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A national nonprofit project to demonstrate the value of investing in health.
Joined March 2014
The Wellville Quadrant Chart: Looking Far and Looking Wide https://t.co/ykTyCtvJTg
wellville.net
At Wellville, we use our basic quadrant chart not so much to describe ourselves, but to explore the mindset shift we want to foster. Our two axes are “short-term thinking” vs. “long-term thinking,”...
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Wellville Gathering 2023 https://t.co/awCwq7jtxX
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Spartanburg, SC | April 24-27, 2023
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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! https://t.co/KLb7a4sXvb
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Wellville is committed to equity. People of color who reflect the demographics of our Wellville communities and those with lived experience around issues of
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These data call for action at all levels, from Medicaid- and insurance-covered doulas to long-term strategies to eradicate systemic racism. The first step is to admit to ourselves that there's a problem.
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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. https://t.co/an5VmviC5W
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“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: https://t.co/ehQpLV5C1C
thecasemade.com
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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" https://t.co/8letzVxasw via @NewYorker
newyorker.com
A novel community-safety department has been taking calls off the hands of a force with the country’s second-highest fatal-shooting rate. Has it improved public safety?
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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.
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Ascend is a cradle-to-career effort to ensure that children and youth have the supports they need to reach their full potential.
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"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.' " https://t.co/LojTfvjN2j
nytimes.com
How to escape the narrative black hole of “tough on crime” policies.
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"What I want our government to do," she says, is "invest in people, [and] think long term rather than vote cycle to vote cycle. People are addicted to drugs. The government is addicted to the next [election]."
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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
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"...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 https://t.co/H2glOmpTrP
pewresearch.org
A plurality of experts think sweeping societal change will make life worse for most people. Still, a portion believe things will be better in a ‘tele-everything’ world.
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Wellville founder @edyson: "The money one spends keeping pregnant/new mothers healthy, providing child care (and paying care workers’ wages that honor their work), educating children... 1/2
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"...improvements related to care services; and enhancements to the environment (such as greater access to green space, less polluting practices in local industry, and better health and safety conditions for workers)." 4/4
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"...[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
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"Population health strategies tend to focus on individuals’ behaviors, genes, or health care access, yet it is well established that socioecological conditions are fundamental to health and strongly influenced by policy." 2/4
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