This article is deemed a must-read by one or more of our expert collaborators. Giving Compass’ Take: • The Ottawa Sun reports on the Partnership for Healthy Cities program, in which leaders from 54 cities around the world are attempting to brainstorm solutions to public…
This article is deemed a must-read by one or more of our expert collaborators. Giving Compass’ Take: • Medical-legal partnerships could help the most vulnerable people receive care if doctors understand and take into account the social determinants of health. • Some physicians are developing innovative solutions…
This article is deemed a must-read by one or more of our expert collaborators. Giving Compass’ Take: • Mattie Quinn reports that as Medicaid work requirements expand, thousands are losing medical coverage. Many of those losing coverage may be eligible but are confused by the process. …
Giving Compass’ Take: • Generations United explores ways for policies to support grandfamilies when children lose their parents to the opioid epidemic. • How can philanthropists support the implementation of these policies? What are the…
This article is deemed a must-read by one or more of our expert collaborators. Giving Compass’ Take: · With reported overdoses taking the lives of about 50,000 Americans, the opioid epidemic has led the United States to declare a public health emergency. Ryan Golden at…
Giving Compass’ Take: • FasterCures identifies roadblocks to curing disease and outlines strategies for philanthropists to improve organizational effectiveness. • What roadblocks are unique to your specific area of interest?…
Giving Compass’ Take: • National Rural Health Association discusses current policy barriers to treating the opioid epidemic and how policy can be structured to best address the issue. • What policy actors…
Giving Compass’ Take: • This report by FrameWorks Institute outlines communication strategies related to reducing adolescent substance use and abuse. • How can philanthropists become more involved in communication research and…
This article is deemed a must-read by one or more of our expert collaborators. Giving Compass’ Take: • In discussing the aftermath of Hurricane Michael, Fortune explains how charity is often mistaken for compassion and why we need to mobilize more efforts to address…
Giving Compass’ Take: • According to Global Citizen, more people around the world have a mobile phone than a toilet, but a new campaign from Harpic is hoping to change…
Giving Compass’ Take: • The Henry J. Kaiser Family Foundation reports that while the majority of women are getting regular checkups and screenings, poor women and women of color have fewer…
Giving Compass’ Take: • This report provides an overview of LGBT community health centers in the U.S., including their origins and evolutions. The key finding is that there are significant…