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Improving Community Health by Strengthening Community Investment: Roles for Hospitals and Health Systems
AUTHOR: Robin Hacke, Executive Director, Center for Community…
YEAR: 2017
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This paper is the result of interviews with a dozen such institutions, as well as a literature review that looked more broadly at social determinan
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Occupant Health Benefits of Residential Energy Efficiency
AUTHOR: Tohn Environmental Strategies team, with Foreword by…
YEAR: 2016
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Hospitals Investing in Health: Community Benefit in Massachusetts
AUTHOR: Enid Eckstein, EMHL and Paul A. Hattis, MD, JD, MPH…
YEAR: 2016
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Hospitals Investing in Health: Community Benefit in Massachusetts serves as a catalyst for broader conversations in Massachusetts about how to ensu
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Leveraging the Social Determinants of Health: What Works?
AUTHOR: Prepared for the Blue Cross Blue Shield of…
YEAR: 2015
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Social determinants of health, which encompass social, behavioral and environmental influences on one’s health, have taken center stage in recent h
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Exploring the Economic and Health Impacts of Local Food Procurement
AUTHOR: Crossroads Resource Center and Illinois Public Health…
YEAR: 2015
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Report compiles research and case studies to examine the economic and health impacts of the local food sourcing movement on communities.
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Safe, Stable Homes Mean Healthier Children and Families for MA
AUTHOR: Children's Healthwatc
YEAR: 2012
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Children’s HealthWatch research continues to demonstrate that while family homelessness has dramatic negative child health impacts, housing insecur
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Boys & Men In Greater Boston: Challenges in Education, Employment and Health
AUTHOR: Ravan Hawrami, Richard Reeves, Alanna Williams, DJ…
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In many areas, boys and men—especially those from lower-income and Black and Latino communities—face significant challenges.
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The Time is Now: The $5.9 Billion Case for Massachusetts Health Equity Reform
AUTHOR: The Blue Cross Blue Shield of Massachusetts Foundation…
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Racial and ethnic disparities in health care access, quality, and outcomes have been well documented in Massachusetts and across the country.
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