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Understanding Community Health
Understanding Community Health
Bechara Choucair, MD
SVP & Chief Community Health Officer, Kaiser Permanente
Dr. Bechara Choucair
SVP & Chief Community Health Officer
Kaiser Permanente
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State of Health in Chicago
It’s not just about individual behavior,
it’s about how we behave as a city
Healthy Chicago Policy Priorities
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Touching the Lives of Millions of People
Washington
Northwest
(Ore./Wash.)
Mid-Atlantic States
Northern California
Colorado
Southern California
Georgia
Hawaii
Serve
Engage
Innovate
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Social Service
Resource Locator
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Creating Healthier Schools
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Resilience In School Environments
(RISE)
• Children who experience three or more adverse childhood
events (ACEs) are:
• 5x more likely to have attendance issues
• 6x more likely to have behavior problems
• 3x more likely to experience academic failure
• Nearly 50% of teachers reported great stress several days a
week
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Building on Kaiser Permanente’s Expertise:
Resilience in Schools and Mental Health
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Housing Is Health
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Emphasize Policies that Support
Affordable Housing
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Impact Investment to Prevent Displacement
Economic Opportunity
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Economic Opportunity:
Engaging all of Our Assets
Economic security Health Care
and opportunity Procurement Services
& Supply Treasury
Environmental
TOTAL
Stewardship Technology
Clean
environment
IMPACT
Services
Healthy behaviors
Communications Research
Access to quality
clinical care Government Community
Relations Labor Mgmt Benefit
Partnership
Economic Opportunity: Commitment to Supplier
Diversity
Kaiser Permanente is a member on the Billion Dollar Roundtable, spending
more than $1 billion annually with minority- and women-owned suppliers.
Inner City Capital Connection
2016-2018 results
Business Demographics
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Total Kaiser
583 $2.4M
Aggregate # of participants Average revenue
Across all Kaiser Permanente Cohorts 2016
51%
WBE
- 2018
67%
MBE
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In 2016, firearm-related injuries claimed more than
30,000 lives in America.
Advancing Health:
Mind, Body, Community
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Kaiser Permanente's 2018 Community Health Summit
Our goal: Ignite conversations among change-makers that will go beyond the Summit, foster innovative solutions,
enhance collaboration and facilitate shared learnings to improve Community Health across the country.
Our theme: Innovation
#MindBodyCommunity
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Questions
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