Co-Creating a New Vision for Health & Wellness

Posted on June 15, 2021June 21, 2021 by DASH-Admin

By: Ruchi Patel, Northwestern University, Applied Practice Experience, Intern at Data Across Sectors for Health at IPHI By addressing the social determinants of health - like barriers to accessing housing or food - community collaborations can catalyze a movement shifting efforts towards upstream factors like systemic racism. On Thursday, May 13th, 2021, All In: Data for Community Health hosted a webinar spotlight on Co-Creating a New Vision for Health & Wellness, in collaborati...

All In Webinar: Forming Integrative Networks

Posted on May 13, 2021May 14, 2021 by DASH-Admin

All In: Data for Community Health with Nemours Children’s Health System present Forming Integrative Networks On Thursday, May 13, Nemours Children’s Health System and co-presenters held a webinar about Forming Integrative Networks. The discussion included an exploration of challenges and solutions of launching a cross-sector population health network that is centered in health equity. Topics included: Using data to set goals, while still being nimble and open to community and partner feedback; ...

The DASH Mentor Program Announces 3.0 Funding Cycle

Posted on May 13, 2021June 14, 2021 by DASH-Admin

Data Across Sectors for Health (DASH) is pleased to announce its 2021 cohort of Mentees. The DASH Mentor Program supports experienced organizations in creating opportunities that foster learning and implementation for small groups of “Mentees.” Each cohort is led by a DASH Mentor and is composed of teams of local community collaborations that share a common interest in improving their capacity to share multi-sector data as it relates to a particular topic area. Thirty-five teams of Mente...

State of the Field of Multisector Data Sharing for Community Health

Posted on April 22, 2021April 22, 2021 by DASH-Admin

DASH monitors the field of multi-sector data sharing in order to: 1) inform grant-making, 2) support communities, and 3) develop an evidence base for policy and practice. Together with other national program offices with similar aims in a collaboration called All In: Data for Community Health, DASH fields a survey to learn more about how collaborations across the country organize their communities and develop sustainable data infrastructure to promote equitable, thriving communities. Read the fu...

All In Webinar: Building Community Capacity by Sharing Power, Storytelling, & Systems Change

Posted on April 19, 2021April 21, 2021 by DASH-Admin

Social determinants of health such as racism and discrimination continues to have an everlasting impact on people’s quality of life and overall wellbeing. For African American mothers and infants, racial inequities persist leading to an infant and maternal mortality rate that is two to three times higher than whites. Racial inequities must be exposed and addressed head on through community collaboration and multi-sector data sharing. On Wednesday, April 21, 2021, from 12:30 p.m. - 1:30 p.m. C...