The Center for Prevention at Blue Cross and Blue Shield of Minnesota provided funding to organizations through the Health Equity in Prevention initiative to advance health equity through policy, systems, and environmental changes. Wilder Research conducted a review of tools than can assess organizational capacity to advance health equity. Evaluation work included conducting ripple effect mapping discussions with HEiP-funded organizations to understand project impacts. Reports also highlight policy work and lessons learned.
This brief discusses the Ripple Effect Mapping (REM) approach to evaluation, including the process, benefits, limitations, and how it was used to evaluate the efforts of 10 HEiP-funded organizations working to implement policy, systems, and environmental (PSE) changes to advance health equity in their respective communities.
Part of the Promising Practices series, this brief discusses the efforts of the Rainbow Health Initiative (RHI) to implement tobacco-free policies at Pride events in Minnesota.
This brief describes the relationship between food insecurity and health inequities, and provides references to other reports on the topic.
This report is part of the Promising Practices series, which highlights successful strategies used by organizations funded through the Health Equity in Prevention (HEiP) initiative. This report discusses tobacco control strategies related to youth.
This summary describes the work of organizations funded through the Health Equity in Prevention (HEiP) initiative. It highlights changes in organizational capacity to advance health equity, accomplishments to date, and challenges in their work.
In 2013, the Center for Prevention at Blue Cross and Blue Shield of Minnesota (Blue Cross) awarded contracts to 13 organizations throughout the state, all working to improve health outcomes and advance health equity through policy, systems, and environmental (PSE) change. The primary goal for this collective work, the Health Equity in Prevention (HEiP) initiative, is to build power among health equity organizations to influence how Minnesota�s communities support health for all. To accomplish this, Blue Cross is working to support organizations� efforts to implement PSE changes; strengthen the leadership, capacity and resilience of organizations; and increase connections among organizations to promote health equity. This report describes the projects undertaken by the organizations and work done during the first two years of the initiative. It highlights PSE changes and strategies that have been implemented during this time, as well challenges that impact the organizations� efforts and a summary of changes in organizational capacity to advance health equity.
This report discusses the work of the Open Door, a nonprofit organization that operates food shelves in Eagan, Lakeville, and Dakota County.
The Blue Cross and Blue Shield of Minnesota (BCBS) Center for Prevention funded organizations to advance health equity and promote health through policy, systems, and environmental change. The purpose of this case study is to highlight work by two organizations to implement smoke free housing policies using residents as advocates.
Health equity is achieved when all people can attain their highest level of health; it is when differences in health outcomes between groups of people are eliminated. To be effective, organizations and agencies working to advance health equity need not only consider how they are working with community residents, but also how their internal policies, practices, and priorities support or hinder this work. This summary briefly describes relevant tools that an assess organizational capacity to advance health equity.
In 2013, the Center for Prevention at Blue Cross and Blue Shield of Minnesota (Blue Cross) provided funding to 13 organizations through the Health Equity in Prevention (HEiP) initiative to advance health equity through policy, systems, and environmental (PSE) changes. In order to represent this complex work, we employed a relatively new evaluation method, Ripple Effect Mapping, to capture and understand the more holistic impacts of the work of each organization in their local communities. Between late 2014 and early 2015, 10 of the 13 funded organizations held Ripple Effect Mapping (REM) discussions to better understand the intended and unintended impacts of the HEiP projects. This is the aggregate report.
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