Using Community Involvement Strategies in the Fight against Infant Mortality: Lessons from a Multisite Study of the National Healthy Start Experience

Minkler, Meredith; Thompson, Mildred; Bell, Judith; Rose, Kalima; Redman, Dina

doi:10.1177/152483990200300213

Health Promotion Practice

2002

DOI: 10.1177/152483990200300213

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Using Community Involvement Strategies in the Fight against Infant Mortality: Lessons from a Multisite Study of the National Healthy Start Experience

Meredith Minkler

Mildred Thompson²,

Judith Bell

et al.

Abstract: hen President Clinton introduced his bold new public health initiative aimed at eliminating racial and ethnic disparities in health by the year 2010, he identified infant mortality as one of the six key problem areas that 176

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“…The fetal infant mortality review process (FIMR) is a powerful method to identify factors associated with mortality (Baltay, McCormick, & Wise, 1999;Minkler, Thompson, Bell, Rose, & Redman, 2002;Misra et al, 2004;. During 2006 to 2008 a FIMR process was conducted due to high rates of fetal and infant mortality in one small urban community located in southeast Wisconsin.…”

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Vigilance in Parents' Experiences of Fetal and Infant Loss

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Joint working for health and social outcomes: the partnership‐leadership mantra

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2009

International Journal of Leadership in Public Services

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Inclusion and participation have become key values steering the policies of many governments. Hence, partnerships are now considered increasingly prominent vehicles for stakeholder synergy, added value, collaborative advantage and building local capacities to address health and social concerns. However, generally leadership across organisational boundaries has received little attention, and particularly partnership leadership represents a central challenge in any collective undertaking.As an example, this paper starts by shedding light on the meaning of partnership. It then poses several questions in order to navigate the partnership‐leadership mantra. The paper examines the skills of leaders in five South African community partnerships as reported from the perspectives of each partnership and each participating stakeholder group. It describes the uniqueness of how each partnership views its leaders and the distinctiveness of how each stakeholder appraises its leadership. It highlights diffuse and shared leadership in collaborative settings, and it encourages the nurturing of emergent leaders. It concludes that one size of leadership does not fit all partnerships.

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Community Health Workers as Drivers of a Successful Community-Based Disease Management Initiative

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In 2005, local leaders in New York City developed the Washington Heights/Inwood Network for Asthma Program to address the burden of asthma in their community. Bilingual community health workers based in community organizations and the local hospital provided culturally appropriate education and support to families who needed help managing asthma. Families participating in the yearlong care coordination program received comprehensive asthma education, home environmental assessments, trigger reduction strategies, and clinical and social referrals. Since 2006, 472 families have enrolled in the yearlong program. After 12 months, hospitalizations and emergency department visits decreased by more than 50%, and caregiver confidence in controlling the child's asthma increased to nearly 100%. Key to the program's success was the commitment and involvement of community partners from program inception to date.

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Using Community Involvement Strategies in the Fight against Infant Mortality: Lessons from a Multisite Study of the National Healthy Start Experience

Abstract: hen President Clinton introduced his bold new public health initiative aimed at eliminating racial and ethnic disparities in health by the year 2010, he identified infant mortality as one of the six key problem areas that 176

Cited by 3 publications

References 15 publications

Vigilance in Parents' Experiences of Fetal and Infant Loss

Vigilance in Parents' Experiences of Fetal and Infant Loss

Joint working for health and social outcomes: the partnership‐leadership mantra

Community Health Workers as Drivers of a Successful Community-Based Disease Management Initiative

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