Resilience Catalysts in Public Health

Leading Public Health 3.0: Reducing and eliminating adversity by fostering equity through policy, practice and program change to build resilience.

Resilience Catalysts (RC) operationalizes the novel Community Resilience (CR) framework developed at GW to provide a pathway for local health departments (LHDs) across the country to convening multiple sectors to address root causes of inequity in their communities. As Community Health Strategists, LHDs identify structural drivers of adversity and work across sectors to implement policy, program, and practice changes to foster equity and build community resilience. 

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RC Publications

From 2019 to 2024, three cohorts of LHDs have completed the RC process. Read about our successes and learnings below! 

Evaluation Report: Resilience Catalysts in Public Health 

Read this report to learn about the RC process and how sites implemented CCR’s Community Resilience framework as a Public Health 3.0 strategy to address both adverse childhood experiences and adverse community environments.

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Addressing Systemic Inequities: An Evaluation of the Resilience Catalysts in Public Health Program

CCR's Resilience Catalysts in Public Health program was recently featured in the Journal of Public Health Management and Practice (JPHMP). The article captures learnings from CCR and NACCHO's implementation of the Resilience Catalysts in Public Health program.

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