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Although there is no commonly agreed upon definition for community engagement, at its heart community engagement means mutual decision making through collaboration. People, organizations, and government working collaboratively to create, realize and sustain visions for their community's future. Today, we join Jodi Cunningham, PhD, Director of Health and Housing at the Community Builders, Inc. to discuss how she deepens relationships with community, promotes the idea of intentional authentic interactions and uses her power to influence decision making with community voice at the center. Instagram: @Dr.Jodicunningham LinkedIn: Jodi Cunnigham, PhD To learn more about Avondale Children Thrive, visit the BUILD Health Challenge website here. Avondale Children Thrive was featured on PBS NewsHour. The video can be found here. Listen & Subscribe to Equity Matters Podcast: Apple Podcasts, Google Podcasts, Podbean, and Spotify Follow us on Twitter & Instagram Like us on Facebook Subscribe to the Equity Matters E-Zine Register for the Equity Matters Social Justice Academy
The Republican National Convention comes to a close as Donald Trump accepts the party's nomination. We examine a splintered party's direction under the current president.Then, today marks the anniversary of Emmett Till's death. How has his example shaped race relations in the decades since?Plus, studies suggest Black women are three times more likely to die during pregnancy. What one health group is doing in the Delta to address this alarming rate.Segment 1:It was a nomination acceptance speech unlike any before. In an adorned front lawn, complete with Trump-Pence campaign signs and slogans, Donald Trump officially accepted the Republican Party's nomination for re-election. Lucien Smith is Chair of the Mississippi Republican Party. He tells our Desare Frazier the convention has served to present voters a contrast of ideas.But the 2016 nomination and consequential Presidency of Donald Trump has caused some splintering in the Republican Party. A handful of prominent party members have been outspoken against the President - especially his temperament. Perhaps no group more than The Lincoln Project - whose membership includes Mississippian and Republican campaign strategist Stuart Stevens.Segment 2:Sixty-five years ago today, a young black boy visiting from Chicago was brutally murdered in the Mississippi Delta for allegedly flirting with a white woman. His death galvanized the civil rights movement - a movement often defined by the March on Washington exactly eight years following his murder. For some, Till now serves as a modern day symbol for injustice against African Americans nationwide. Jerry Mitchell, author and founder of the Mississippi Center for Investigative Reporting, tells our Ashley Norwood Till has become a modern day symbol for injustice to African Americans throughout the Black Lives Matter movement.Segment 3:As COVID rages on, the inequities that contribute to Black mothers being 3x more likely to die during pregnancy compared to white women are exacerbated further, especially in communities like Sunflower County, which experiences one of the highest per-capita rates of COVID in the country. Through the BUILD Health Challenge, a partnership has stepped up to provide families with information, resources and support to help them navigate pregnancy and motherhood during COVID. Melanie Williams is the Program Manager for the Delta Health Alliance. See acast.com/privacy for privacy and opt-out information.
Starting with the aim to tackle root causes of chronic disease in communities, BUILD Health Challenge launched their first cohort in 2015. Today, they are supporting work in 37 communities within 21 different states including the Washington D.C. Celebrating innovation and creativity, cohort members are tacking complex health issues in unique ways that are accomplishing solid results. Join us as we talk with Emily about her company’s continued journey to learn alongside the community.
Catherine Patterson is the founder of the Build Health Challenge addressing health issues at the local level..including Houston.
Can we solve chronic disease using a medical model? In this episode, the first in a series with speakers from the 2017 second Starfield Summit, we talked with Dr. Lloyd Michener – the principal investigator of the Practical Playbook, which facilitates the integration of primary care and public health – about why primary care clinicians need to collaborate with public health agencies to tackle chronic disease, how to look at data differently to identify what’s really happening in our communities, and how primary care can be a better partner in community collaborations. Lloyd Michener is a professor of Community and Family Medicine at Duke, the department’s former chair, and one of the country’s pre-eminent authorities on reducing health disparities through community health, community engagement, and practice redesign. Lloyd also leads the technical support service of the BUILD Health Challenge (bold, upstream, integrated, local, and data-driven), a national competitive award program aimed at improving hospital, community, and public health collaborations that improve health. He has also served as President of the Association for Prevention Teaching & Research, Chair of the Council of Academic Societies and as a member of the Board of the Association of Academic Medical Colleges. You can also learn more about his personal and professional journey here. The Starfield Summit brought together leaders in primary care, clinicians, experts, advocates, patients, and community members – this year in order to collaborate in paving paths towards health equity and social accountability. The Summit was primarily sponsored by Family Medicine for America’s Health, Oregon Health & Science University, and OCHIN. Stay tuned in upcoming weeks for more speakers from the Starfield Summit.
Emily Yu, MBA, is Executive Director of the BUILD Health Challenge, an All In partner initiative that supports local collaborations between community-based organizations, health departments, and hospitals/health systems that are working to address important health issues in their communities. She shared examples of innovative multi-sector projects happening across the country and described key learnings, tools, and frameworks for multi-sector, community-driven partnerships working to reduce health disparities caused by system-based or social inequity. To date, BUILD has supported 37 projects in 21 states and Washington, DC. Resources for this podcast are available at: www.allindata.org/podcast-17 * Hosted by: Peter Eckart, co-founder of All In: Data for Community Health * Podcast Guest: Emily Yu, BUILD Health Challenge
With the goal to tackle root causes of chronic disease in communities, BUILD Health Challenge launched its first cohort in 2015. Today, it is supporting work in 37 communities within 21 different states including Washington D.C. Celebrating innovation and creativity, cohort members are tacking complex health issues in unique ways that are accomplishing solid results. This episode discusses BUILD Health Challenge’s continued journey to learn alongside its communities.
Podcast host Peter Eckart joined Evette DeLuca, Executive Director of Partners for Better Health, during a site visit for their new CIC-START project, which is leveraging multi-sector partnerships to create a shared definition and action plan for health equity related to the causes and drivers of obesity in Ontario, CA. The project will integrate its existing data platform into local health systems’ electronic medical records to provide a packaged screening intervention for health equity at hospitals and health centers across Ontario. Partners for Better Health was previously funded by the BUILD Health Challenge to systems and policy for long-term sustainability while expanding Health Hubs and environmental solutions across the City of Ontario. Resources for this podcast are available at: www.allindata.org/podcast-02 * Hosted by: Peter Eckart, co-founder of All In: Data for Community Health * Podcast Guest: Evette De Luca of Partners for Better Health