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How a Hospital Can Help Improve a Community’s Housing
Large, academic health systems often focus on delivering care, researching disease and training the next generation of providers. But there’s good reason to think they could also advance their mission through community investments, especially in housing.
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 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.
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.
Community Revitalization Initiative Shows How a Children’s Hospital Can Be a Good Neighbor
On the heels of the announcement that Nationwide Children’s Hospital is expanding its Healthy Neighborhoods Healthy Families initiative, The Columbus Dispatch Editorial Board praised the effort to invest in even more affordable housing for the good of area communities.
Corporate Partners Allowing for Greater Neighborhood Investment
Health systems may struggle with finding the resources for significant community investment outside of the traditional mission of health care. Nationwide Children’s has relied on a number of corporate partners to help leverage its own community investment work.