A national nonprofit project to demonstrate the value of investing in health.
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The Wellville Quadrant Chart: Looking Far and Looking Wide
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Wellville Gathering 2023
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Who decides? A Wellville story in quadrant charts
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We're hiring! Wellville is seeking a seasoned communications specialist with exceptional writing and editing skills. Come help us spread the word about Wellville and the inspirational achievements of our community partners!
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For every 100,000 births:
173 babies born to the richest white mothers die before their 1st birthday.
350 babies born to the poorest white mothers die.
437 babies born to the richest Black mothers die.
653 babies born to the poorest Black mothers die.
nytimes.com/interactive/2023…
“I hate when people [...] tell us what we need, as opposed to listening [...],” says Dani Singerman, director of comms for @healthyharthub. Read more about how @TheCaseMade helped her collaborators articulate an aspirational vision for North Hartford:
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This is a clear distillation of the complexities of providing public safety vs policing. The solution must be systemic and involve a dramatic shift in funding.
"Sending Help Instead of the Police in Albuquerque" newyorker.com/news/dispatch/… via @NewYorker
This op-ed by @phdworkin highlights how 2 Wellville communities (Spartanburg and North Hartford) are building trust and improving child wellbeing - both of which are long-term investments in health. ctmirror.org/2023/01/25/gran…
"If you want [public safety] policies that actually work [and save $$!], you have to change the political conversation from 'tough candidates punishing bad people' to 'strong communities keeping everyone safe.' "
nytimes.com/2022/12/12/opini…
Earlier this week at the @MilkenInstitute's Public Finance Forum, @edyson "predicted" that the US will reframe so-called "spending" - on things like healthcare, education, training, and so on - as critical long-term *investment* in human infrastructure. milkeninstitute.org/video/fo…
"...keeping people healthy instead of trying to fix them when it’s too late – all that money delivers a huge return on investment." 2/1
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ICYMI, read this report in Health Affairs co-authored by Wellville Advisory Board member @dr_tonyiton.
healthaffairs.org/doi/full/1… "Policy reform must be at the center of population health. This requires communities to have power." 1/4
"...[C]ommunity power is linked to better prevention of disease (such as improved rates of immunization and reductions in cardiovascular risk factors); reductions in the severity of disease (such as lower infant mortality and positive impacts on mental health)... 3/4