For me, resiliency is in part innate. I don't think we can teach resilience. Through love and connection we can most certainly nurture it. A key piece of resiliency is connection with others. I look back at all that I have endured in my life and wonder what made me keep getting back up. Why did I become more tenacious each time life and family knocked me down? For me, what kept me going was being out in the world connecting with people throughout the day. It made me feel part of something...

Like many health funders across the country, the Episcopal Health Foundation (EHF) is investing in health system transformation through use of population health, community prevention interventions, and value-based payment systems. The justification for doing so is solidly based: population health is mostly shaped by social determinants of health. When we neglect to take into account the health impact of our policy, regulation, planning, and other decisions (in, for example, enforcement of...