GUVIST: Where You’ve Seen Us
GUVIST: Where You’ve Seen Us
- May 25, 2025
- May 9, 2025
- November 25, 2024
- October 8, 2024
Our Mission is to improve the health of Upper Valley residents through shared public health initiatives and services within a network of community stakeholders.
Dartmouth Synergy Clinical and Translational Science Institute Storytelling Booth
/by Cara BaskinMay 2025, Hanover NH
Dartmouth’s Center for Advancing Rural Health Equity and Synergy partnered to offer a Storytelling Booth at the Rural Health Symposium, to record and share stories of rural health as a continuation of a Storytelling Training workshop from 2024 led by Murphy Barney of StoryCorps.
Audio of GUVIST’s approach to rural health integration opportunities coming soon!
Rural Health Symposium: Advancing Rural Health Through Research, Policy, and Community Partnerships
/by Cara BaskinMay 2025, Hanover NH
GUVIST attended Dartmouth Health’s inaugural Rural Health Symposium, hosted by Dartmouth Health, Geisel School of Medicine and The Dartmouth Institute for Health Policy and Clinical Practice (TDI). The symposium offered a Storytelling Booth, panels, presentations from researchers, leaders and policy makers, breakout sessions on rural health research, community engagement and political drivers of health, and a poster session, where GUVIST highlighted its work with Little Rivers Health Care and the collective impact of a Food Farmacy.
Cara Baskin presenting a poster on GUVIST facilitated work with Little Rivers Health Care: Collective Action in Rural Communities for Reducing Cardiovascular Disease Risk through Social Drivers of Health
New England Rural Health Association Conference
/by Cara BaskinNovember 2024, Groton CT
The New England Rural Health Association is a hub for all sectors of rural health in Connecticut, Massachusetts, Maine, New Hampshire, Rhode Island, and Vermont to receive technical assistance, consulting, research and community engagement support, and much more.
Their annual conference brings together rural healthcare professionals from hospitals, clinics, oral health, behavioral health, human services, higher education, advocates, community leaders and stakeholders, sharing research, grant opportunities and learnings and best practices. The 2024 conference theme was Promoting Sustainability. Stay tuned for the 2025 conference on Rural Health in a Changing World.
Cara Baskin and Rudy Fedrizzi presenting Collective Action in Rural Communities: Promoting Sustainability with the Greater Upper Valley Integrated Services Team
Click here to find a pdf of the powerpoint presentation.
Vermont Viewpoint WDEV Radio Interview
/by Cara BaskinOctober 2024, broadcast in Waterbury VT
WDEV’S Public Affairs Program, Vermont Viewpoint, invited Cara Baskin and Courtney McKaig (Family Wellness Coach and Behavior Specialist in Pediatrics and Community Health at Mt. Ascutney Hospital and Health Center) to share GUVIST’s approach to quality improvement in the early childhood sector. Their interview starts at 23 minutes and can be found here.