Lessons learned and engagement insights from Community Voices for Health
- Collection:
- Health Policy and Services Research
- Contributor(s):
- Public Agenda Foundation, issuing body.
- Publication:
- [Brooklyn, New York] : Public Agenda, March 2023
- Language(s):
- English
- Format:
- Text
- Subject(s):
- Community Health Services Community-Institutional Relations Health Equity Health Policy Public-Private Sector Partnerships Stakeholder Participation State Government United States
- Genre(s):
- Technical Report
- Abstract:
- In 2019, Public Agenda and Altarum partnered with the Robert Wood Johnson Foundation to launch the Community Voices for Health (CVH) initiative, a program designed to create more equitable health outcomes and participation in health policymaking. By facilitating community engagement, community-engaged research, and open dialogue with local policymakers, CVH aimed to strengthen civic infrastructure and create pathways to involve public voice, specifically underrepresented and marginalized voices, in shaping health policy in their communities. Six state-based grantees and their community-based partner organizations were accepted into the CVH program and awarded funding through a competitive selection process overseen by Public Agenda. The grantees were located in Colorado, Georgia, Indiana, Nevada, New Mexico, and Pennsylvania. The grantees’ work began in April 2020 in the midst of a global pandemic that forced project plans to accommodate the changing world and landscape of community health. These grantees worked to identify and leverage existing engagement assets, build new engagement practices, support community-engaged research efforts, and connect with local decision-makers. Their work centered on building partnerships for impact with community- based organizations, government entities, and community members. The goal of this report is to inform the efforts of people working to strengthen health policy in communities through community engagement and community-engaged research and those who support that work.
- Copyright:
- Reproduced with permission of the copyright holder. Further use of the material is subject to CC BY license. (More information)
- Extent:
- 1 online resource (1 PDF file (30 pages))
- Illustrations:
- Illustrations
- NLM Unique ID:
- 9918734073206676 (See catalog record)
- Permanent Link:
- http://resource.nlm.nih.gov/9918734073206676