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3 FaithHealth Collaboration to Advance the Social Determinants of Health
Pages 17-26

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From page 17...
... Although critical for health, only a fraction of what constitutes health comes from an encounter in a clinical setting, she said. Kirsten Peachey, director of Congregational Health Partnerships for Advocate Health Care and co-director of the Center for Faith and Community Health Transformation (the Center)
From page 18...
... , and does not reflect any consensus among work shop participants or endorsement by the National Academies of Sciences, Engineering, and Medicine. THE CENTER FOR FAITH AND COMMUNITY HEALTH TRANSFORMATION The Center for Faith and Community Health Transformation in ­ hicago is a joint initiative of Advocate Health Care, a large faith-based C health care system serving northern Illinois, and the Office for Community Engagement and Neighborhood Health Partnership at the University of Illinois at Chicago.
From page 19...
... Another key relationship that Peachey described was with Healthy Chicago, a collaborator with the Chicago Department of Public Health, on a community health needs assessment and strategy implementation plan. The idea for the Center for Faith and Community Health Transformation was formally written into the strategy plan (the Illinois Project for Local Assessment of Needs [IPLAN]
From page 20...
... A source of creative work is people getting to know each other and being able to see opportunities for connection, she said. The Vision in Practice: The Trauma-Informed Congregations Network As an example of a faith–health collaboration to advance the social determinants of health, Peachey described the Trauma-Informed Congregations Network.
From page 21...
... Finally, a community of practice is being established to help people develop relationships, network, learn together, and renew one another's spirits. Peachey highlighted an upcoming Community Practice meeting that was to focus on the reality that faith communities, in addition to being places of healing and support, can also be places of trauma (includ ing abuse, judgment, exclusion, and demeaning or frightening theological ideas)
From page 22...
... An abandoned day care center was acquired and refurbished and, with the help of a local councilwoman, the students collected donated equipment and raised more than $1.3 million in funds. Currently, the population being served by the UMMA clinic is about 70 percent Latino and 25 percent African American.
From page 23...
... Fremont Market The Fremont Market distributes free fruits and vegetables at an everyother-week event held at the Fremont Wellness Center. The market is run in partnership with Food Forward, a nonprofit organization that recovers fresh produce and fruit from farmers' markets and wholesalers.
From page 24...
... UMMA believes that if students get to know the residents of South LA, the students will not be afraid of serving there. Care Coordination In partnership with the California Hospital Medical Center, UMMA has implemented a care coordination program in South LA designed to break the cycle of emergency department readmissions by providing comprehensive care to chronic care patients after a hospital discharge.
From page 25...
... Federal funding to state health departments was distributed primarily to white communities, and community health centers were built to meet the needs of the underserved. Wong agreed and said that, historically, health departments viewed community health centers as interlopers.
From page 26...
... Not relying solely on fees from services affords UMMA excess capacity to take on different projects. This makes UMMA an attractive partner as it is not only a health center but also has the ability to engage with legislative activities and health policy.


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