HHS resources have described qualities and actions that partners in different sectors contribute to help build a stronger, more integrated health and social care system that supports Food Is Medicine interventions.
Addressing Health-Related Social Needs in Communities Across the Nation
This call to action [PDF - 875 KB] complements the companion U.S. Playbook to Address Social Determinants of Health, highlighting the critical need to develop well-coordinated health and social care systems to better address HRSNs, and describes actions the federal government is taking to promote this transformation.
Methods and Emerging Strategies to Engage People with Lived Experience
This brief identifies methods and emerging strategies [PDF - 1,489 KB] to engage people with lived experience in federal research, programming, and policymaking. It draws on lessons learned from federal initiatives across a range of human services areas to identify ways that federal staff can meaningfully and effectively engage people with lived experience.
Tips on Engaging Diverse Groups of External Partners
This tip sheet provides key considerations for how organizations can identify potential diverse external partners, conduct outreach to them, and build and sustain productive relationships with them.
Supporting Food and Nutrition Security through Healthcare
This resource summarizes the ways [PDF - 12.2 MB] in which health care systems, public health practitioners, and public health allies can partner to support food and nutrition security in their communities through programs, policies, and practices.
It is written through the lens of supporting actors to work together to address diet-related health disparities, including health care systems and payors, state health agencies, local health departments, and other public health allies such as universities, community-based organizations, and Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) grantees.