Community Based Initiatives

Research shows that 80% of health outcomes are driven by factors outside the walls of the hospital. As a Hospital Authority, the FDHA is uniquely positioned to work with stakeholders in the hospital system and “beyond the walls” of the hospital in community settings.

The FDHA's Collaborative Approach to Health

It is through our shared work with community-based partners from various sectors, that we address health disparities and work to end health inequities. Through funded cooperative agreements, we work collaboratively with health and housing providers, the faith based communities and host of actors whose efforts intersect with issues of access to and the social determinants of health.

Faith Based Initiatives

In communities throughout the country and around the world, faith-based institutions have served as “safe spaces” for people seeking support, comfort and even healing. According to the Pew Research Center, 91% of Black Americans say religion is “somewhat” or “very important” in their lives. Therefore, engaging faith-based institutions as partners and trusted messengers in support of targeted community health promotion, awareness, and education initiatives, increases the likelihood that populations at high risk of illness are connected to resources.

Partners In Action

It takes the collective efforts of multiple organizations from various sectors working together to address the many health and social challenges that vulnerable, underserved and under resourced individuals face daily. Through the coordinated efforts of our partners, the FDHA seeks to close gaps in the Fulton/DeKalb continuum of prevention and care in the health ecosystem.

 

The FDHA and our partners at Grady, recognize that most of the factors that impact individual and community health outcomes occur outside the walls of the hospital. We further acknowledge that ensuring that all residents of Fulton and DeKalb have access to fair and equitable health resources requires moving beyond the walls of the hospital. The FDHA is committed to working with those agencies that respond to the economic and social conditions that influence individual and group health status, also known as the social determinants of health.