Community Health Experts
Get inspired by how Kaiser Permanente is leading the way in identifying community health needs, partnering with other organizations, and improving total health for the communities we serve. Affordable housing, food security, and environmental efforts are just a few of the areas of focus.
KP International will work with you to find the best Kaiser Permanente expert to speak at your event.
How Joyce Found a Home
After 85-year old Joyce Bigelow became homeless, she found help with the assistance of her Kaiser Permanente care team. Her story brings to life how addressing patients’ social needs, such as housing, is an essential part of improving their health.
Recommended Resources
Community Drivers of Health: Policy Paper Series
A new series of policy papers offers some of the most comprehensive analyses to date of key economic and social conditions that influence health – food, housing and transportation – and shares evidence-based policy opportunities to address them.
Systemic Racism and Trauma Spurs Action for Healing
With a focus on Black and other communities of color, Kaiser Permanente seeks to address the causes of adverse childhood experiences and collective trauma.
Relationship of Childhood Abuse and Household Dysfunction Many of the Leading Causes of Death to Adults – The Adverse Childhood Experiences (ACE) Study; research by Kaiser Permanente in collaboration with the Center for Disease Control receiving renewed attention twenty years after publication.
