After presenting at this year’s IRHA Annual Conference in French Lick, Indiana this summer, MKM architecture + design Principal Zach Benedict, AIA, LEED AP, and Senior Associate Andrew Mitchell, AIA, ACHA, were asked to return and present their workshop entitled “Swimming Upstream: Reexamining the Social Determinants of Health in Rural America” at the IRHA 2018 Leadership Seminar & Rural Health Clinic Workshop in Odon, Indiana this week.
This session will examine the clinical and social impact of shifting demographics within rural communities, and how these trends have impacted overall health and well-being. It will also explore how indicators such as “happiness” and “engagement” can inspire effective strategies for addressing upstream social determinants of health, and frame a new mentality for rural community development.
