How it works
SA HealthPath serves San Antonio residents and helpers first, with a secondary Practice area for students and professionals. It translates Michael Richard Martin's MPH practicum architecture into a public navigation app; that transfer is a design judgment, not proof of outcomes or agency endorsement.
Practicum crosswalk
- Audience segmentation
- You select a topic, language, and optional access barriers. The app never assumes ethnicity, immigration status, eligibility, or diagnosis.
- CLAS-informed communication
- Plain English and Spanish guidance and copyable request templates support questions about cost, language, transportation, and access.
- Pipeline workflow
- Contactable services use device-local statuses: Saved, Ready to contact, Contacted, Waiting, and Connected (self-reported). Guidance uses Saved, Ready to read, and Read.
- Performance evaluation
- Counts describe only items and statuses on this device. They are not population analytics or evidence of health, equity, adoption, or learning outcomes.
- Systems thinking
- The documented loop is source → pathway → resource → action → self-reported follow-up → revision.
What is measured
The resident plan can count distinct saved resources and self-reported statuses. The separate, English-only Practice area can count valid attempts stored on this device. A real evaluation would require consent, a defined population, and separate measures such as confirmed service receipt. That evaluation has not been done. CDC Program Evaluation Framework.
What the app does not do
- It does not diagnose, triage symptoms, or score a resident's risk.
- It does not send referrals, contact programs, book appointments, decide eligibility, or show live availability.
- It does not ask for names, contact details, addresses, symptoms, or immigration status.