Building & Sustaining Cross-Sector Collaboration to Improve Community Health

Chris Michael Kirk, Ph.D. Director, Community Engagement & Health Improvement; Atlantic Health System

President & Chair; North Jersey Health Collaborative

Execution Gap

Population Health

Outcomes

Population Health

Outcomes

Human Services

Public Health

YMCA

United Way

Hospitals

Visiting Nurses

Substance Abuse

Prevention

Mental Health

Community Coalitions

Universities Faith

Communities

Schools

Parks & Recreation

Healthy people in healthy communities by building capacity to improve community health

Regional Expertise

Morris Passaic

Sussex Union

Local Implementation

Community Organizations

Community Residents

Multiple Layers of Engagement/Evaluation

scale + diversity 4.91% 4.91%

4.91%

26.80%

24.40%

29.30%

5.90%

Advocacy Organizations Community CoalitionsFitness HealthcarePublic Health Social ServicesEnvironment

120 organizations 10+ sectors 4 counties 15 workgroups

common agenda(s)

Data

Priorities

Planning

Evaluation

shared, transparent measurement

www.njhealthmatters.org

Over 150 health indicators; continually

expanding/being updated

Promising practices

Baseline data for evaluation of prioritized needs in each county

Publically accessible

Building & Sustaining Cross-Sector Collaboration to Improve Community Health

Chris Michael Kirk, Ph.D. Director, Community Engagement & Health Improvement; Atlantic Health System

President & Chair; North Jersey Health Collaborative