Brighter Bites
In: PreventionThe Texas-based Brighter Bites program distributes fresh fruits and vegetables to low-income students and their parents at no cost through an interactive co-op model. During pick-up time, families receive bilingual handbooks, tip sheets, and recipes, and they are invited to sample healthy meals – or “brighter bites” – created with the week’s recipes. Children also …
Category: Gold Standard
Sponsor Type: Non-profit/NGO
Attributes: Access/Affordability, Behavior Change, Free for Participants, Health Education, Nutrition & Healthy Eating, School-Based
Community Health Worker Network of NYC
In: Healthcare Teams of the FutureThe Community Health Worker Network of New York City was founded in 2001 to serve as a place for community health workers (CHWs) to share best practices, resources, and gain training and professional development. The Network developed a CHW training program that has been used to train over 1,000 community health workers. The Network advocates …
Category: Prime Performer
Sponsor Type: Non-profit/NGO
Attributes: Access/Affordability, Community Outreach/Engagement, Interprofessional/Interdisciplinary Teams, Peer Support
Cooking Matters
In: PreventionCooking Matters, which provides free cooking and nutrition classes for adults, children, and families living in underserved communities, is based on the premise that nutrition education should be coupled with cooking lessons so that meals can be healthy and enjoyable. By partnering with local organizations, Cooking Matters achieves both national-scope and optimization through customizability. The Cooking Matters …
Category: Gold Standard
Sponsor Type: Non-profit/NGO
Attributes: Access/Affordability, Behavior Change, Community Outreach/Engagement, Free for Participants, Health Education, Nutrition & Healthy Eating
Creating a Culture of Wellness - Massachusetts General Hospital
In: Workplace WellnessOrganizations create cultures of wellness by combining health education with onsite efforts to promote healthy behaviors and an institutional emphasis on health as a central value. For employees in such organizations, health is part of the culture, and to be healthy is to be part of the community These organizations create environments that ease and …
Category: Prime Performer
Sponsor Type: Non-profit/NGO
Attributes: Behavior Change, Culture of Wellness
Faithful Families Eating Smart and Moving More
In: PreventionFaithful Families provides nutrition and healthy living education in faith communities, with a curriculum designed to tie together faith and health. The nine-part curriculum is taught by a trained nutritional facilitator and a lay leader from the faith community. The model has inspired similar faith-based prevention initiatives in at least seven other U.S. states.
Category: Innovator
Sponsor Type: Non-profit/NGO
Attributes: Behavior Change, Faith-based, Health Education, Nutrition & Healthy Eating, Peer Support, Targeted Population
Fruit & Vegetable Prescription (FVRx) Program
In: PreventionThe FVRx Program, by Wholesome Wave, enables healthcare providers to write individual prescriptions for fruits and vegetables for low-income patients working to adopt healthy lifestyle changes. Patients can redeem their prescribed fruits and vegetables at participating retailers, grocery stores, and farmer’s markets. Produce is either donated directly or paid for through donations. Patients enrolled in …
Category: Prime Performer
Sponsor Type: Non-profit/NGO
Attributes: Access/Affordability, Behavior Change, Nutrition & Healthy Eating, Personalized Care/Precision Medicine
Functional Medicine Coaching Academy
In: Healthcare Teams of the FutureThe Functional Medicine Coaching Academy offers a 12-month course that trains health coaches to help patients manage chronic diseases and improve their overall health and wellbeing. Students develop skills in functional medicine, functional nutrition, mind-body medicine, and positive psychology. Graduates from the program further their careers as health professionals by gaining leadership and empowerment skills …
Category: Prime Performer
Sponsor Type: Non-profit/NGO
Attributes: Behavior Change, Medical Education, Peer Support
Health Leads
In: Healthcare Teams of the FutureHealth Leads advocates for and enables health systems to address unmet basic social needs (i.e., housing, food, heat, transportation) as a form of healthcare. Health Leads was founded in 1996 with the goal to transform the U.S. health system from a “sickcare system” to a true “healthcare system.” Health Leads offers a variety of services …
Category: Gold Standard
Sponsor Type: Non-profit/NGO
Attributes: Access/Affordability, Interprofessional/Interdisciplinary Teams, Social Determinants of Health
Intermountain Healthcare
In: Healthcare Teams of the FutureIntermountain Healthcare operates 22 hospitals and 185 clinics serving Utah and parts of Idaho. Intermountain provides insurance for nearly half of Utah’s population through its SelectHealth plans. Because Intermountain Healthcare provides both insurance and care, it has greater incentive to avoid long-term costs. Intermountain invests heavily in population health, doing so through TeleHealth Services and …
Category: Gold Standard
Sponsor Type: Non-profit/NGO
Attributes: Culture of Wellness, Interprofessional/Interdisciplinary Teams, Personalized Care/Precision Medicine, Population Health, Quality Improvement
Jamie's Food Revolution
In: PreventionSpearheaded by British celebrity chef Jamie Oliver, Jamie’s Food Revolution has spurred national, coordinated nutrition movements in the UK, Canada, and Australia. The revolution’s six-point plan focuses on wide-sweeping changes for governments, schools, and individuals. The initiative includes a number of programs, including: Jamie’s Ministry of Food, which provides classes on cooking healthy meals; a …
Category: Prime Performer
Sponsor Type: Non-profit/NGO
Attributes: Community Outreach/Engagement, Environmental Change, Health Education, Nutrition & Healthy Eating, Population Health
Skinny Gene Project
In: PreventionSkinny Gene offers an online DPP, a brick-and-mortar DPP, and community events like cooking classes for participants in San Diego County. The variety of options, whether online, in-person, or community-based, allow participants to choose the program that best fits their needs. DPP programs have a partnership with SideKick health, which provides mobile support and easy …
Category: Innovator
Sponsor Type: Non-profit/NGO
Attributes: Behavior Change, DPP Translation, Online/App-Based/Digital
Worksite Wellness Council of Massachusetts
In: Workplace WellnessWorksite Wellness Council of Massachusetts aims to create networks and share best practices for workplace wellness. Through this coordination, workplace wellness can be scaled beyond individual employers and can more easily reach small businesses and other employers who might otherwise face barriers. Regional coordination can allow for investment in worksites to promote public health. Coordination …
Category: Prime Performer
Sponsor Type: Non-profit/NGO
Attributes: Culture of Wellness, Quality Improvement
YMCA Diabetes Prevention Program
In: PreventionAs the first real-life translation of the DPP study, the YMCA’s DPP program demonstrated that the study’s methods and structure could be effective in real-life settings. By using a group-based model and its own employees as program facilitators, the YMCA significantly reduces program costs. After completion of the core sessions, participants attend monthly maintenance sessions …
Category: Gold Standard
Sponsor Type: Non-profit/NGO
Attributes: Behavior Change, DPP Translation