his year reSET has taken on the issue of building “healthy communities” through a series of workshops, conversations and seminars that they refer to as a “Health & Access to Healthcare Design Lab.” The purpose of the “Design Lab” is to engage social entrepreneurs in the process of developing new, market-based solutions to Connecticut’s healthcare challenges.
Last week reSET partnered with the Connecticut Association of Directors of Health in a workshop called “Knowledge is Power: Measuring the Health of CT Communities.” Presenters shared the Health Equity Index, a first of its kind electronic tool that profiles and measures the social determinants that affect health and their correlations through community-specific health outcome scores and GIS (Geographic Information System) maps. While tools like the Health Equity Index continue to undergo important development, it can serve as an important source of inspiration for social entrepreneurs to address root causes of disparities.
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