What exactly is SLHI trying to accomplish?
Our mission is to improve the health of individuals and communities in Arizona, with an emphasis on strength-based community development and helping people to help themselves. We do this through the strategies of public education, advocacy, community development and the provision of technical assistance – all of which we undertake through partnerships and the development of communities of practice. We tend to be more opportunity-driven rather than follow a grand strategic plan – we look for those “tipping points” where our resources and connections can leverage constructive change and improved health outcomes, both at the grassroots level of community organizations and services, and at the level of health policy and systems development.
