Impact of community health initiatives, by the numbers

Over a decade of building community health through...

• Place-based community health efforts
• Policy, systems and environmental changes
• Scaling change through partnerships & networks
• Leveraging our assets to drive total health
• Clinic-to-community integration
• Building the capacity of communities

60+ place-based collaboratives

Reaching 715,000 community residents including 209,000 school-aged kids, surrounding them with healthier options.

• 730 strategies have been implemented in our communities
• 69 percent of strategies show evidence of healthy behavior change

Building community health

• School nutrition policies and physical education standards
• Parks and playgrounds
• Safe routes to school and complete streets
• Breastfeeding support
• Resident mobilization and youth engagement
• BMI screening and counseling
• Farmers markets and community gardens
• Heathy food retail
• Physician advocates
• Worksite wellness policies and promotion

Scaling our impact

Healthy Eating, Active Living Cities Campaign

2,400+ elected officials engaged, supporting the adoption of 950 policies in 337 cities reaching 20 million people.

Making healthy changes in:

• land use
• physical activity
• nutrition
• employee wellness

Leading meaningful changes in:

• healthy food
• physical activity
• school employee wellness
• resilient school environments

Partnering with schools to create healthier school environments in more than 350 schools and 115 school districts across Kaiser Permanente service areas.

30+ peer-reviewed publications

Pioneering the concept of  REACH (number of lives touched) x STRENGTH  (impact on each person touched) = DOSE as a way to design and evaluate strategies for improving community health.

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