Impact & Outcomes

We evaluate our program rigorously in partnership with UCSF and Stanford research teams.

We're driven by data as a part of our commitment to health equity.

We track outcomes to better understand the changes our participants undergo. But even more meaningfully, we track outcomes to revolutionize the standard of care in medicine, a change which has to be data-driven. This commitment is fueled by our drive to make this transformative work accessible to everyone.

We partner with UCSF and Stanford to measure exercise, diet, depression and more, along with Emergency Department visits, biomarkers, and primary care utilization. All of our data come from patients at low-income clinics, who have varied health challenges including diabetes, heart disease, depression, chronic pain, as well as significant socio-economic barriers to health.

Our patient outcomes speak for themselves

Outcomes measures are collected from participants at baseline and each month thereafter. These are analyzed with mixed linear models to make use of the longitudinal nature of the data, to address missing data, and to account for individual variability.

ER Visits Results Graphs
ED Visits/Hospitalizations
77% Reduction in Emergency Dept Visits
ED visits/Hospitalizations in 6 months prior to attending group and 6 months following group, p = .14, n = 49.
Blood pressure results graph
Blood Pressure
19pt Reduction in BP
Systolic Blood Pressure p < .001, Diastolic BP p < .05, n = 85 from a subset of hypertensive patients.
Anxiety, Depression, and Loneliness stats
Mental Health
43% Decrease in Depression, 41% Decrease in Anxiety
All p’s < .001; Mental Health outcomes are measured with PHQ-9 (n = 244), GAD-7 (n = 142), and UCLA 3-item. Loneliness Scale (n = 241), from a subsample of depressed patients.
Exercise Graph
Physical Activity
51% Increase in weekly physical activity
All p’s < .001, exercise measured with Exercise as a Vital Sign (n = 755).
Daily Fruits and Vegetable results
Daily Servings Fruits & Vegs
26% Increase in fruit/veg intake
Diet measured with 2-Item Fruit and Vegetable intake (n = 744).
Connection Measurements and Results graphs
Connection
Increase in Social Connection
Connection measured with the Social Connectedness Scale – Revised (SCS-R, n = 320, p < .01).
Wellbeing Results
Wellbeing
Increase in Wellbeing
Wellbeing measured with the World Health Organization 5-item Wellbeing Index (WHO-5, n = 617, p < .001).

Hear from our participants directly

We're proud of our impact

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Testimonials

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Anonymous
OSW Participant
Tiburcio Vasquez Health Center
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“Pues dejé de consumir cosas que no me nutrían, que me ayudaban a que mis inflamaciones ahí seguían, y yo, era como no saber qué dieta llevar. Y aquí es totalmente diferente. Ya cada verdura o cada fruta que estoy consumiendo, sé los nutrientes, o sé lo que estoy comiendo y para qué me puede ayudar.”
Anonymous
OSW Participant
Tiburcio Vasquez Health Center
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“Aqui en OSW dejas de ser ese robot que eras, porque la verdad ni para doblarme podía, y ahorita ya puedo hacer más ejercicio. Hasta mi hijo ya se sorprende, me dice: Madre, ¿puedes hacer todo eso? –Le digo: Pues mira, hasta yo misma me sorprendo!”
Michael
OSW Participant
Alameda Health System
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“Being a part of OSW has helped me to have more motivation when I may not have previously felt it and, in this difficult Covid time, being a part of OSW has helped me connect with others when I really need it. I'm really glad I am a part of it.”
Lydia
OSW Participant
Family Medicine Associates
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“We were given a new tool each week to help us build on making changes. They were small steps - which helped to keep things from being overwhelming. The steps were attainable and logical.”
Virgilio
OSW Participant
Tiburcio Vasquez Health Center
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“Eh logrado muchas cosas mi control de azúcar y bajado de peso e aprendido a llevar una buena alimentación.”

External Research related to our work