Resources
A Vital Condition to Well-Being: Lifelong Learning: Exploring how a quality education ensures healthy living
Education is critical to our well-being. It opens doors to opportunity for social mobility, higher income and employment security, all of which have an impact on health status. In fact, national studies have found that
Panorama and American Sustainable Business Council New Study Shows Positive Return to Companies Offering Paid Leave
New research shows paid leave programs have a positive return on investment (ROI) for companies that offer the benefit. In the first known quantitative study to consider the impact of paid leave on productivity, Panorama
Innagural Well Being Allaince Webinar: Messaging and Framing
To access the Well Being Alliance’s inaugural webinar focused on messaging and framing “well-being” and how to incorporate solutions into your messaging, avoiding pitfalls and traps, and ensuring an inter-generational equity lens rings throughout, please
ReThink Health: How System Stewards in Washington’s King County are Turning the Tide Toward Equitable Health and Well-Being
In last week’s post, the first in a series on crafting a comprehensive strategy, I wrote about the Marshall Plan, perhaps the most famous comprehensive strategy in U.S. history. It helped Europeans not only
ReThink Health: The Essential Components of a Comprehensive Transformation Strategy for Regional Health and Well-Being
In July, I celebrated my 44th birthday, which is significant because it means that I am nearly at the halfway mark between the start of my career and traditional retirement age. I’ve been reflecting
Health Affairs: A Balanced Investment Portfolio For Equitable Health And Well-Being Is An Imperative, And Within Reach
Health investments, defined as formal expenditures to either produce or care for health, in the US are extremely inefficient and have yet to unlock the country’s full potential for equitable health and well-being. A
ISSUE BRIEFS TO INFORM DEVELOPMENT AND IMPLEMENTATION OF HEALTHY PEOPLE 2030
Read the full issue brief here: https://www.healthypeople.gov/sites/default/files/HP2030_Committee-Combined-Issue%20Briefs_2019-508c.pdf Read The Article
The National Academies of Sciences, Engineering, and Medicine: Meeting 3: Committee on Informing the Selection of Leading Health Indicators for Healthy People 2030
Committee members recently requested a presentation on the portfolio structure for their consideration. Here is a link to Bobby Milstein’s remarks to the Committee. See the comments here http://nationalacademies.org/hmd/Activities/PublicHealth/LeadingHealthIndicatorsForHealthyPeople2030/2019-MAY-28/Videos/S1/5.aspx Read The Article
Community Commons: Seven Vital Conditions for Health and Well-Being
Vital signs like heart rate, temperature, and weight tell us what is going in our body. Likewise, the Vital Conditions for Health & Well-Being tell us what is going on within the places and institutions that
Greta Thunberg: ‘We are ignoring natural climate solutions’
Film by Swedish activist and Guardian journalist George Monbiot says nature must be used to repair broken climate. View the film and read the Guardian article here.
Somava & Tyler: A Framework to Improve Community & Enhance the Quality of Life of Millions
The summer often brings us celebrations of family and community. As we gather and share each other’s stories — we often hear tales of someone overcoming obstacles to get to their station in life.