What they call their work
What they do
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Community Health Equity Initiatives 3 activities
- Conducting global health capacity-building workshopsDelivers Problem Solving for Better Health workshops globally, having engaged over 60,000 participants across 30 countries and supported over 70,000 health improvement projects.
- Developing community-driven health improvement modelsConducts research to develop community-driven models focused on improving health and healthcare with an emphasis on wellness promotion.
- Implementing community-based wellness programsRuns a community-based wellness program in East New York aimed at reducing chronic illness through local engagement and health interventions.
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Healthcare Policy Advocacy 1 activity
- Advocating for health policy reformsAdvocates for public policy improvements such as better reimbursement for health and wellness education, early chronic disease screening, and expanded behavioral and mental health services.
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Healthcare Workforce Training & Career Pathways 1 activity
- Building local health workforce in the Mississippi DeltaCo-leads the New Pathways to Health and Opportunity initiative in the Mississippi Delta to build the local health workforce and improve health and economic outcomes through multi-organizational collaboration.
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Medical Professional Education & Training 1 activity
- Training health professionals in chronic disease managementTrains health professionals in chronic disease identification and management, including a collaborative chronic kidney disease program in Shanghai and training of 14,000 health professionals across 21 cities in China.
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Uncategorized 1 activity
- Strengthening national health systems through local workforce trainingDisseminates Problem Solving for Better Health methodology in Lesotho through eight district hospitals in partnership with Boston University, aiming to train 400 healthcare workers and community representatives to strengthen the national health system.
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Who they work with
- American Pacific Nursing Leader’s Council Partner — Partner in the “Healthy Nurses Healthy People” initiative in the U.S. Affiliated Pacific Islands.
- Boston University Medical School and School of Public Health (LeBoHA) Partner — Long-term partnership to strengthen the healthcare system in Lesotho through dissemination of the Problem Solving for Better Health methodology.
- Dialysis Clinic, Inc. Partner — Partnered to establish the Dreyfus Health Policy & Research Center as an independent nonprofit in 2020.
- East New York Partner — Geographic focus and community partner for wellness programming
- Pacific Islands Primary Care Association Partner — Partner in the “Healthy Nurses Healthy People” initiative in the U.S. Affiliated Pacific Islands.
- University of Hawaii School of Nursing and Dental Hygiene Partner — Partner in the “Healthy Nurses Healthy People” initiative in the U.S. Affiliated Pacific Islands.
How they approach the work
Named approaches extracted from this org’s sources. Where others share an approach, follow it to see the full set of orgs running it.
- Community-Driven Problem Solvingmethodology: community_driven_modelBy engaging communities in identifying and prioritizing their own health issues, we produce more relevant and effective interventions because local knowledge and ownership increase program legitimacy, participation, and sustainability.
- Risk-Stratified Preventive Caremethodology: disease_prevention_and_risk_stratificationBy targeting interventions based on individual and population-level risk stratification, we prevent chronic disease onset and progression because early, tailored action improves clinical outcomes and reduces long-term system burden.