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Working with LHJs and Communities: Results and Insights

Vanessa W. Davis, MPH

Director, Medi-Cal External Engagement and Initiatives

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Vaccine Equity Partnerships

Alameda and SF Counties

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  • KP, in partnership with PH and CBOs, quickly mobilized to vaccinate underserved communities during the Pandemic.

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  • These nimble partnerships cut through bureaucratic red tape to address each community’s unique needs.

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  • KP funded grassroots teams (in local CBOs) embedded in their communities to implement direct outreach and community navigation.

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  • Resulted in increased Black/AA youth vaccinations and a 10% increase in vaccination rates in priority census tracts (equity hot spots) after 8 weeks.

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KP and Public Health Alliance of Southern CA

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About Public Health Alliance of Southern CA: The Public Health Alliance of Southern CA transforms data into action and advances health equity through policy and institutional changes.

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Strategic Partnership: KP funded the Public Health Alliance to develop the Healthy Places Index (HPI), a mapping tool visualizing the cumulative impact of community conditions on life expectancy at birth for nearly every neighborhood in California.

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Outcomes:

  • HPI is used by hundreds of government agencies, health care institutions, community groups and other sectors.
  • HPI has been used to allocate over $2.3 billion from state agencies and philanthropy to direct resources to communities most in need, including $272 million dollars in investment for an equitable COVID response.

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Recognizing the critical role of health care and the public health field has in redressing structural racism and its impacts on health outcomes, Kaiser Permanente in partnership with the Public Health Alliance, took on a bold initiative that leverages technology to advance community health.

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PNA Early Reflections & Insights

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  • KP (and all MCPs) can learn from the LHJs population perspective on community needs that occur outside the "four walls" of healthcare.

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  • Meaningful engagement means we as MCPs:
    • Listen to key stakeholders in the community who are closest to the populations impacted by health inequities
    • Deepen our understanding by asking questions - “What can we do to help?”
    • In addition to funding, KP can leverage its experience, insights and capabilities with population health and serve as a co-designer for community impact initiatives

Going Forward…

    • We’re eager to identify more ways KP can leverage its integrated delivery system to advance population health and scale best practice approaches across counties
    • We’re also eager to better understand the State’s vision for aligning the PNA with the CHNAs

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