Community and public health
April 10, 2025
Housing insecurity affects millions of Americans, with many families only one financial crisis away from homelessness. Innovative, cross-sector solutions are needed, especially those integrating housing support with other social and health services. Medical-legal partnerships (MLPs) offer a promising approach that healthcare systems can use to support those who are housing insecure. CCHE recently published our learnings about Kaiser Permanente’s MLP in Health Services Research.
February 10, 2025
CCHE conducted a mid-course assessment of the Robert Wood Johnson Foundation’s (RWJF’S) ten-year commercial tobacco control (CTC) strategy. The strategy aimed to advance equity in the CTC movement by amplifying the work of organizations focused on people most harmed by commercial tobacco: specifically Black Americans, Native Americans, Hispanic and Latino/a/x Americans, Asian Americans, Native Hawaiians and Pacific Islanders, LGBTQIA+ Americans, people with limited financial resources, and residents of geographic/regional areas disproportionately impacted by commercial tobacco, particularly those in the South and Midwest. CCHE used a mixed methods approach to assess the influence and capacity of these organizations; equity in the CTC movement; changes in the broader messaging employed in CTC advocacy; and policy strategies and successes in the movement in the last five years.
January 30, 2025
We know that trauma can have a long-term impact on people’s health and wellbeing, highlighting the need for trauma-informed and strengths-based approaches to working with patients and communities. Since 2017, CCHE has evaluated programs that are implementing screening for Adverse Childhood Experiences (ACEs) in pediatric settings, which promotes early intervention and can be a tangible entry point for clinics interested in providing trauma- and resilience-informed care. Learnings from these programs can provide guidance to health care organizations that are interested in or already implementing ACEs screening.
October 2, 2024
CCHE is wrapping up the evaluation of Well Connected Communities (WCC), a seven-year, national health equity and well-being initiative of America’s Cooperative Extension System funded by the Robert Wood Johnson Foundation. WCC used the power of collective action and youth and adult voice to identify and address health inequities.
December 1, 2022
The American Evaluation Association's annual conference in New Orleans featured 3 presentations from the Center for Community Health and Evaluation (CCHE) at Kaiser Permanente Washington Health Research Institute ().
October 26, 2022
With the AEA conference just around the corner, CCHE proudly announces that we will be presenting three sessions: Achieving equity through technology, Incorporating equity into evaluation and Combining trauma-informed care and evaluation.
March 21, 2022
For the last 5 years, SPARCC (the Strong, Prosperous, And Resilient Communities Challenge) has been investing in the local efforts of six regions to ensure equitable and healthy opportunities in the places people of color live, work and play.