Based Reproductive Health Education Programs
Nationwide Children’s Hospital and its partners are expanding reproductive health education efforts in schools to improve teen health and overall wellbeing.
Why a Children’s Hospital Has Created Nation-leading Free Tax Return Clinics
Nationwide Children’s has helped families claim $5.4 million in tax refunds over the last five years – part of the hospital’s effort to impact health through financial well-being.
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.
An Update on the Pediatric Vital Signs Project
A special supplement from Pediatrics explores the Nationwide Children’s Hospital effort to measure and improve the well-being of every child in a geographic region, using metrics including infant mortality, kindergarten readiness and childhood suicide rates.
Students Speak: How a Hospital Program Helps High Schoolers Prepare for Life After Graduation
Nationwide Children’s is the only pediatric health care system that operates an Upward Bound Math & Science program – with a special focus on high school students who would be the first in the families to receive college degrees. As they head back for their senior years in high school, two students write about the impact of the program.