Health is more than just medical care. Last week, we published and began the first stages of the Convergence Collaborative on Social Factors of Health Blueprint for Action release! The Collaborative met for several months to come to a consensus on solutions for creating the best policy environment for local efforts and partnerships to improve household and community health by addressing social factors of health (also known as social determinants of health or SDOH). These convenings were supported with generous financial support by CommonSpirit Health, the Episcopal Health Foundation, and Kaiser Permanente. Their commitment to the Convergence process of building consensus among people and organizations with different views and priorities made the project possible. #SDOH #SocialFactorsOfHealth #SocialDriversofHealth #SocialDeterminantsofHealth
Congratulations to the Collaborative Team on months of hard work and this first exciting step of the release: Stuart M Butler PhD, Caryn Hederman, and Marcela Cabello!
We are beyond grateful for the hard work, heart, and dedication of the Collaborative Members. Thank you, Jean C. Accius, PhD, NACD.DC, Lourdes Aceves, Terri Amano, MPH, Kara R. G., Nicole Barcliff, Pablo Bravo Vial, Autumn Campbell, Dr. Brian Roland Corbin, David Erickson, Sandra Elizabeth Ford, Ashley A. Gray, Karis Grounds, C.J. Eisenbarth Hager, Briana Martin, MSPE, Shao Chee Sim, Blair Harrison, Jin Alexander Tsuchiya, Elizabeth Heetderks Fong, PhD, Terrie Hottle, Ji Im, Michelle Jester, MA, PMP, Matthew Lyons, Rachel Mackey, Marcella Maguire, Corey Miller, MPH, Ben Money, Nalani Tarrant PMP, MPH, Sue Pechilio Polis, Susan Newton, Ed.D., Len Nichols, Kathleen Noonan, Jan Ruma, Alexandra Schweitzer, Jake Segal, Anand Shah, W. June Simmons, Sara Singleton, Ann-Somers Hogg, Ipyana Spencer, Kathy Stack, Mary Ellen Wiggins, Christy Wolfe, Sunia Zaterman, and Zubick Kelleen.