Population/Community Health

AHA's Population Health team brings together innovations in care to help hospitals improve the health and well-being of individuals and communities.
In this webinar, participants will hear from two hospital-public health department partnerships that have successfully implemented collaborative community health needs assessment (CHNAs). CHNAs create a structured process for hospitals to partner meaningfully with community stakeholders.
The AHA July 16 announced five winners of the 2025 AHA Dick Davidson NOVA Award for their hospital-led collaborative efforts to improve community health.
Explore the Community Health and Environment's resources, which can be leveraged to address the impact of environment on community health.
In this conversation, Vickie Johnson, executive vice president and chief community officer at Cleveland Clinic, discusses how the medical center is confronting food insecurity by treating food as a vital part of health care.
A recent community health needs assessment conducted by Saint Francis Hospital and local organizations in Hartford, Conn., indicated that 26% of Hartford residents have difficulty paying for food and 17% have difficulty paying for housing.
As part of Community Health Improvement Week June 9-13, two experts from Corewell Health share how an impactful health care ecosystem model is supporting local Michigan communities and why creating region-specific programs, from school-based clinics to school nursing initiatives, has been effective…
To celebrate Community Health Improvement (CHI) Week, June 9 – June 13, two experts from Corewell Health share how an impactful health care ecosystem model is supporting local Michigan communities
Hospitals adopt community-level strategies to address social factors, partnering across sectors to shape environments where communities thrive.
Through formal and informal processes (e.g., community health needs assessments, patient and family advisory councils, community-based programs, partnerships) hospitals receive guidance on how they can better connect with individuals of all backgrounds.