1. HEALTH Policy Analysis Academy
Green Family Foundation NeighborhoodHELP™
HEALTH Policy Analysis Academy
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Introduction to the FIU Health Policy Analysis Academy [The Academy],
FIU Herbert Wertheim College of Medicine, and
Green Family Foundation NeighborhoodHELPTM

2. WHAT IS NEIGHBORHOODHELP™?
A unique interdisciplinary educational model, that involves collaboration with our community partners to:
1. Expose medical, nursing, social work and other FIU
students to the social determinants of health
2. Provide services to medically underserved
communities by harnessing FIU’s educational resources
through an Urban Coalition

3. BENCHMARK SURVEY: 4 COMMUNITIES
1. Miami Gardens
2. Opa Locka
3. Unincorporated
Miami
4. Program-based*
Jewish Community
* Not completely included in the survey sample.

5. Develop socially responsible community engaged physicians
Educational Learning Experience
> SOCIAL DETERMINANTS
OF HEALTH
> MULTI-CULTURAL
COMMUNITIES
> INTERDISCIPLINARY TEAM SKILLS
> COMPREHENSIVE APPROACH TO
HEALTH ISSUES
> FRAMEWORK TO MANAGE
ETHICAL ISSUES
> CULTIVATE REFLECTIVE
PRACTICE
Medical students connect to a household in the community for hands on learning about
Develop socially responsible community engaged physicians

6. Outreach Primary Care Team

7. We are interested in whether our policy framework, household-centered care, and its social determinants of health strategies are able to address healthcare challenges and threats.
How do interactions between the various categories of the social determinant of health contribute to negative health outcomes?
ii. What are the main changes in household behavior that are induced by the resources, information, etc. that household-centered care provides?
Exemplified by the current Ebola endemic

8. FIU Health Policy Analysis Academy [The Academy]
Academy Outcomes
Community Fellowship Outcomes
COMMUNITY FELLOWSHIP
Training Outcomes
Year 3 Research Topic
Year 2 Research Topic
Year 4 Research Topic CP
HHs
GOAL
To create opportunities for sustained health policy research, training and community healthcare capacity building.
HHs CP
Exemplified by the current Ebola endemic
POLICY ANALYSIS RESEARCH CP
HHs
Year 5 Research Topic
Household Centered Care
Training CP
HHs
HHs CP
HHs CP

9. We are interested in which areas of the healthcare system need to be expanded or developed to take advantage of new opportunities
What intrinsic or instrumental ‘value’ could be assigned to a “household-centered care” approach to healthcare provision?
What human, environmental, social and cultural characteristics explain the construct of a “household?”
The working definition of household centered care is an approach to healthcare that assesses and mitigates the impacts of household social determinants of health on individual patient outcomes. That said, the smallest unit of care is not the patient, but rather the entire household.

10. Policy Analysis Trainings
The working definition of household centered care is an approach to healthcare that assesses and mitigates the impacts of household social determinants of health on individual patient outcomes. That said, the smallest unit of care is not the patient, but rather the entire household.