MHA Launches Hospital Benefit and Public Trust Campaign During Community Health Improvement Week

This week is Community Health Improvement Week. Hospitals’ work to improve health in the communities they serve is essential to maintaining and building public trust in an era where institutions are viewed with skepticism by a growing share of the public.

MHA embarked on a campaign to share hospitals’ community health-related stories from throughout the state.

Today, MHA launched the first — a video spotlighting the Hospital to Housing program supported by BJC HealthCare and Barnes-Jewish Hospital in St. Louis, and St. Louis social services agencies St. Patrick Center and LIV Recovery Sober Living. The program employs a long-range, multipronged approach designed to help people with complex, interrelated needs find housing and achieve better health.

To reach more Missourians and connect them to the good work going on in your community and throughout the state, MHA needs your community benefit stories. Please share examples of how your hospital or health system is working to implement your community health needs assessment or partnering with local organizations to address health challenges locally.

When you share stories on social media, please use the hashtag #MoHospitalsCare to help us identify and amplify your efforts. In addition to sharing on social media, we’ll include select stories in our multimedia campaign to broaden awareness at MissouriHealthMatters.com.