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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Maria Teresa
OSW Participant
Tiburcio Vasquez Health Center
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“Renacer en mi la curiosidad e interés por las situaciones de la vida diaria.”
Marco
OSW Participant
Tiburcio Vasquez Health Center
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“Ayudan en las metas y dan mucha informacion que ayuda y cumplir las metas.”
Tim
OSW Participant
Family Medicine Associates
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“I don't feel alone with my health struggles.”
E’Niyah
OSW Participant
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“The biggest change it has had is teaching me how to not criticize myself for not being able to do well. But also, that I have an official and verified source and what to do with my body and what will actually work for my body besides just using the internet. I was trying so hard to get healthy, but all the information I found was over the internet, which is not always a dependable source. Or word of mouth. Or my regular doctors, who are not always accessible or thorough due to time constraints. In the medical system today, we need patient doctors. We need doctors who are willing to be the catalyst for change and care about our health, especially as marginalized people."
Anonymous
OSW Participant
Tiburcio Vasquez Health Center
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“Aquí es totalmente diferente. Y siento que las personas que estamos ahí, pues podemos expresar ovivimos de diferente manera... y a veces hasta pues lo aplaudimos, porque pues con todas las experiencias vividas o el dolor que trae uno o lo que pasa después de… afuera en su vida propia, pues eso no cualquiera lo puede decir ni contar.”

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