Community-Driven Strategies to Address Stigma and Build Healthier Communities in Maine
This paper tells the story of three communities that are working to reduce stigma in order to create more equitable systems that enhance the health and well-being of all Mainers. Their efforts grew organically from community member stories about how they were treated in various systems, driving collaboratives to shift resources toward stigma reduction. These…
Read MoreMaine Barriers to Integration Study: Environmental Scan
Analysis of 2006 Maine Emergency Department Use
Analysis of Emergency Department Use in Maine
Evaluation of Integration Initiative Year Two Report
Maine Tracking Survey on Awareness of New Health Insurance Options-Spring 2014
Critical Insights poll of Mainers awareness of and attitudes toward the Affordable Care Act and enroll207.
Read MorePayment Reform Program Evaluation
The University of Southern Maine’s Muskie School of Public Service served as external evaluators for MeHAF’s Payment Reform program, which was active from 2011–2014. They developed three policy issue briefs that explore key issues related to the work of payment reform and health care delivery redesign: organizational change, access to and use of health data,…
Read MoreThriving in Place Case Study: Reducing Social Isolation in Maine
For older adults, social isolation and loneliness can be a predictor of poor health, especially depression, other mood disorders, anxiety, and alcohol and drug abuse. This case study examines the efforts of four Thriving in Place (TiP) communities during their first year of implementation (November 1, 2014-October 31, 2015) to examine and reduce social isolation…
Read MoreEvaluation of MeHAF by the Center for Effective Philanthropy
MeHAF regularly includes evaluation as a component of its grantmaking. In addition, as a foundation that seeks to learn from and improve our own work, we periodically evaluate our grant processes and our relationships with grantees and applicants. This helps us to understand how well we communicate our programmatic goals and interact with those who…
Read MoreBuilding a Healthier Community through Conversation: The Oxford County Wellness Collaborative
Essential to MeHAF’s Healthy Community philosophy is to encourage communities to determine what they want to achieve, what they already have in place, what system barriers exist that they can collectively address without creating new programs or services, and what they need to create. The goal is to seed multiple aligned strategies and encourage diverse…
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