by Tom Peterson | Jan 15, 2016 | Stakeholder Health Stories
‘I’m not in the shadows any more’ ID program hugely popular on arrival in Forsyth County By Les Gura Over the past generation, the Hispanic population has soared in North Carolina. One of the biggest hurdles Hispanic immigrants have faced is a state law that bars...
by Tom Peterson | Jan 8, 2016 | Stakeholder Health Stories
Healthy living takes root in UpTown Toledo at Market on the Green at ProMedica Ebeid Institute In December 2014, ProMedica planted the seeds for an innovative center to address the social determinants of health in Toledo, Ohio. Nearly one year later, ProMedica...
by Molly Miller | Dec 21, 2015 | Stakeholder Health Stories
By Molly Miller When we discuss the healthy housing movement, a common theme of successful healthy housing programs is the involvement of an anchor institution as a pillar of stability as the program develops. In Rochester, Minnesota, the Mayo Clinic has served as an...
by Tom Peterson | Dec 15, 2015 | Stakeholder Health Stories
Bon Secours Baltimore Health System: making housing a priority for close to 30 years By Les Gura Bon Secours Baltimore Health System is located in the heart of southwest Baltimore, a residential neighborhood that in the late 1980s faced the flight of its middle class...
by Tom Peterson | Oct 29, 2015 | Stakeholder Health Stories
By Fiona McBride Harlem, New York Sherid and her 6-year-old son, Treyvon, are sitting at Dr. Periasamy’s office in Harlem Hospital on a hot Tuesday evening in August. They’ve just finished meeting with the doctor and nutritionist in order to enroll in a prescription...
by Tom Peterson | Sep 25, 2015 | Stakeholder Health Stories
By Les Gura For the past seven years, a growing initiative in Richmond, Virginia, has improved health services in the city’s six large public housing developments by connecting residents not just with a weekly visiting nurse practitioner, but...