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Multisector Partnerships Such As ACHs: How Can They Improve Population Health And Reduce Health Inequities?
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Multisector Partnerships Such As ACHs: How Can They Improve Population Health And Reduce Health Inequities?

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This article examines how Accountable Communities for Health (ACHs) have taken advantage of existing multi-sector partnerships to address individual and community-level health and social needs.

In 2016 the authors’ foundations joined together to support the Funders Forum on Accountable Health, which convenes public and private funders of ACHs in a learning community. ACHs are multi-sector partnerships that seek to improve health outcomes by addressing health-related social needs at the individual level and social determinants of health at the community level. These needs and determinants include food security, housing, and non-medical transportation, among others.

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Transit and Treatment: Effectiveness of Transit Systems to Improve Substance Use and Mental Health In Connecticut

Increasing access and retention in treatment services is critical to improving health outcomes and reducing substance abuse overdose deaths. This webinar examines a research project that tests how a transit system can enhance substance abuse treatment outcomes and reduce provider-level treatment costs for substance abuse amidst the opioid crisis in Connecticut. It also examines how treatment costs differ before and after a new transit line and/or a change in transit service schedules.

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Improving Aging Supports Through Collaboration

In this podcast, Medicaid leaders from Michigan and Indiana discuss strategies they’re using to address these issues, including their efforts to co-design solutions with Medicaid members.

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Introduction to Shared Stewardship

This webinar explores shared stewardship, a way of working together and making decisions that will build and sustain a future where everyone can thrive.