Systems for Equitable Community Change Research

Authors

  • Nicholas Torres Unniversity of Pennsylvania
  • Vanessa Briggs Brandywine Health Foundation

Keywords:

health equity, collective impact, Equitable Community, social determinants of health, racial inequities, community

Abstract

Systems for Equitable Community Change proposes a model to disrupt decision making control and economic power within the hands of actors with medical systems through cross-sector collective impact collaborations by integrating non-traditional approaches such as community driven applications with non-traditional partnerships aimed at improving systems of care and financial policy change to address the Social Determinants of Health (SDoH).  The collective impact model provides the collection of ecosystem data (outputs, outcomes, impact) that serves as the foundation for advocacy to dismantle long-term health and racial inequities through upstream solutions.  This collective can be carried out by a structured ecosystem , composed of key stakeholders, that can influence current inequitable financial policy and system changes to create new financial modeling that supports resourcing SDoH.

Author Biographies

Nicholas Torres, Unniversity of Pennsylvania

Nicholas Torres, MEd, has over 20 years of experience in executive management. Nicholas serves in the capacity of the executive director of The Network: Towards Unity for Health (TUFH) an official non state actor of WHO. He is also Co-Founder and CEO of Social Innovations Partners which publishes the Social Innovations Journal, manages the Social Innovations Institute & Lab, and incubates and launches high impact social sector models and enterprises. He teaches Nonprofit Leadership, Social Policy, and Social Entrepreneurship at University of Pennsylvania. He serves on many regional boards including the Free Library of Philadelphia and Springboard Health National Advisory Board.

Nicholas works at the cross section between the private sector, government, and not-for-profits and aligns them toward collective social impact goals and public policy. He has led and founded multiple for-profit and not-for-profit social ventures that are driven both by social impact and financial sustainability measures. Some of his launched social ventures include charter schools, an early literacy technology platform; school-based health centers; and community-based satellite college sites.

Vanessa Briggs, Brandywine Health Foundation

MBA, RD.  Vanessa has over twenty-five years’ experience in health-related senior management and leadership. Grew large-scale public health and healthcare organizations. A result driven executive, with proven strategic vision that transforms organizations internally and externally as a strategic thought partner across sectors. Expertise in leading new grantmaking strategies and working with high performing teams to ensure effective communication across and between programs, grant making, operations, and development. Expert in community health, social, economic, health and racial equity.

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Published

2021-06-28

How to Cite

Torres, N., & Briggs, V. (2021). Systems for Equitable Community Change Research. Social Innovations Journal, 7. Retrieved from https://socialinnovationsjournal.com/index.php/sij/article/view/930

Issue

Vol. 7 (2021): Economic Inequality, Social Mobility, and Institutionalized Racism

Section

Social Justice and Social Mobility

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