Skip to main content

Exploring the Infrastructure of Multisector Community Health Partnerships: A Workshop

Completed

At this workshop, participants explored multisector community health partnerships, from communities including Richmond, California, and Algoma, Wisconsin, that aim to address inequities and improve the health and well-being of communities. Speakers and participants discussed different strategies used by community partnerships to engage residents in community health initiatives.

https://www.youtube.com/playlist?list=PLGTMA6Qkejfha3TFlliAAVJOnYYCB3xmx

Description

An ad hoc committee will plan and convene a 1-day public workshop that will explore the key elements needed to create and maintain innovative and sustainable approaches to multisector community health partnerships (e.g., community residents as well as staff from government, nonprofit, and business sectors). The workshop may include presentations on and discussion of: how to create and support partnerships that genuinely and equitably engage residents; the role of independent coordinating organizations and partners; sources of financing for building and maintaining partnerships and improved health and well-being; the skills necessary for authentic and effective organizational leadership; the role of local, state, and federal governments in supporting these collaborations; examples of the different approaches to improving health outcomes in rural and urban settings; and the ways such partnerships influence change in community health outcomes over time. A proceedings and a proceedings in brief of the presentations and discussion at the workshop will be prepared by a designated rapporteur in accordance with institutional guidelines.

Subscribe to Email from the National Academies
Keep up with all of the activities, publications, and events by subscribing to free updates by email.