Briana Martin, MSPE | EHF
At the beginning of this year, our Research and Evaluation team launched the Digging Deeper series. We know that our extensive research reports often leave readers wanting to dive deeper into certain topics—that’s exactly what Digging Deeper aims to do. Here’s a brief recap of what we wrote about in 2024:
In January, we dug into EHF’s annual health policy poll results to explore the longitudinal opinions and views of Texans since 2018, which revealed women’s health as a top priority. Additionally, we used our poll results to understand why 28% of Texan’s indicated that they don’t have access to a primary care provider (PCP).
Longitudinal Analysis of Texas Health Poll Results
January 11, 2024
Positive Deviance
This year, we also took a deep dive into the “positive deviance approach” with a five-part series to build off of our research report highlighting how listening to communities can find local, effective strategies to food and nutrition security.
Finer Points and Nuances of The Positive Deviance Approach
February 29, 2024
Reflections on Positive Deviance: Sit a Spell
June 27, 2024
Alternative Payment Models
EHF staff and partners used Digging Deeper to reflect on lessons learned from our participation in two projects related non-medical drivers of health (NMDOH) financing tools.
Special Topics
Lastly, we delved into two special topics: community paramedicine and diabetes awareness. These posts provide updates on the evaluation of a community paramedicine intervention we’ve supported in Longview, TX through the Texas Accountable Communities for Health Initiative (TACHI) and insights we’ve learned while exploring one of our new Priorities for Change: Diabetes Prevention.
The Promises of Community Paramedicine: GLOW Evaluation Update
October 24, 2024
National Diabetes Month 2024: Insights from Recent EHF Learnings
November 21, 2024
We’ve explored various topics this year, but we’re just scratching the surface. Join us as we continue to dig deeper in 2025! We have more to come, and we can’t wait to share it with you. Subscribe today→
More from Digging Deeper
Takeaways from a Survey of Texas Food Organizations
EHF partnered with the Baylor Collaborative on Hunger and Poverty to map the landscape of Texas-based food organizations and identify potential partnership opportunities. The findings from these surveys and interviews offer valuable insights into strengthening partnerships between healthcare systems and community-based food organizations.
The Role of SNAP in Addressing Food Insecurity in Texas
Learning about the Supplemental Nutrition Assistance Program (SNAP) in Texas, formerly called ‘food stamps’, and its possible role in reducing obstacles to health and well-being is essential for our efforts to address food insecurity.
Texas’ Medicaid Managed Care Learning Collaborative: Origin, Contexts, and Key Takeaways from 2024 Efforts
Episcopal Health Foundation (EHF) launched a partnership with key stakeholders more than six years ago to harness the capacity of MCOs in addressing non-medical needs of Medicaid members. The Learning Collaborative’s work has contributed to key legislation and policy changes that advance the NMDOH work of Medicaid MCOs to continually
