Equity and Inclusion are much on our minds, especially as CHIP is working to develop our process to hear and engage diverse voices so that we can better understand the story behind the data that led us to elevate Birth Outcomes & Infant Mortality and Mental Health as focus health conditions. At our last CHIP Advisory Meeting we continued to use tools from the ABLe Change Engagement Model, to guide us in thinking about the continuum of community engagement as well as how to engage the range of voices in the way that bests respects their expertise and preferences for informing and/or participating. We often use a more detailed framework to talk the the community engagement continuum that may be helpful in considering how to engage community voices. And since it has shown up at meetings and workshops 3 times this month, it seems apparent that we are meant to share this version with you. Let us know if it is helpful. In the meantime we continue to talk to CHIP partners about the voices that should be part of this work moving forward, whether it is hearing from and learning from their stories, co-developing strategies or supporting their innovative practices. We will be identifying dates and locations for community conversations in the next month and begin contacting you and other stakeholders as soon as we can.
A small group of CHIP Advisory met earlier this month to continue the work on shared language around Social Determinants of Health, building on the the concepts and values that were identified by CHIP Advisory in February. This working group will meet at least one more time before draft language is brought back to the advisory to finalize as well as identify what specific tools we need in our SDoH toolkit. And, as folks throughout the state are having substantive conversations around SDoH, we wanted to alert you to mark your calendar for Social Determinants of Health and it's Impact on North Carolina on June 18th at MAHEC.
April 11 - 17th was the second annual Black Maternal Health Week organized by the Black Mamas Matter Alliance (BMMA). BMMA is a Black women-led cross-sectoral alliance that envisions a world where Black mamas have the rights, respect, and resources to thrive before, during, and after pregnancy. BMHW asks that we be intentional about centering Black women’s voices, stories and thought leadership. Cindy McMillan is one of the inspiring leaders and doulas from SistasCaring4Sistas that we are honored to work alongside. Please read Cindy's powerful call to action in honor of Black Maternal Heath Week here.
Our team of Evan, Hannah, Zo and Terri just returned from Nashville for the second in our Collective Impact Learning Cohort workshops. This workshop was entitled Implementing Equity Frameworks: Creating Systematic Change and provided many tools and resources that we will be sharing with you in the future. One easy-to-share takeaway from the training was this excellent Resources for Implementing Equity Frameworks list from the course faculty that we have added to our resource page.
And finally, we have presentations coming up at our next CHIP Advisory that we think you will be interested in. At our last meeting is was apparent that there still is not a clear understanding of the framework that we are using to think about, organize and take action around our focus health conditions over the next several months. We've asked Erin Braasch with WNC Health Impact to spend a little bit of time unpacking guiding questions and our process from a less "in the weeds" perspective that we think will be helpful for many of you.
We are also very excited to share a presentation on the CHA Listening Session qualitative data analysis at our CHIP Advisory Council meeting on May 2nd! Liane Ventura has been interning with us this spring semester from the East Tennessee State University, Master of Public Health Program and has conducted a in-depth analysis of the listening sessions that we believe you will find very informative. For those of you who do not attend the CHIP Advisory, her presentation slides and the report will be available soon on our CHIP blog.
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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