Rebecca Onie Case Analysis

Rebecca Onie talks about something called Health Leads in Boston, something that she helped create. In order to become an organization that could become a larger part of the healthcare industry, this would need to be a nonprofit. It would need to have the focus placed on giving and not receiving. According to Kirst-Ashman, “Businesses and social service organizations have much in common. Both need resources, namely money, to function” (2011, pp. 138). While fundraising would be a necessity to ensure Health Leads would stay operational, it would need to be giving back a majority of these funds in order to make a difference.
This type of organization would fall under the ecosystems theory in social work. This is because its input is to bring in the necessary resources in order to provide a service to the community. While the output would be the resources that are being …show more content…
With Health Leads this is where ensuring that the proper recommendations have been taken to ensure that each individual who walks into a hospital receive the care they need for once they return home. Rather this is a recommendation on how to eat healthier and exercise or having your power turned back on. Onie explains that these are the services that individuals need once receiving medical attention for this initial concern. (Onie, 2012). These are also the social factors that would influence this type of organization. Whereas, economic forces in terms of how to pay for some of the services being provided would come into question. While many are putting individuals in connection with services that already exist within communities, some mean having to momentarily help an individual to ensure that their home remains warm in the cold months. Fundraising and bringing awareness that these are issues plaguing their communities would help with the economics of this