Community and public health
May 14, 2026
In partnership with Kaiser Permanente Community and Social Health, CCHE completed Kaiser Permanente’s 2025 Community Health Needs Assessment (CHNA). Insights from these reports can help Kaiser Permanente understand health needs in its communities and design effective community health strategies.
April 6, 2026
As we celebrate National Public Health Week, it’s impossible to ignore one of the most pressing challenges facing our field: a rapidly changing workforce landscape. With many public health workers retiring and local health departments (LHDs) navigating shrinking budgets, California is anticipating a public health workforce gap. Strengthening and sustaining the next generation of public health professionals is more critical than ever.
February 27, 2026
A book chapter authored by CCHE’s Monika Sanchez and Lisa Schafer highlights the importance of integrating trauma-informed approaches into evaluation of health services to avoid re-traumatization and support healing among evaluation participants.
January 14, 2026
CCHE recently wrapped up evaluation of a demonstration project with Attane Health and a Medicaid health plan, funded by Health Forward to test a simple idea: could home-delivered groceries ordered online plus virtual nutrition coaching make life a little easier for people with high risk pregnancies? Over about two years, 211 members enrolled in this program, most folks placed at least one order, and they often continued to use the benefit after birth.
October 21, 2025
EQuIP-LA was a two-year collaborative that supported 31 small, independent practices in Los Angeles serving over 50,000 Medi-Cal patients. With funding, coaching, and data support, practices improved outcomes in blood pressure control, diabetes care, and cancer screening—demonstrating how targeted investment and health equity–focused QI can strengthen California’s safety net.
August 28, 2025
August 31 marks International Overdose Awareness Day, a global campaign to end overdoses, remember loved ones who have been harmed and died from drug overdose, and support families and friends impacted by substance use. Overdose continues to affect communities nationwide, but dedicated partners and innovative strategies make a difference.
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.