Food as Medicine
What makes a produce prescription program work
The operational details — referral flow, pickup logistics, and follow-up — often matter more than the design of the benefit itself.
· 6 min read
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Food as Medicine
What makes a produce prescription program work
The operational details — referral flow, pickup logistics, and follow-up — often matter more than the design of the benefit itself.
· 6 min read
Nutrition Education
Designing nutrition education communities actually use
Sessions built around the food, budgets, and kitchens people already have consistently outperform generic curricula.
· 5 min read
Care Coordination
Closing the loop on community referrals
Most referrals to community programs are never confirmed. A shared definition of 'closed' is the cheapest fix available to partners.
· 6 min read
Partnership Development
What partners should expect in the first 90 days
A clear scope, a written division of responsibility, and a small measurable pilot beat an ambitious plan with no owner.
· 7 min read
Health Equity
What a community need assessment should answer
Assessments become useful when they end in decisions — where to start, who to serve first, and what to stop planning.
· 6 min read
Prevention
Prevention programming that fits real schedules
Chronic disease prevention competes with shift work, caregiving, and transportation. Program timing is a design decision.
· 5 min read
This article is general educational and operational content about community health programming. It is not medical advice and does not describe regulated home healthcare services.
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