Past Events

This virtual session was held on Wednesday, June 26, 2024, from 11:30 am – 12:30 pm PT. Communities most affected by problems already know the best solutions. Sadly, these communities are usually not the ones influencing policy. Those who offer direct service are close to the problems and to the solutions. These service providers sometimes join multisector collaboratives, but their already overstretched workloads prevent them from participating in advocacy and systems change. Funders may also step in with well-intended pre-set priorities, not realizing what non-profits actually need to successfully engage in systems change. Yet, some communities and funders are transcending this paradigm to form power ecosystems that have energized communities and created sustainable change. This interactive workshop will present examples of power ecosystems and their systems change successes. Dr. Lee will share the The PHaRE (Public Health and Racial Equity) Model for Systems Change©. The discussion explored: 

• How direct service and advocacy naturally connect for systems change. 
• Why non-profits find it challenging to do direct service and policy and systems change work at the same time. 
• How successful, place-based community-led systems and policy change occurs in practice, through real life case studies.  
• The mindset and the five grant making practices needed by funders to support the development of power ecosystems.  

In this three-part series, Improving Population Health through Multisector Collaboration, the Population Health Innovation Lab team, joined by community practitioners, shared discoveries about aligning systems from working with Accountable Communities of/for Health (ACHs) in California and Washington.  

To start off the series, we presented the three most impactful approaches for aligning systems for health identified through PHIL’s research. These approaches are further explored in a series of six briefs. Next, PHIL hosted a panel discussion with ACH leaders who shared stories, provide examples, and answer your questions about aligning. Finally, we guide you through our curated collection of resources–including stories, statistics, quotes, examples, definitions, ideas, reports, videos, and articles–focused on multisector collaboration for improved population health.

The Population Health Innovation Lab’s (PHIL) Division of Research and Network Science was joined by representatives from Accountable Communities of/for Health (ACHs) in Washington and California on Thursday, June 2 for a special web discussion entitled “Advancing Equity: Adapting to Local Context and Confronting Power Dynamics. Lessons learned from Accountable Communities of/for Health.”

This discussion featured recent research findings which answer the question, “How do local context and power dynamics influence an ACH’s ability to make progress toward improved equity?” It is intended for those interested in learning more about PHIL’s Aligning Systems for Health research, as well as on-the-ground practitioners interested in learning about new strategies for advancing equity.

Key findings show the role local context and power dynamics play when ACHs specifically – and multisector collaboratives broadly – seek to improve equity. This event featured a panel of experts from diverse ACHs across Washington and California who shared examples of how they are adapting to local context, confronting power dynamics, and using concrete strategies to advance equity in their communities.

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The UCLA-UCSF ACEs Aware Family Resilience Network (UCAAN), in collaboration with the Office of the California Surgeon General (CA-OSG), Department of Health Care Services (DHCS), and Population Health Innovation Lab (PHIL), a program of Public Health Institute (PHI), are pleased to announce a third round of ACEs Aware grant funding called PRACTICE: Preventing and Responding to ACE-Associated Health Conditions and Toxic Stress in Clinics through Community Engagement. This web discussion provided an opportunity to learn more about this funding opportunity.

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The Population Health Innovation Lab held a web discussion with Jeff Mohr, Co-Founder and CEO of Kumu, on Thursday, February 17, entitled “Network, Partner, and Relationship Mapping: How Kumu Can Help Multisector Collaboratives Tackle Complexity.”

There are many different purposes for mapping a network – enabling new collaborations, identifying gaps, building relationships, and more – but knowing the best approach and which tools to use can be a challenge. This web discussion will feature Kumu, a network and system mapping platform, and show how this type of tool makes it easy to organize complex data into relationship maps that are beautiful to look at and tell compelling stories. In addition, they recently launched Sticky Studio, a real-time collaborative whiteboard; and, Weavr; a gathering place for your community to connect, collaborate, and grow. Learn how using Kumu’s visualization and social network analysis technology can ensure collaboratives focus on the relationships that matter and the work they enable.

Presentation Objectives: 

• Understand how technology and tools can enhance relationships and multisector collaboration.
• Provide an overview of the Kumu suite of network mapping and collaboration tools. 
• Learn how to organize complex data into relationship maps and tell compelling stories about your communities. 

The Population Health Innovation Lab (PHIL) held a web discussion with Daniel Lanford, Senior Research Associate at the Georgia Health Policy Center on Thursday, February 10, 2022, entitled “Measuring Aligning Across Sectors.”

Multisector collaboratives need practical tools and metrics to assess the success of their aligning efforts. They need to know what to measure, how to measure it, how to collect and analyze reliable evidence, and share their findings in a timely and useful manner. This web discussion describes findings from PHIL’s recent study assessing the reliability, validity, feasibility, and utility of core aligning measures. We discuss key learnings such as new concepts that emerged through this research and relationships discovered between components of the Framework for Aligning Sectors. Attendees previewed PHIL’s Toolbox for Measuring Cross-Sector Alignment and discussed how their collaborative(s) might engage with this exciting resource.

Presentation Objectives: 

• Describe the process and results of a study validating measures for aligning across sectors.
• Explore PHIL’s Toolbox for Measuring Cross-Sector Alignment.
• Discuss how to measure, collect, and analyze reliable evidence to tell compelling stories about your communities. 

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The Population Health Innovation Lab held a web discussion, “Our Polluted Media Landscape: Sensemaking for Misinformation Management in Community Health,” on Thursday, January 13, 2022 from 12:00 – 1:30 PM, led by Josh Gryniewicz, Founder/Chief Narrative Strategist for Odd Duck. Josh is an author and health communicator, who founded a storytelling for social change consultancy program. This web discussion addressed how communities, Accountable Communities of/for Health (ACH) leaders, multisector organizations, and health professionals can achieve their goal of healthy outcomes while managing the dual crises of an ‘infodemic’ and a pandemic. Learn how multisector community health organizations are successfully crafting community forward responses for misinformation, disinformation, and conspiracy theories using the five (5) keys for management.

Presentation Objectives:

• Provide an overview of the Infodemic and our polluted media ecosystem.
• Learn the difference between misinformation, disinformation, and conspiracy theories.
• Understand the five keys for managing misinformation that ACH leaders, multisector organizations, and other health professionals can begin applying immediately.

Meet Our Presenter: Josh Gryniewicz, Founder/Chief Narrative Strategiest, Odd Duck

Josh is an author, a health communicator, and the Founder/ Chief Narrative Strategist of Odd Duck, a storytelling for social change consultancy. Over a decade ago, he started his communication career in the public safety space working on a controversial violence prevention program. Today, Odd Duck specializes in population health and mental wellness. He has helped cultivate narrative strategy for disruptive healthcare organizations, innovated unique content, including a comic book platform for depression prevention in teens, and presented storyteller trainings for multisector data sharing collaborations across the country. Over the past two years, Josh has contributed to community-forward COVID-19 responses in Black and Brown communities throughout Chicago, Baltimore, New York, Philadelphia, and New Orleans. This work informed the five keys for managing misinformation, which he has used to advise organizations on developing counter-narratives for anti-vaccine and vaccine hesitancy programs and crafting community-forward responses.

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On Tuesday, September 21, the Population Health Innovation Lab held a web discussion about how North Sound Accountable Community of Health is applying Targeted Universalism to their multisector work!

Presentation Objectives:

• Provide an overview of Targeted Universalism (TU), its relationship to an overarching goal of equitable well-being in the North Sound region of WA State
• Share varied examples of implementing TU in North Sound ACH (contracting, finance, project and partner selection) – successes and challenges
• Provide an opportunity for ACH leaders and other participants to be in dialogue and learning around equity, TU and their own successes and challenges

The Population Health Innovation Lab held a web discussion on Thursday, September 23, 2021 to hear and others perspective on the value of Accountable Communities of/for Health and Accountable Health Communities!

This is an interactive meeting focused on ACH value from the perspective of Accountable Communities of/for Health (ACHs), Accountable Health Communities (AHCs), BUILD Health communities, and other health-focused multisector collaboratives (MSCs). The virtual convening will build on the “Lessons Learned from the Accountable Community for Health Model” webinar hosted by the Funders Forum on Accountable Health on August 24th and will offer a space for those working on the ground in ACHs, AHCs, and other MSCs to reflect on what they heard at the Funders Forum webinar and to share their own thoughts on the value of accountable health.

The second virtual summit was held on Wednesday, September 29 – 30, 2021, to raise awareness and understanding around adverse childhood experiences (ACEs). This summit hosted by the Northern ACEs Collaborative (NAC) included featured presentations and interactive breakout sessions to explore emerging best practices and solutions to address ACEs.

On Tuesday, October 5, 2021, the Population Health Innovation Lab hosted Loomio, a collaborative digital workspace for sharing proposals, information, and outcomes for decision making.

Those who steward the work of multisector collaboratives or Accountable Community for/of Health are sometimes called “backbone leads.” Backbone leads are tasked with many duties such as:

• Securing decisions
• Engaging and distributing power (responsibility and accountability)
• Fundraising
• Prioritizing work/effort

This can be challenging work, however, having the right tools can help! Join us as we explore Loomio: a collaborative digital workspace for discussion and decision making.

Learning Objectives:

• See and explore how Loomio can be used in collaborative decision-making
• Describe concrete examples of how an online collaborative tool can support the work of multisector collaboratives

Sue Grinnell, Laural Ruggles, and Kari White share stories about NEK Prosper!, which has been working to improve the health and well-being of everyone in Caledonia and Southern Essex Counties of Vermont.