Annual Report
2022 was a year of substantial growth for the Population Health Innovation Lab (PHIL). The team more than doubled in size; released several publications and toolkits; and worked on projects with local, state, and national funders. Our annual report reviews some of our successes and impacts over the last year.
2022 Impact Areas
Preventing & Responding to Adverse Childhood Experiences (ACEs)
PHIL has extensive experience bringing together multisector collaboratives to find evidence-based ways of preventing and responding to ACEs. Our work through PRACTICE: Preventing and Responding to ACE-Associated Health Conditions and Toxic Stress in Clinics through Community Engagement awards $19.5 million to 25 teams, from 15 California counties, to strengthen partnerships, develop new and sustainable evidence-based services, and expand the workforce to fill identified gaps and address toxic stress and ACE-associated health conditions in their communities.
Working with stakeholders from six northern California counties, PHIL supported the establishment of the Northern ACEs Collaborative, a multisector collaborative to identify and address opportunities for policy and systems change that mitigate issues of ACEs, trauma, and domestic violence. NAC has assembled data and evidence that highlight the unique needs of the region and focus on data related to ACEs and its long-term impacts on ACE-associated health conditions for partners to utilize in their work.
Supporting Accountable Communities of/for Health (ACH)
PHIL is a leader in the ACH movement and has provided strategic support in launching ACHs in multiple states. Through the Aligning Systems for Health project, PHIL partnered with ACHs across Washington and California to learn which aligning approaches work when, where, for whom, and why. PHIL’s research contributed to the evidence base that was used by local and state-level leaders to successfully advocate for the ACH model in Washington and California. In Washington, research contributed to successfully advocating for a Medicaid Transformation Project extension that provides continued financial support to ACHs. In California, research contributed to successfully advocating for a new $15 million dollar budget line item to support the 13 existing ACHs serving California communities and further expand the ACH model across the state.
PHIL has supported the California Accountable Communities for Health Initiative (CACHI), bringing together clinical providers with public health departments, schools, social service agencies, community organizations, and others to improve health and promote health equity in targeted California communities. Throughout this work, PHIL has designed and facilitated a learning lab and curated an ACH Resource Center with unique materials, methodologies, curriculum, and other resources to support the ACH model.
Bringing Together Multisector Collaboratives (MSCs)
PHIL brings together MSCs to collaborate and network with one another. Our team has supported MSCs like the Northern ACEs Collaborative and Leveraging Collaboration for Domestic Violence. As part of the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) 6|18 Initiative, PHIL created a change package of resources needed to assist groups to organize and engage in MSCs that increase the engagement of employers, health plans, and providers in efforts to expand the coverage and delivery of key heart health strategies and other preventive services.
