Upriver Health Strategies

Supporting evidence- and ethics-informed decisions that protect community wellness and hope.

Michelle C. Fong, MPH

michellef6723@gmail.com
(207) 319-6663

Services

Program & Resource Planning

Impact & Outcome Assessments

Formative research including the identification of evidence-based best practices and their essential elements, assessment of local context, identification of stakeholders and key roles, stakeholder listening and reporting, integration of stakeholder values, culture, and beliefs with appropriate behavioral health frameworks for maximum program effectiveness, iterative stakeholder pilot tests, embedding of assessments into program design - i.e., “Begin with the end in mind”, capital, material, and human resource planning and prioritization

Identification of short-term objectives and long-term goals, differentiation of process and impact metrics, goal accountability design, definition of assessment frequency and reporting and feedback routes

Policy & Strategy

Review and analysis of current organizational and governmental policies and their anticipated and actual outcomes (including unexpected ones), determination of viable policy options, preparation of legislative briefs, provision of written or verbal legislative testimony, advocacy thought partnership and planning, grassroots policy training

Research & Reporting

Health Problem Analysis

Logic modeling for identification of root causes, factors that affect health outcomes, and anticipated impacts of interventions (i.e., causative, effect, and impact theories), prioritization of interventions

Data and literature searches, community assessments, synthesis of information, application of evidence-based decision-making frameworks, preparation of reports, visual representations of concepts and data (e.g., charts, figures, network diagrams, etc.)

Special Expertise

  • Social and political drivers of health

  • The care continuum for people with neurodevelopmental disabilities and mental health co-morbidities

  • Data-driven public health equity

  • Caregiver wellness

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We need leaders who care enough, know enough, have the courage to do enough, and who will persevere until the job is done. ~Dr. David Satcher