In this episode of Community Conversations with Dr. Jill Bowen, I spend some time with Katrina Pratt-Roebuck.

Katrina Pratt-Roebuck is Senior Director of Systems Integration for the City of Philadelphia Department of Behavioral Health and Intellectual disAbility Services (DBHIDS). Katrina oversees the Systems Integration unit’s work across the seven divisions of DBHIDS as well as with systemwide stakeholders, including government agencies, community-based organizations, and other key partners, to align, coordinate, and integrate work, to improve processes, operations, and programming for the people we serve with the overall goal of improving population health.

Katrina and Dr. Bowen have a lively discussion about implementing DBHIDS missions and thinking about ‘health’ as a whole person idea. Katrina also talks about a new grant DBHIDS received and what they’ve learned from some focus groups she’s already facilitated. One theme: be kind and care, it makes life so much more pleasant.

I hope you enjoy the conversation. Be well Philadelphia.

*This episode will be the final TEC Talk Community Conversations with Dr. Jill Bowen as host. As of April 15, 2024, Dr. Bowen stepped down as Commissioner of the City of Philadelphia Department of Behavioral Health and Intellectual disAbility Services (DBHIDS) to take on a new opportunity with the state government of Vermont. Dr. Bowen's vision to address Trauma, achieve Equity, and engage Community will continue, as will the TEC Talk Community Conversations. Stay tuned!

Links and Resources from this episode

DBHIDS-TEC  
Healthy Minds Philly