All In: Data for Community Health Statement on the George Floyd’s Death & Nationwide Protests

At All In, over 200 collaborations are working together to promote community health through data, collaboration, and community leadership. Driving this effort is the fight for racial justice and health equity – without which people cannot reach their optimal level of health and communities cannot thrive.

Over the past week, the brutal murder of George Floyd, the police violence in the face of legitimate protest, and the unjust and ongoing oppression of black, indigenous and other people of color (BIPOC) reflect centuries of systemic racism in our country. We treasure our shared community and the opportunity we have to fight together for equity, anti-racism and justice.

We are actively seeking new avenues to reflect these aims in our shared work. On the most recent episode of the All In podcast, Dr. Rhea Boyd referred to the disproportionate COVID-19 deaths of black and brown people as “the epidemic within the pandemic.”  It has inspired us during this tumultuous time in our nation and we encourage each other to listen, reflect and take action.  Black Lives Matter.

All In Webinar: Leveraging Health and Housing Linkages In Response to COVID-19

On April 28th, panelists from Cook County, Cleveland, and Los Angeles County shared their experiences leveraging current health and housing projects to respond to the COVID-19 pandemic facing communities. Panelists shared lessons on 1) leveraging existing relationships to promote an equity-driven response, 2) promoting the value of data sharing and community health when developing new relationships, and 3) technical and relationship-based considerations to sharing data on vulnerable communities.

 

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The panelists are members of the All In Health and Housing Affinity Group, which has engaged in in-person convenings and peer-to-peer site visits over the last year. Sharing knowledge with one another deepened participants’ understanding of various approaches to external partnerships, linked data systems, use cases, and community engagement techniques to further their data sharing.

Moderator:
Clare Tanner, PhD – Co-Director of Data Across Sectors for Health (DASH)

Panelists:
Leticia Reyes-Nash, Director of Programmatic Services and Innovation, Cook County Health (Cook County, IL)
Adam Perzynski, Associate Professor of Medicine in the Center for Health Care Research and Policy at MetroHealth and Case Western Reserve University (Cleveland, OH)
Irwin Lowenstein, Founder and President, Rethink Advisors (Cleveland, OH)
Ricardo Basurto-Davila, Principal Analyst, LA County Chief Information Office (Los Angeles, CA)
Irene Vidyanti, Data Scientist, LA County Chief Information Office (Los Angeles, CA)

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Tackling the Opioid Epidemic: Leveraging Linked Datasets for Insights and Informed Action

Communities across the country share a common sense of urgency to take action against rapidly escalating rates of preventable deaths associated with opioid use. While an increase in clinical opioid prescriptions and the introduction of synthetic opioids into the drug supply partially explain the national uptick in overdose and addiction rates, knowledge gaps surrounding more localized factors related to opioid use, addiction, overdose, and treatment makes developing responsive and evidence-based interventions a challenge for states and communities.

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Bias in Big Data: Implications for Multi-Sector Data Sharing

Bias in data is everywhere, from the moment we pose a question to be answered to the point when we implement solutions. The Northwestern Institute for Sexual and Gender Minority Health and Wellbeing hosted a half-day workshop on this topic. The sessions focused on defining what and how bias in big data emerges in our work and the real-world implications. The lessons learned through practitioners’ work with sexual and gender minority communities are valuable and necessary as we build towards equitable results in our multi-sector data sharing initiatives.

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Mapping Public Resources to Advance Health Equity

Spatial analysis or mapping can reveal geographic insights about health-related public investments that remain hidden when applying a typical non-spatial perspective. All In hosted a recent webinar featuring Jeff Maston at the Center for Urban and Regional Affairs (CURA) – University of Minnesota, a partner for the National Neighborhood Indicators Partnership, and Julia Koschinsky and Nicole Marwell at the University of Chicago, a past awardee of the Public Health National Center for Innovation. Presenters discussed how they have used spatial analysis to identify opportunities to improve community health and reduce inequities around funding and resource allocation across cities.

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Coming Soon: Funding for Cross-sector Partnerships to Improve Health

Complex health problems facing communities today require creative solutions that can impact the root causes that deprive many people of the opportunity to reach their best health potential. Addressing these issues requires partnerships that work across different sectors, leverage an array of expertise and resources, and develop synergistic solutions that are more powerful than what is possible by working alone.

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Funding Opportunity for All In: DASH CIC-START

Call for Applications

Data Across Sectors for Health (DASH) is excited to announce a new call for applications for Community Impact Contracts – Strategic, Timely, Actionable, Replicable, Targeted (CIC-START). DASH CIC-START aims to help multi-sector collaborations catalyze their efforts to share and use data to improve health and build a culture of health in their communities. View the current awardees for examples of projects that are eligible.

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Call for Abstracts Now Open: All In National Meeting 2019

Submission deadline: May 17, 2019 at 11:59 pm PST
(Applications will be reviewed on a rolling basis – early submissions are strongly encouraged)

The 2019 All In National Meeting is pleased to announce that the call for abstracts is now open! This year’s meeting is designed to lift up the hard-won knowledge and practical lessons from pioneering local data sharing initiatives to accelerate our progress toward improved health equity for all.

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2019 National Inventory of Data Sharing Collaborations for Health

The 2019 National Inventory of Data Sharing Collaborations for Health is a nationwide survey conducted by Data Across Sectors for Health (DASH) on behalf of All In: Data for Community Health. We’re gathering insights from stakeholders across the country to inform a national analysis of community partnerships that are sharing data across sectors to drive population health improvement. The results will highlight opportunities to advance a common agenda that can help support and expand this crucial work.

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