Faith–Health Collaboration to Improve Community and Population Health Proceedings of a Workshop (2021) / Chapter Skim
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4 FaithHealth Collaboration on Health Policy
4 FaithHealth Collaboration on Health Policy
Pages 27-38
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(Highlights of this session are presented in Box 4-1.) A PERSPECTIVE ON HEALTH POLICY: HEALTH BEYOND HEALTH CARE Cohen described several examples of how she brings a broader lens to the work of the NC DHHS.
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Upon seeing the patient again, Cohen asked some additional questions and ordered a computed tomography (CT) scan of the patient's abdomen, now considering cancer or another serious illness as the cause.
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The NC DHHS is also focused on early childhood, particularly ages zero to 5 years. The department pays for half of the births in the state, pays for child care subsidies, runs the North Carolina Pre-K and Smart Start programs, and administers Child Protective Services.
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The platform will link to the electronic health record so that, for example, when a provider enters that a patient has screened positive for food insecurity, they will see a list of community resources they can refer the patient to. Through the plat form, the provider could send a message to the food bank to tell them to expect the patient, and to alert the provider if the patient does not go so the provider can follow up.
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She emphasized that money and priorities drive change, and she highlighted the need to take advantage of the new opportunity that is being presented by health care payment reform to drive these partnerships. Allan asked Cohen for her perspective on the challenges and opportunities for governmental, public health, and faith-based institutions to work together in real transformation initiatives.
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Weinberger sug gested that the first lesson of community organizing is to always be looking for opportunities, and she described how the opportunity to influence Medicaid policy presented itself. In July 2012, through the work of its criminal justice team, GCC was able to influence Governor John Kasich and the Ohio legislature to pass and sign a major collateral sanctions reform bill.
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In its conversations with the State Office of Health Transformation, GCC learned that the administration was also considering the potential of Medicaid expansion to be a key component of driving health care reform. The state was interested in a front-end financial investment that would lead to a focus on primary health care, mental health care, and prevention (in which all of GCC's member clergy and faith communities were interested)
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GCC kept applying pressure with additional lobby days and press. GCC also canvassed in three strategically targeted swing districts in Northeast Ohio, urging voters to contact their state legislators to support expansion.
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For example, Kasich told GCC that his brother had a severe mental illness, and when he talked about getting people out of the shadows, he was thinking of his brother. Moving forward, GHCC has been able to use its relationship skills and coalition-building skills to work on other issues, including mental health crisis centers to keep people with severe mental illness out of jail.
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She cobbled together her health care using the community health center and the dental school, but that usually required many hours of lost work time, and so she usually skipped health care all together. The server wanted to buy their drinks but they declined.
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Angeloe Burch of the Interdenominational Ministerial Alliance asked about the involvement of African American churches. Weinberger replied that the coalition includes a number of African American churches.
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