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Children’s National Hospital Celebrates Community Health Improvement Week June 5-16, 2023!

June 5, 2023/in Community Engagement/by Melissa Baiyewu, MHA, CHES and Desiree de la Torre, MPH, MBA

June 5, 2023

Mark your calendars to celebrate Community Health Improvement in June 2023. Children’s National…

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Elevating the Voices of Our Community

May 24, 2023/in Community Engagement/by Tesa White, BS and Desiree de la Torre, MPH, MBA

May 24, 2023

Children’s National Hospital affirms its commitment to promote and maintain a work environment free of harassment, discrimination and bias based on race, color, sex…

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A Pilot Program to Promote Every Day Health Literacy Tools

May 3, 2023/in Community Engagement, Education/by Sasha Smith, MPH

May 3, 2023

Health begins with understanding. Health literacy, is defined as the degree to which individuals have the ability to find, understand, and use…

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School Absenteeism from the High Schooler’s Perspective

April 19, 2023/in Community Engagement/by Rosy Chacón, BS and Bianca Constant, LSW

April 19, 2023

School absenteeism has been a major concern for parents, caregivers, teachers, administrators, and health care providers…

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Celebrating Autism Acceptance Month with the DC Autism Collaborative

April 5, 2023/in Community Engagement/by Sheina Godovich, Ph.D, Leandra Godoy, PhD and Serene Habayeb, PhD

April 5, 2023

What does autism acceptance mean to you? April is Autism Acceptance Month and a great time to think about this question…

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Update on Our Census Work

March 29, 2023/in Community Engagement, Data & Research, Education, Policy/by Gina Dwyer, MPH

March 29, 2023

In 2019, in preparation for the 2020 decennial Census, CHAI became aware of a very important and alarming issue—that young children ages 0-4 were at risk of being…

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Food Pharmacy App Wins at HackTJ!

March 22, 2023/in Community Engagement/by Kimberly Boucher, MSHS, BSN, RN and Chaya Merrill, DrPH

March 22, 2023

Our participation in HackTJ was a big success! A few weeks ago we shared with you via a blog post that Children’s National was a sponsor of HackTJ a student-run hackathon…

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Building Trust in Diversity, Equity and Inclusion

March 15, 2023/in Community Engagement/by Darcel Jackson, CPXP, LSSGB and Desiree de la Torre, MPH, MBA

March 15, 2023

Children’s National Hospital has advanced diversity, equity and inclusion efforts in pediatric medicine for more than two decades. In 2020, this work…

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Inaugural Health Equity in Research Hackathon – Winner Selected!

March 1, 2023/in Community Engagement/by Chaya Merrill, DrPH

March 1, 2023

We’re always looking for innovative ways to address health equity in our local community. Today’s post covers our Health Equity…

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Hospital Leadership as Key Partners in our Community Health Improvement Plan (CHIP) Work

February 15, 2023/in Community Engagement, Data & Research, Education, Policy/by Desiree de la Torre, MPH, MBA and Chaya Merrill, DrPH

February 15, 2023

Every three years non-profit hospitals across the United States are mandated to release a Community…

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