Community Health Improvement Week (CHIWeek)
The COVID-19 pandemic illuminated health disparities, and the renewed calls for social justice and dismantling structural racism have moved front and center to our community health improvement work.
COVID-19. Never have our communities been faced with such a challenge, bringing to light the full spectrum of heartache and resiliency. From the chronic stress to the sense of community that comes with a shared traumatic event, our public health infrastructure stood strong and showed us that we…
As the global pandemic recedes, hospitals, health systems and community-based organizations must continue to align strategies and tactics and accelerate the shared work on ensuring health equity and creating communities that contribute to vitality for all.
AHA encourages hospitals, health systems, community organizations, public health departments and other partners to participate by using #CHIWeek on social media to share stories, events and ways to promote health and reducing health inequities.
It’s Community Health Improvement Week. Share your ideas, hopes and dreams for a nation where all people can enjoy healthy lives.
In June 2019, the ºÚÁÏÕýÄÜÁ¿ Association (AHA) celebrated Community Health Improvement (CHI) Week, a national event to recognize the important role hospitals, health systems and communities have in advancing health and well-being.
Archive: 2020 Community Health Improvement Week
Hospital and health system leaders are well-positioned to impact social change in their communities, said Dayna Bowen Matthew, a public health leader and author, at the Association for Community Health Improvement’s 2019 conference.