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The healthy housing program we had set up had helped thousands of children and adults like Veronica. We had worked with a community partner to set up a produce stand and resource guide to help families experiencing hunger and food insecurity. A medical-legal partnership we had created shortly after I started at the clinic was blossoming. Thousands

As a result of regulatory, cultural, and financial obstacles, doctors and nurses who aspire to be upstreamists on the front lines face challenges in five key areas. To remember these, think of the acronym TRIDNTT (pronounced “trident”): 1. Time and Resources (both human and capital) 2. Incentives (at individual and system levels) 3. Data that’s acc

Dr. Stuart Rothenberg and Dr. Nancy Lonsdorf of Maharishi Ayurveda,

You’d be wise to spend only about $10 of your budget on medical care and spend more on improving social and environmental factors such as substandard housing, job stress, poverty, discrimination, and dangerous neighborhoods — what experts often call the “social determinants of health.” When we think about what really shapes our health, medical care

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For those interested, a more comprehensive list of policy solutions and opportunities to advance an upstreamist approach can be found at healthbegins.org