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About Getting Further Faster
The Getting Further Faster (GFF) initiative is a partnership between CDC’s National Center for Chronic Disease Prevention and Health Promotion (NCCDPHP), the Association of State and Territorial Health Officials (ASTHO), the National Association of County and City Health Officials (NACCHO), and community-led partnerships across the country. Our goal is to build the knowledge base around collaborative efforts that impact the SDOH by learning from actual work in communities.
What We Do
Understanding what is working and who is doing this work at the local level can inform how these efforts can be best supported by local, state and federal policies and resources. This project supports community partnerships by providing actionable steps, timely resources, and peer sharing opportunities to impact community health.
Targeting 5 links to chronic disease
Since 2020, this initiative worked with selected community coalitions with a history of demonstrated impact in addressing social determinants of health in one of five domains linked to chronic diseases:
What We’ve Learned
When communities lead efforts to strengthen the foundations of health, it works. Community-led health partnerships reported a range of positive outcomes, from better clinical outcomes to lower healthcare costs.
Partnerships participated in a retrospective evaluation to build the evidence base on successful coalition-led strategies and received targeted training and technical assistance to advance the work of the coalitions. This evaluation, conducted by RTI International, shows that these partnerships strengthened the foundations of community health and advanced health equity using different strategies, including making more spaces tobacco-free; increasing access to affordable, fresh food; building walking trails, bike lanes, and playgrounds; facilitating stronger social connections; and connecting patients to healthcare and social services in their language and culture.
See the data
What We’ve Achieved
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