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7 lessons learned about systems change work

The Foundation shares these lessons learned from the HealthConnect Fellowship to guide future work.

Sep 9, 2021

The Foundation's role in the HealthConnect Fellowship

The Foundation found these approaches to be effective in guiding the fellowship experience.

Funder practices

Sep 8, 2021

Go ahead: Brag a little

Why you should take the time to brag and how to get started

Aug 5, 2021

Planning from strength: questions to ask your team

Far too often our strategies to create a change focus on reacting to barriers. Another way to approach it is what I call "planning from our strength."

Apr 26, 2021

Preparing yourself to center the voices of those impacted by issues

Authentic engagement

Apr 23, 2021

Vision vs. Tactics: How we can achieve the change we want to see

Action planning

Feb 22, 2021

System-change achievements advocates are making for central Iowa’s kids

HealthConnect Fellows

Feb 1, 2021

How we can begin to find peace in 2021

HealthConnect Fellows

Jan 8, 2021

Disconnection matters

Nov 24, 2020

3 questions to reshape your policy agenda

Oct 30, 2020

What you should know about homelessness in central Iowa during the pandemic

Community response

Oct 26, 2020

Leading system change, even in times of uncertainty

Jul 22, 2020

We must all do our part to be anti-racist

HealthConnect Fellows

Jul 14, 2020

Lessons in preventing burnout

HealthConnect Fellows

Jul 13, 2020

5 barriers pregnant women in poverty face in getting the care they need

Social determinants of health

Jul 1, 2020

What I've learned about system-change work during this time of crisis

Jun 11, 2020

What the COVID-19 pandemic has taught us about system change

May 10, 2020

We have the resources to build a better food system here in Iowa

Social determinants of health

May 8, 2020

What we should do about COVID-19 racial disparities in Iowa

May 6, 2020

11 best practices for working from home during COVID-19

Apr 8, 2020

5 things you must know about migrant farmworkers in Iowa

Community response

Mar 30, 2020

4 ways to understand weight stigma and promote a healthier community

HealthConnect Fellows

Feb 17, 2020

5 lessons learned in building the village of support for early-grade reading

HealthConnect Fellows

Feb 10, 2020

How we can increase everyone's access to quality foods

HealthConnect Fellows

Jan 30, 2020

Approaching storytelling with authentic engagement

Authentic engagement

Jan 20, 2020

How my advocacy work became personal

Jan 6, 2020

Your town might keep you from meeting your New Year's resolution

HealthConnect Fellows

Dec 31, 2019

The best professional advice I have ever received

HealthConnect Fellows

Dec 9, 2019

Exploring a new use for the Count the Kicks app through fellow connections

HealthConnect Fellows

Dec 2, 2019

We all can do better for Iowa’s children and families

Nov 27, 2019

A fellow's perspective: Getting to do the work we should be doing

Nov 25, 2019

18 HealthConnect Fellows to advance system changes to improve children’s health

HealthConnect Fellows

Nov 15, 2019

One voice for a children’s mental health system

Nov 15, 2019

Cultivating Change: How the HealthConnect Fellowship lifted a network of advocates to improve children's health

Nov 15, 2019

Persistence for quality health care

HealthConnect Fellows

Nov 14, 2019

Who's at your table?

Nov 13, 2019

A call to action for Latinx youth

Authentic engagement

Nov 12, 2019

Putting the pieces together for children to learn

Nov 9, 2019

Housing code for healthier lives

Nov 7, 2019

Connecting systems, connecting families

HealthConnect Fellows

Nov 4, 2019

Transforming practices to prevent trauma before birth

Oct 31, 2019

Six insights from listening to health advocates' stores

HealthConnect Fellows

Oct 28, 2019

A small, thoughtful group isn't the only thing

Oct 16, 2019

In a battle too important to lose, the journey of being an influential leader continues

Action planning

Aug 23, 2019

Decolonizing every table

Jul 31, 2019

The power is in the partnership

HealthConnect Fellows

Jul 31, 2019

Medicaid makes a difference

HealthConnect Fellows

Jul 31, 2019

The look of our community is still impacted by decades old policy choices

HealthConnect Fellows

Jul 31, 2019

If we're going to reduce trauma and family stress, we have to start at the very beginning

Foundation grants

Jul 31, 2019

Latinx youth mental health: Resiliency and its limitations

Authentic engagement

Mar 7, 2019

What does opportunity look like for Iowa children (and are we doing the right things help them thrive)?

Social determinants of health

Nov 29, 2018

Compassion architects activate and spread compassion

Oct 4, 2018

Mobilizing the political will to develop a children's mental health system in Iowa

HealthConnect Fellows

Aug 3, 2018

The power of positive stressors

HealthConnect Fellows

Jul 12, 2018

Together, inching closer to a tipping point on children's issues

May 22, 2018

Long-haul Advocacy: Adopting a long-term, sustained advocacy approach to effective child health systems change

Mar 29, 2018

Housing policy is health policy (and education policy, and economic policy...)

Social determinants of health

Mar 29, 2018

What do youth who are homeless need? And how far am I willing to go to help?

HealthConnect Fellows

Jan 31, 2018

When you have that "aha" moment, there's no going back

Oct 23, 2017

Decision-makers arent' acting as we'd like: Three reasons

Oct 23, 2017

I have a dream... and an action plan

Oct 23, 2017

The teachers will learn and the students will teach

Oct 23, 2017

Taking a new approach - A MIHF board member's perspective

Oct 23, 2017

Mid-Iowa Health Foundation announces new strategic initiative

Foundation news

Oct 23, 2017

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