SDOH: Food
Stormee Williams, M.D., senior vice president and chief health equity officer at Children’s Health, shares how her team is identifying food insecurity, why access to healthy food matters just as much as access to food itself, and how partnerships with schools and food banks are helping create…
In this episode, Stormee Williams, M.D., senior vice president and chief health equity officer at Children's Health, shares how her team is identifying food insecurity, why access to healthy food matters just as much as access to food itself.
St. Charles Health System is expanding its commitment to community health by prioritizing access to affordable, healthy food.
Social drivers of health are the non-medical factors that impact people’s ability to be and stay healthy. They include safe and stable housing, access to nutritious food, transportation, education, employment, social support, neighborhood safety, and clean air and water.
Nearly 40% of Rhode Island households are food insecure, according to the Rhode Island Community Food Bank and other sources. Providence VA Medical Center is working to meet the needs of veterans who are food insecure, including homeless veterans.
The University of Arkansas for Medical Sciences (UAMS) is demonstrating the powerful impact of its Food Is Medicine program.
Mass General Brigham is investing $9 million through its Community Health Impact Funds to address rising food insecurity in Boston and the surrounding cities of Chelsea, Revere and Winthrop.
The Departments of Health and Human Services and Agriculture Jan. 7 released updated dietary guidelines for Americans.
Kaiser Permanente Hawaii is strengthening food security across the Aloha State by supporting nonprofits that expand access to nutritious, locally grown food.
An AHA blog examines how the Cleveland Clinic’s food-as-medicine strategy reaches far beyond clinical care by using a multi-angle approach to food access and nutrition.