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Using public space, Clinic in the Park is an innovative, collaborative, replicable model adaptable to nontraditional sites. The Clinic offers free one-stop-shop services to: 1) connect underserved children to health services, public benefits, and community resources; 2) provide safety net screenings, including screenings for food security, health literacy, medical and dental home; and 3) deliver health education.
The Primary Care Behavioral Health model in our Primary Care Adult Clinics integrates social workers and psychiatrists into the primary care medical home team. All nursing staff, medical assistants, clerks, and primary care providers are trained in their respective roles in screening, diagnosis, and referral for social and behavioral conditions.
What Are Social Determinants of Health? The social determinants of health are the conditions in which we live, learn, work, and play.1 These conditions include a broad range of socioeconomic and environmental factors, such as air and water quality, the quality of the built environment (e.g., housing quality; land use; transportation access and availability; [...]
How can we build connections between health care systems, public health, and community partners?
Secretary Diana Dooley and Public Health Director & State Health Officer Karen Smith present the Innovation Challenge Finalists. See photos of our Innovation Challenge Finalists on our Facebook Album. Healthy Beginnings Finalists: Bright Beginnings Ventura County Public Health, Ventura County Building Broccoli Smiles Food Literacy Center, Sacramento, Sacramento County Collaborative Partnerships and Environments for Early [...]
Moderated panel discussion among Innovation Challenge finalists on interventions to address Living Well.
Moderated panel discussion among Innovation Challenge finalists on interventions to address Healthy Beginnings.
Understanding Let’s Get Healthy California Data Let’s Get Healthy California aims to make California the healthiest state in the nation by advancing the Triple Aim of better health, better care, and lower cost, and to promote health equity by reducing health disparities. We seek to use data, innovation, and collaboration to impact the overall [...]
Orange County experiences a unique disparity in which it ranks sixth in highest median income statewide, while also ranking ninth nationwide in counties with the highest number of people facing food insecurity.
Organization: Smarter Lunchrooms Movement of California composed of University of California CalFresh Nutrition Education Program, Dairy Council of California, California Department of Education Summary: The Smarter Lunchrooms Movement (SLM) is an evidence-based method of promoting healthful eating behaviors using low-and no-cost practices that have proven successful in schools across the country. The SLM of California [...]
