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The State of the Behavioral Health Workforce: A Literature Review
This AHA report provides a review of the current state for the behavioral health workforce, outlines a better understanding of the challenges and opportunities that hospitals and health systems are facing and possible new ways to build future capacity.
Social Determinants of Health Series: Food Insecurity and the Role of Hospitals
According to the U.S. Department of Agriculture, food insecurity is defined as a household-level economic and social condition of limited or uncertain access to adequate food with either disrupted eating patterns or reduced food intake. Food insecurity, a determinant of health, affected more than 12.7 percent of U.S. households—that is, 15.8 million households—in 2015.
Social Determinants of Health Series: Housing and the Role of Hospitals
Hospitals and health systems can implement strategies and programs to improve housing stability, such as neighborhood revitalization, home assessment and repair programs, and care transition programs. This guide recommends a step-by-step pathway for hospitals to consider when developing housing programs. The guide also features five case studies on hospitals and health systems with innovative interventions to reduce housing barriers in their communities.
Social Determinants of Health Series: Transportation and the Role of Hospitals
"Transportation and the Role of Hospitals" is part of a series of guides and resources released by the AHA on how hospitals and health systems can address the social determinants of health (SDOH).
Care and Payment Models to Achieve the Triple Aim
Find out how hospitals and healthcare systems can disrupt conventional thinking and redesign care delivery to achieve the Triple Aim.
Becoming a Culturally Competent Health Care Organization
This guide explores the concept of cultural competency, builds the case for the enhancement of cultural competency in health care, and provides quick answers. It answers the questions of what is cultural competence in healthcare and what is culturally competent care, and offers seven recommendations for improving cultural competency in health care organizations.