Dear Community Partners and Key Stakeholders,
We are well-underway in the process of moving from the Community Health Assessment (CHA) to the Community Health Improvement Process (CHIP) where we identify where we focus our efforts, identify strategies and develop action plans. If you have been part of our CHIP or similar efforts elsewhere, in hindsight we often question whether we have engaged all the needed stakeholders. This CHA/CHIP cycle we are trying to spend more time upfront thinking about engaging community voices and stakeholders. During the CHIP Advisory meeting last month, using tools from the ABLe Change Engagement Model, members were asked to identify which stakeholders should be included in addressing Birth Outcomes & Infant Mortality and Mental Health. We engaged in a process to consider those who are experiencing the health condition; providing services; supporting efforts to address the condition; and/or making decisions that affect the condition. Of those, we then identified who are already included and which partners are currently excluded. From this exercise, a long list of current and potential partners were named.
This Thursday the CHIP Advisory will be guided to consider the ways in which groups and individuals may engage to impact the focus health conditions. We will continue to identify stakeholders who have experienced poor birth outcomes, infant loss, and/or mental health issues; those who provide services and support these focus areas; and those who makes decisions that impact our focus health conditions in Buncombe County. Finally, we will consider at what stages and processes various stakeholders should be engaged and how to move forward to recruit them to partner in the CHIP.
In last month's Update we highlighted the process the CHIP Advisory began around Social Determinants of Health. We revisited this process at our March meeting and a working group was formed with the focus to draft shared language for CHIP Advisory and partners to consider using when discussing Social Determinants of Health that underlie our focus health conditions and is the foundation of our community-based work. We look forward to bringing this working group together soon.
Natalie S. Burke of CommonHealth ACTION, keynote speaker from Monday's Health Equity in Action conference at MAHEC, spent much of her time emphasizing the importance of language and challenged us to reconsider when we use the words: vulnerable, empower, under-served, non-white and community. To read more about her thoughts onto better ways to communicate challenging issues check out How to Fix a Broken Tongue. The conference focused on addressing Health Equity in Buncombe County and the creation, implementation, successes, and continued work to address Birth Outcomes and Infant mortality by Mothering Asheville. To view some of the highlights, visit Natalie Burke's twitter feed @natalie4health.
Keep up-to-date on more timely information and partner updates on our Facebook page. You'll also find resources and learning opportunities on our blog pages as well as ways to support our partners and engage in advocacy. To share your info on our Blog and Facebook pages, send content to Terri at anytime.
In appreciation of all you do!
The CHIP Team!
We are well-underway in the process of moving from the Community Health Assessment (CHA) to the Community Health Improvement Process (CHIP) where we identify where we focus our efforts, identify strategies and develop action plans. If you have been part of our CHIP or similar efforts elsewhere, in hindsight we often question whether we have engaged all the needed stakeholders. This CHA/CHIP cycle we are trying to spend more time upfront thinking about engaging community voices and stakeholders. During the CHIP Advisory meeting last month, using tools from the ABLe Change Engagement Model, members were asked to identify which stakeholders should be included in addressing Birth Outcomes & Infant Mortality and Mental Health. We engaged in a process to consider those who are experiencing the health condition; providing services; supporting efforts to address the condition; and/or making decisions that affect the condition. Of those, we then identified who are already included and which partners are currently excluded. From this exercise, a long list of current and potential partners were named.
This Thursday the CHIP Advisory will be guided to consider the ways in which groups and individuals may engage to impact the focus health conditions. We will continue to identify stakeholders who have experienced poor birth outcomes, infant loss, and/or mental health issues; those who provide services and support these focus areas; and those who makes decisions that impact our focus health conditions in Buncombe County. Finally, we will consider at what stages and processes various stakeholders should be engaged and how to move forward to recruit them to partner in the CHIP.
In last month's Update we highlighted the process the CHIP Advisory began around Social Determinants of Health. We revisited this process at our March meeting and a working group was formed with the focus to draft shared language for CHIP Advisory and partners to consider using when discussing Social Determinants of Health that underlie our focus health conditions and is the foundation of our community-based work. We look forward to bringing this working group together soon.
Natalie S. Burke of CommonHealth ACTION, keynote speaker from Monday's Health Equity in Action conference at MAHEC, spent much of her time emphasizing the importance of language and challenged us to reconsider when we use the words: vulnerable, empower, under-served, non-white and community. To read more about her thoughts onto better ways to communicate challenging issues check out How to Fix a Broken Tongue. The conference focused on addressing Health Equity in Buncombe County and the creation, implementation, successes, and continued work to address Birth Outcomes and Infant mortality by Mothering Asheville. To view some of the highlights, visit Natalie Burke's twitter feed @natalie4health.
Keep up-to-date on more timely information and partner updates on our Facebook page. You'll also find resources and learning opportunities on our blog pages as well as ways to support our partners and engage in advocacy. To share your info on our Blog and Facebook pages, send content to Terri at anytime.
In appreciation of all you do!
The CHIP Team!
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