Kaiser Permanente Community Health Needs Assessment Pamela Schwartz

Kaiser Permanente Community Health Needs Assessment Pamela Schwartz, MPH Senior Director, Community Health Impact and Learning

Our Community Health Strategic Framework

Engaging Our Communities Community engagement across Kaiser Permanente (KP) regions All KP regions and facilities engaged communities during the CHNA and Implementation Strategy (IS) processes. This is one way to demonstrate KP’s commitment to equity and authentic engagement with KP’s diverse communities. Along with other data sources, information from community stakeholders: • Refined and deepened understanding of health needs • Helped identify emerging health needs • Generated ideas for implementation strategy design • Identified resources to address the needs • Identified potential partners for implementing strategies Considerations & lessons learned Engaging stakeholders to identify health needs (i. e. , problems) is just as important as engaging them in identifying implementation strategies (i. e. , solutions). Conducting community engagement processes in collaboration with other health systems can reduce burden and redundancy on stakeholders. Transparency is key—KP is upfront about how stakeholder input will and will not be used. KP is clear that community voice is considered alongside other data sources. Community voice is necessary in bringing attention to significant and urgent health concerns and identifying needed solutions.

Aligning CHNA with KP’s Total Health Strategy Health Need: Obesity/HEAL Department: Facilities Opportunity to Align the CHNA process to Advance Total Health Purchase and serve local, sustainably produced food Develop a walking trail at a new facility

Leveraging Institutional Partnerships for Impact NW: Collaborating with 6 local hospitals/health systems to support affordable housing and substance abuse efforts NCAL (Oakland): Partnering with health care institutions, community colleges, and chambers of commerce to support workforce development SCAL (Los Angeles): Aligned IS plan with LA County Community Health Improvement Plan to enable greater collaboration with health departments and community orgs to address health needs GA: Collaborating with local hospitals/health systems to improve care coordination HI: Partnering with HI Primary Care Association and HI Department of Health to support oral health services

Bringing it all Together to Improve Community Health Aligning IS Development with Evidence-based Community Health Strategy Strategic and Authentic Community Engagement Leveraging Institutional Partnerships for Impact We hold ourselves accountable by measuring: How healthy are KP communities? How does KP contribute to community health? Leveraging Anchor Institution Assets

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Leveraging Our CHNA Process to Advance Total Health Menus of draft implementation strategies to meet community health needs & deliver total health impact Procureme nt & Supply Human Resources National Facility Services Environment al Stewardship

Applying All KP Assets for Health We can leverage many of our activities in key areas to understand the economic, environmental and social impacts. Purchase sustainable foods, incl. local fruits & vegetables Incorporate walking trails & active transportation into facility planning Procureme nt & Supply Environment al Stewardship National Facility Services Health Care Services Total Health Impact Communicatio ns Governme nt Relations Treasury Implement local hiring practices to promote economic opportunities Technology Human Resources Research Labor Mgmt Partnership Communit y Health