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Standardized Terminology and Social Determinants of Health

What Is Standardized Terminology? As we’ve outlined in previous articles, a standardized terminology is simply a common language, nomenclature, classification, or taxonomy designed to be shared among users. Standardized terminology allows interoperability between technologies like electronic health records. A good standardized terminology is research-based and meets criteria for interoperability. We’ve previously written an article outlining [...]

By Nicole Sowers|2021-02-19T17:27:20-06:00February 19th, 2021|Health Equity, Omaha System, Social Determinants of Health, Standardized Terminology|0 Comments

Social Needs vs Social Determinants of Health: What Is the Difference and How to Document them At the Local Level

Social Determinants of Health have increasingly filtered into the public health vocabulary over the past few years and, recently, featured prominently in the Healthy People 2030 framework. Some terminology you may not be as familiar with though, is “social needs.” Social needs and Social Determinants of Health (SDOH), while they sound similar, address two different [...]

By Nicole Sowers|2021-02-03T18:33:10-06:00February 3rd, 2021|Social Determinants of Health, Uncategorized|0 Comments

Adverse Childhood Experiences (ACEs) and Their Impact on Long-Term Health

What are ACEs? According to the CDC, “Adverse Childhood Experiences, or ACEs, are potentially traumatic events that occur in childhood (0-17 years) such as experiencing violence, abuse, or neglect; witnessing violence in the home; and having a family member attempt or die by suicide. Also included are aspects of the child’s environment that can undermine [...]

By Nicole Sowers|2020-03-26T21:04:26-05:00December 19th, 2019|Adverse Childhood Experiences, Trauma-Informed Practice, Uncategorized|0 Comments

How Have Other Local Health Departments Positioned Themselves as Community Chief Health Strategists? (Part 1)

We hope you've been following our blog article series on public health as the community chief health strategist. If you read our recent blog article, "What is a Chief Health Strategist," then you may remember that we shared an example of a local health department that was taking on the role of chief health strategist [...]

By Nicole Sowers|2018-10-08T21:36:54-05:00October 8th, 2018|Blog Expert, Chief Health Strategist, Community Health, Public Health 3.0, Strategic Planning, Upstream Interventions|0 Comments

Meet the 5 Goals of Public Health 3.0 with Our EHR

Champ Software's public health EHR, Nightingale Notes, helps public health agencies meet the 5 goals of Public Health 3.0. Public health practice is being enhanced and broadened as pioneering local public health departments shift focus to address social determinants of health (or upstream determinants of health), collaborate across non-traditional sectors, and embrace the role of [...]

By Nicole Sowers|2021-12-08T16:40:28-06:00September 11th, 2018|Public Health 3.0|0 Comments

Why Should Your Health Department Fill the Chief Health Strategist Role?

If you've read our article, "What is a Chief Health Strategist?" then you may be wondering why your health department should fill the role of the chief health strategist for your community. The US Department of Health & Human Services has issued a challenge to public health workers, “Public health leaders should embrace the role [...]

By Nicole Sowers|2018-08-27T15:42:47-05:00September 4th, 2018|Blog Expert, Chief Health Strategist, Community Health, Public Health 3.0, Strategic Planning|0 Comments

What is a Chief Health Strategist?

Perhaps you’ve been surrounded lately by discussions about Healthy People 2020 or Public Health 3.0 and how your health department can achieve it. Public health practice is being enhanced and broadened as pioneering local public health departments shift focus to address social determinants of health (or upstream determinants of health) and collaboration across non-traditional sectors, [...]

By Nicole Sowers|2018-08-27T13:58:53-05:00August 29th, 2018|Blog Expert, Chief Health Strategist, Community Health, Public Health 3.0, Strategic Planning|0 Comments

10 Basic Things You Need to Know About Public Health 3.0

If you're interested in learning a bit more about Public Health 3.0, you're not alone. While there are many health departments across the country already implementing the goals of Public Health 3.0, there are still many health departments who are unsure where to begin or may have never even heard the term. This article will [...]

By Nicole Sowers|2019-03-01T17:32:37-06:00August 24th, 2018|Blog Expert, Health Equity, Public Health 3.0|0 Comments

Addressing Root Causes: Trauma-Informed Practice (Part 2)

How to Employ Trauma-Informed Practice In Part 1 of this article, I shared about a webinar I attended on trauma-informed practice, hosted by the Northwest Center for Public Health Practice out of the University of Washington titled, "Trauma-Informed Practice - A Rural Perspective". The presenter was Karolyn Holden, BSN, RN, Director of Grays Harbor County [...]

By Nicole Sowers|2018-09-04T21:43:00-05:00August 21st, 2018|Adverse Childhood Experiences, Blog Expert, NEAR Science, Public Health 3.0, Trauma-Informed Practice, Webinar|0 Comments

Addressing Root Causes: Trauma-Informed Practice (Part 1)

Our blog article entitled, "Public Health 3.0 or Public Health Modernization: What is it and What Does it Mean? (Part 2)" touched on ACEs, or Adverse Childhood Experiences, and how public health departments can strategically head off poor health outcomes by addressing the root cause (such as addressing ACEs) early on. In March, I had [...]

By Nicole Sowers|2018-09-04T21:42:31-05:00August 16th, 2018|Adverse Childhood Experiences, NEAR Science, Public Health 3.0, Trauma-Informed Practice, Webinar|0 Comments