All In: Data for Community Health Podcast

Daniel Joseph Wiley is a housing justice advocate and artist in New Jersey, currently serving as the Managing Director of The HUUB in the City of Orange. In his previous role as Housing Justice Program and Policy Manager with the Ironbound Community Corporation (ICC) in Newark, Daniel was instrumental in bringing attention to the housing crisis during the COVID-19 pandemic. Daniel and the ICC helped to create Compassionate NJ, a coalition of grassroots organizations and policy experts that advocated for the People's Bill to protect renters from evictions. A compromise version of the bill eventually became law in August 2021. In this episode, All In podcast host Miriam Castro talks to Daniel about his advocacy work, the importance of data, and the inclusion of people with lived experiences.

In this episode of the All In podcast, Host Miriam Castro is joined by the Director of the UCLA Center for Health Policy Research and the principal investigator of the California Health Interview Survey (CHIS), Dr. Ninez Ponce. As the principal investigator for CHIS, the nation's largest state health survey, Dr. Ponce discusses her influential role of advocating and creating processes of inclusion and representation in the survey that reaches over 20,000 people each year. Dr. Ponce discusses how she devised the rationale and implementation of Asian ethnic oversamples, and the cultural and linguistic adaptation of the survey in Chinese (Cantonese and Mandarin), Korean, Vietnamese, and Tagalog. In this episode, Dr. Ponce shares anecdotes with Miriam from experiences she has had within her 20+ year career in survey-based research, and the fight for data that is representative of the reality of every population served.

In this episode of the All In podcast, Host Miriam Castro is joined by Dr. Sue Gallagher, the Chief Innovation Officer of the Children's Services Council of Broward County. Dr. Gallagher discusses the importance of education, prioritizing community perspectives, and the legal sides of data-sharing agreements. Dr. Gallagher also detailed how her team “slowed down” during the pandemic to acknowledge their humanity and the trauma of the moment. This powerful and timely conversation touches on aligning equity throughout data-sharing, consistent community engagement, and the power of human connection in a time of social distancing. Find Resources for this episode here: https://www.allindata.org/resources/podcast-s3-e3/

In this episode of the All In podcast, Host Miriam Castro is joined by Melissa Jones, the Executive Director of the Bay Area Regional Health Inequities Initiative (BARHII), and Cristal Little, a Vallejo Housing Justice Organizer for Urban Habitat. Jones and Little discuss educating their Bay Area communities about rent moratoriums and equitable state- funding. They also detailed the benefits of their data-sharing collaboration during COVID-19. This powerful and timely conversation touches on aligning equity throughout decision-making, consistent community engagement, and the power of women in leadership. Find Resources for this episode at: https://www.allindata.org/resources/podcast-s3e2/

Tawana Petty is a mother, social justice organizer, youth advocate, poet, and author. She is intricately involved in water rights advocacy, data, digital privacy rights education, racial justice, and equity work. She is the National Organizing Director at Data 4 Black Lives (D4BL), and director of Petty Propolis, a Black woman-led artist incubator primarily focused on cultivating visionary resistance through poetry, literacy and literary workshops, anti-racism facilitation, and social justice initiatives. Podcast Host Miriam Castro and Ms. Petty discuss how the push for biometric mass surveillance in Tawana's home city of Detroit has contributed to the dehumanization of Black bodies during COVID-19. Tawana shares with Miriam the process all allies must take from allyship to co-liberation to foster real social justice and what steps organizations can make to create anti-racist data-sharing efforts. Resources for this podcast episode available at: https://www.allindata.org/resources/podcast-s3-e1/

In this episode of the All In podcast, Host Peter Eckart is joined by Seattle King County Public Health epidemiologist, and original DASH grantee, Amy Laurent, to detail how her team used data to drive decisions in the early days of their COVID Response. Amy discusses her team’s pivot in creating a COVID surveillance data dashboard, agreeing on terminology, privacy in data collection, and relationship-building over multiple sectors in public health, policy, data, and housing. In this episode, we also announce the transition of Peter Eckart from host to subscriber. We thank Peter for his contribution to this work from all of us here at All In.

In this episode, Podcast host Peter Eckart is joined by 2-1-1 San Diego’s Vice President of Health and Community Impact, Karis Grounds, and Chief Business and Development Officer, Camey Christenson to discuss how they've leveraged their CIE and partner relationships for a comprehensive COVID response that meets their community's present needs. Camey and Karis share their insight on how other communities can leverage the community data and information systems and partnerships already present in their communities. Resources for this episode can be found here: https://www.allindata.org/resources/podcast-san-diego-2-1-1/

In this episode, Podcast host Peter Eckart is joined by Trenton Health Team(THT)’s own co-directors of Population Health, Natalie Terens, and Ernie Morganstern to discuss the integration of the NowPow Screening tool and Trenton’s Health Information Exchange(HIE)to match patient SDOH needs to available community resources in Trenton. Natalie and Ernie build on concepts and processes brought up in THT’s compelling case study, “A Holistic Approach to Social Services,” which can be found in the link below. Resources for this podcast are available at: https://www.allindata.org/resources/podcast-S2E2 * Hosted by: Peter Eckart, co-founder of All In: Data for Community Health * Podcast Guests: Natalie Terens, Ernie Morganstern

Dr. Rhea W. Boyd is a pediatrician, medical educator, and child health advocate in the Bay Area. She is a member of the American Academy of Pediatrics Executive Committee on Communications and Media, where she explores how digital clinical tools, interdisciplinary partnerships, and social media can incorporate diverse types of data and voices into traditional processes to improve health, particularly for communities of color. Podcast Host Peter Eckart and Rhea Boyd discuss a multitude of current topics ranging from the changes in the current healthcare system during the time of COVID-19, racial bias, debunking the push for big data, intergenerational impacts of crises, and a new generation of organizations that fund primarily for the generations to come. Resources for this podcast are available at: https://www.allindata.org/resources/podcast-S2E1 * Hosted by: Peter Eckart, co-founder of All In: Data for Community Health * Podcast Guests: Dr. Rhea Boyd

Dr. Caroline Fichtenberg, Managing Director at SIREN (Social Interventions Research & Evaluation Network), catalyzes high-quality research that advances efforts to address social needs in healthcare settings. She joins the All In podcast to discuss her work. Resources for this podcast are available at: www.allindata.org/podcast-21 * Hosted by: Peter Eckart, co-founder of All In: Data for Community Health * Podcast Guest: Dr. Caroline Fichtenberg, Managing Director at SIREN

Dr. Danielle Varda is a “scientist turned start-up founder” who is the CEO of Visible Network Labs, a social enterprise that provides tools, training, and other services to help communities build their capacity to leverage network science to strengthen supportive connections and improve health outcomes. In her work, she leads multidisciplinary teams in tackling complex social systems issues using technology, research, and translation to practice. In this episode, Dr. Varda discusses how to build effective networks and shares strategies and bright spots to guide communities that are building multi-sector collaborations to improve health. Resources for this podcast are available at: www.allindata.org/podcast-20 * Hosted by: Peter Eckart, co-founder of All In: Data for Community Health * Podcast Guest: Dr. Danielle Varda, Founder and CEO, Visible Network Labs

Dr. Joseph Conte is the Executive Director of the Staten Island Performing Provider System (SI PPS), an alliance of clinical and social service providers focused on improving the quality of care and overall health for Staten Island’s Medicaid and uninsured populations. SI PPS is one of 25 groups across the state working on the Delivery System Reform Incentive Payment (DSRIP) program, which aims to fundamentally restructure the health care delivery system by reinvesting in Medicaid to reduce avoidable hospital use. Dr. Conte discussed how the collaboration is working to improve care coordination to better address residents’ social and medical needs. Resources for this podcast are available at: www.allindata.org/podcast-19 * Hosted by: Peter Eckart, co-founder of All In: Data for Community Health * Podcast Guest: Joseph Conte, PhD, Executive Director of the Staten Island Performing Provider System

Podcast host Peter Eckart joined Jeff Jaynes, Executive Director at Restore Hope Ministries, and Aaron Bean, Managing Partner at Asemio, in Tulsa, Oklahoma during a site visit for their DASH CIC-START project, which is applying analytics technology to analyze the overlap between individuals who require basic needs assistance (eg. rent, food, utilities, etc.) and those whose children attend early childhood centers. The project utilizes an innovative technology that allows for analysis of personally identifiable information while preserving clients’ privacy. The results are informing collaborative efforts to knit together programs and services to create a seamless continuum of support for Tulsa’s families. Resources for this podcast are available at: www.allindata.org/podcast-18 * Hosted by: Peter Eckart, co-founder of All In: Data for Community Health * Podcast Guests: Jeff Jaynes of Restore Hope Ministries and Aaron Bean of Asemio

Emily Yu, MBA, is Executive Director of the BUILD Health Challenge, an All In partner initiative that supports local collaborations between community-based organizations, health departments, and hospitals/health systems that are working to address important health issues in their communities. She shared examples of innovative multi-sector projects happening across the country and described key learnings, tools, and frameworks for multi-sector, community-driven partnerships working to reduce health disparities caused by system-based or social inequity. To date, BUILD has supported 37 projects in 21 states and Washington, DC. Resources for this podcast are available at: www.allindata.org/podcast-17 * Hosted by: Peter Eckart, co-founder of All In: Data for Community Health * Podcast Guest: Emily Yu, BUILD Health Challenge

Padma Thangaraj, MS, PMP, is the Vice President of Information Services & Analytics at All Chicago Making Homelessness History, a nonprofit organization that is working to integrate housing, health, and human services data to coordinate care for Chicago residents that are experiencing housing insecurity or homelessness. As one of the pilot awardees of DASH CIC-START, All Chicago worked to refine their mechanisms for exchanging data between hospitals, health care payers, and the county’s Homeless Management Information System (HMIS). She joined the podcast to share her lessons learned and advice for others working to improve improve residential stability and health outcomes through the integration of HMIS and other data. Resources for this podcast are available at: www.allindata.org/podcast-16 * Hosted by: Peter Eckart, co-founder of All In: Data for Community Health * Podcast Guest: Padma Thangaraj, All Chicago Making Homelessness History

This podcast episode features the work of the Hunterdon County Partnership for Health, a multi-sector coalition that includes over 60 community agencies that share a common interest in improving health in Hunterdon County, NJ. Kim Blanda is a Project Director at Hunterdon Healthcare, Dr. Rose Puelle is a Senior Director of Population Health at Hunterdon Healthcare, and Karen DeMarco is the Director of the Hunterdon County Department of Health. Together, they are working on a project funded by New Jersey Health Initiatives (NJHI) focused on healthier weight as a mechanism for improving community health. The Partnership is addressing obesity-related social determinants of health related to access and transportation, mental health and healthy behaviors. Resources for this podcast are available at: www.allindata.org/podcast-15 * Hosted by: Peter Eckart, co-founder of All In: Data for Community Health * Podcast Guests: Kim Blanda, Dr. Rose Puelle, and Karen DeMarco, Hunterdon County Partnership for Health

A special message from Podcast Host Peter Eckart: All In released a new survey that will inform a national analysis of community partnerships that are systematically sharing data across sectors to improve health. Your contribution will help highlight opportunities to advance a common agenda that can support and expand this crucial work!

This episode features two guests from the University of Chicago -- Dr. Julia Koschinsky, the Executive Director for the Center for Spatial Data Science, and Dr. Nicole Marwell, an Associate Professor in the School of Social Service Administration. They are leading a project, funded by the Public Health National Center for Innovations (PHNCI), which is analyzing data on geographic access to health and human services to help government officials address gaps and maximize the impact of existing resources. The project will offer a replicable framework and tool for analyzing and improving distributions of public funds for health and human services. Resources for this podcast are available at: www.allindata.org/podcast-14 * Hosted by: Peter Eckart, co-founder of All In: Data for Community Health * Podcast Guests: Dr. Julia Koschinsky and Dr. Nicole Marwell, University of Chicago

Asset-Based Community Development (ABCD) is a large and growing movement that considers local assets as the primary building blocks of community development, social capital, and health and well-being. Ron Dwyer-Voss, MA, the Owner of Pacific Community Solutions, who also happens to be a long-time friend of podcast host Peter Eckart, joined the show to discuss how ABCD draws on existing strengths of local residents, associations, and institutions to build stronger, healthier, and more sustainable communities. He shared strategies, tools, and examples of how ABCD can be used to engage community residents and support them in understanding and applying their power to improve their neighborhoods. Resources for this podcast are available at: www.allindata.org/podcast-13 * Hosted by: Peter Eckart, co-founder of All In: Data for Community Health * Podcast Guests: Ron Dwyer-Voss, owner of Pacific Community Solutions

This episode features Martin Love, CEO and Jessica Osborne-Stafsnes, Program Manager at the North Coast Health Improvement and Information Network (NCHIIN) - a non-profit health information exchange in Humboldt County, CA. NHIIN focuses on exchanging information across multiple sectors - including social care, medical care, behavioral health, criminal justice, education and more - to support care coordination and improve health. As an awardee of DASH CIC-START, NCHIIN worked with partners to add new organizations, sectors, and data streams to ACT.md, their care coordination and alerts notification system. They provided insights about engaging partners to incorporate the system into their workflows to provide more holistic care for patients, especially those with complex health and social needs. Resources for this podcast are available at: www.allindata.org/podcast-12 * Hosted by: Peter Eckart, co-founder of All In: Data for Community Health * Podcast Guests: Martin Love and Jessica Osborne-Stafsnes, North Coast Health Improvement and Information Network (NCHIIN)

Applying a health equity frame during every phase of the data process can help communities understand and address the root causes of persistent health disparities. Marijata Daniel-Echols, PhD, Director of the Center for Health Equity Practice at the Michigan Public Health Institute (MPHI), and James Bell, MSW, Director of Policy & Engagement at MPHI, joined the podcast to explain the ways in which the development of research questions, data collection and analysis methods, and reporting strategies can either promote or thwart health equity. They also shared strategies and examples of how communities can capture and lift up diverse perspectives through a combination of data and storytelling. Resources for this podcast are available at: www.allindata.org/podcast-11 * Hosted by: Peter Eckart, co-founder of All In: Data for Community Health * Podcast Guests: Dr. Marijata Daniel-Echols and James Bell, Michigan Public Health Institute

Karis Grounds, Vice President of Health and Community Impact at 2-1-1 San Diego, joined the podcast to discuss how she is supporting the strategic development of San Diego’s community information exchange (CIE), a technology platform that is enabling data sharing and collaboration between health and social service providers to deliver person-centered care and improve health equity. Grounds shared strategies for aligning multi-sector partners around a shared language and an integrated technology platform to deliver enhanced care coordination. She also discussed how 2-1-1 San Diego is spreading its impact by sharing practical tools to help other communities make progress towards implementing a community information exchange. Resources for this podcast are available at: www.allindata.org/podcast-10 * Hosted by: Peter Eckart, co-founder of All In: Data for Community Health * Podcast Guest: Karis Grounds, Vice President of Health and Community Impact, 2-1-1 San Diego

Leah Hendey, MPP, Senior Research Associate at the Urban Institute, joined the podcast to reflect on her experiences co-directing the National Neighborhood Indicators Partnership (NNIP), a nationwide effort to advance the use of neighborhood-level data to drive local decision-making. NNIP is led by the Urban Institute and a network of 32 partners representing local data intermediaries across the country. Hendey discussed the role local data intermediaries play in their communities, explained how neighborhood-level data can be used to understand and address issues of health equity, and shared examples of communities that have successfully used neighborhood information systems in innovative ways to solve pressing public health challenges. Resources for this podcast are available at: www.allindata.org/podcast-09 * Hosted by: Peter Eckart, co-founder of All In: Data for Community Health * Podcast Guest: Leah Hendy, Senior Research Associate, Urban Institute

Josie Williams, Project Coordinator at the Greensboro Housing Coalition, joined the podcast to discuss a BUILD-funded project called “Collaborative Cottage Grove” that is fostering resident-led efforts to improve poor housing conditions that are leading to asthma-related emergency department visits in the Cottage Grove neighborhood of Greensboro, NC. Motivated by a desire to improve conditions in neighborhoods similar to the one she grew up in, and guided by resident voices, Williams is working with multi-sector partners to map asthma hospital visits and housing condition data to identify areas in need of support. The collaborative is also in the process of developing an electronic referral system to link families with asthma education and housing assessments. Resources for this podcast are available at: www.allindata.org/podcast-08 * Hosted by: Peter Eckart, co-founder of All In: Data for Community Health * Podcast Guest: Josie Williams, Project Coordinator at the Greensboro Housing Coalition

Podcast host Peter Eckart joined Jodi Hardin, Co-Executive Director of Civic Canopy, during a site visit for their DASH CIC-START project, which is using a Results Based Accountability methodology to harness community member and partner perspectives and move from talk to action around measures, indicators and data-informed decision-making. They are part of a multi-sector collaboration called East5ide Unified that aims to ensure all children and families in East Denver are valued, healthy, and thriving. As part of their CIC-START project, East5ide Unified is developing a framework to document shared results and measures of success they aspire to achieve and identifying the routines and structures needed to utilize the data to meet their goals. Resources for this podcast are available at: www.allindata.org/podcast-07 * Hosted by: Peter Eckart, co-founder of All In: Data for Community Health * Podcast Guest: Jodi Hardin of Civic Canopy / East5ide Unified

Podcast host Peter Eckart met up with Shelley Argabrite, health planner for Garrett County Health Department, while they were both at the Communities Joined in Action conference in Atlanta, GA. Shelley explained how the health department has developed a digital data platform that has transformed the way they engage hard-to-reach rural residents in community health planning, making the process more equitable and using multi-sector data to drive decision-making. She also shared how, with funding from the Public Health National Center for Innovations (PHNCI), Garret County Health Department is working to make the digital tool available to other communities across the U.S. Resources for this podcast are available at: www.allindata.org/podcast-06 * Hosted by: Peter Eckart, co-founder of All In: Data for Community Health * Podcast Guest: Shelley Argabrite of the Garrett County Health Department

Jessica Solomon Fisher, is the Chief Innovations Officer at the Public Health National Center for Innovations (PHNCI), the newest partner to join the All In network. Fisher joined the podcast to explain how PHNCI is working to make innovation a useful tool for public health departments rather than a buzzword. She shared examples of innovative initiatives happening in communities across the country and gave advice for overcoming the many challenges to driving meaningful change. PHNCI continues to work to foster a multi-sector learning community to help identify and test new and innovative practices to improve public health capacity. Resources for this podcast are available at: www.allindata.org/podcast-05 * Hosted by: Peter Eckart, co-founder of All In: Data for Community Health * Podcast Guest: Jessica Solomon Fisher of the Public Health National Center for Innovations (PHNCI)

Stephanie Fenniri, senior community partnerships manager at the Parkland Center for Innovation (PCCI) and Dr. Yolande Pengetnze, medical director at PCCI and a board-certified pediatrician, joined the podcast to discuss a DASH-funded project that is connecting hospitals and food banks in Dallas, Texas to improve the nutrition of patients who experience food insecurity and have been diagnosed with chronic diseases like hypertension and diabetes. They are developing a network of health care and community-based organizations in the Dallas region that are sharing information through the Dallas Information Exchange Portal. Resources for this podcast are available at: www.allindata.org/podcast-04 * Hosted by: Peter Eckart, co-founder of All In: Data for Community Health * Podcast Guest: Stephanie Fenniri and Dr. Yolande Pengetnze of the Parkland Center for Clinical Innovation (PCCI)

Dr. Andy Beck is a pediatrician at the Cincinnati Children’s Hospital Medical Center, where he conducts research focusing on population-level health disparities and forms partnerships with community organizations to reduce risks related to poverty. He sees patients as a primary care and hospitalist pediatrician. Dr. Beck joined the podcast to discuss a project that is addressing disparities in hospital bed days for kids with asthma and respiratory issues in Cincinnati's Avondale neighborhood. The project, which was partially funded by the Community Health Peer Learning Program (CHP), a founding All In partner, integrates inpatient hospitalization records and geographic information systems to better understand and address underlying social determinants of health. Resources for this podcast are available at: www.allindata.org/podcast-03 * Hosted by: Peter Eckart, co-founder of All In: Data for Community Health * Podcast Guest: Dr. Andy Beck of Cincinnati Children's Hospital Medical Center

Podcast host Peter Eckart joined Evette DeLuca, Executive Director of Partners for Better Health, during a site visit for their new CIC-START project, which is leveraging multi-sector partnerships to create a shared definition and action plan for health equity related to the causes and drivers of obesity in Ontario, CA. The project will integrate its existing data platform into local health systems’ electronic medical records to provide a packaged screening intervention for health equity at hospitals and health centers across Ontario. Partners for Better Health was previously funded by the BUILD Health Challenge to systems and policy for long-term sustainability while expanding Health Hubs and environmental solutions across the City of Ontario. Resources for this podcast are available at: www.allindata.org/podcast-02 * Hosted by: Peter Eckart, co-founder of All In: Data for Community Health * Podcast Guest: Evette De Luca of Partners for Better Health

Children’s Comprehensive Care Clinic was funded by the Community Health Peer Learning Program (CHP) to provide a patient-controlled common technology platform that improves care coordination for families of children with medical and behavioral complexity in Austin, TX. The platform brings together individuals and entities involved of the care of the child, with the family at the center, to develop an integrated health care data ecosystem. Podcast host Peter Eckart joined Rahel Berhane, MD, Medical Director at Children’s Comprehensive Care Clinic and Susan Millea, PhD, Community Systems Analyst at Children’s Optimal Health, during a site visit for their new CIC-START project, which is designing a “shared care plan” that imports goal statements and care instructions from different members of the interdisciplinary care team into the existing patient-controlled application. Resources for this podcast are available at: www.allindata.org/podcast * Hosted by: Peter Eckart, co-founder of All In: Data for Community Health * Podcast Guests: Dr. Rahel Berhane of Children's Comprehensive Care Clinic and Dr. Susan Millae of Children's Optimal Health