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4 Engaging Communities in Building a Culture of Health
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... Following the presentations (highlights provided in Box 4-1) , Jomella Watson-Thompson, an associate professor of applied behavioral science and an associate director of the Work Group for Community Health and Development4 at the University of Kansas, moderated an open discussion.
From page 50...
... . • Asset framing rejects narratives that denigrate people by focusing instead on portraying people as assets who are capable of working with others to change their community for the better (McElroy)
From page 51...
... She noted, too, that Oregon's Community Health W ­ orkers Association now offers training to certify community health workers. Castro said that her community was proud to be recognized as a Culture of Health prizewinner, particularly being a rural community where 5 This section is the rapporteurs' synopsis of the presentation by Yesenia Castro, the Mid Columbia Health Equity Advocates coalition coordinator at Nuestra Comunidad Sana/ The Next Door, Inc., and the statements have not been endorsed or verified by the National Academies of Sciences, Engineering, and Medicine.
From page 52...
... Today, she said, community decision makers look to the area's community-based organizations to ask important questions and actively engage community members in the decision-making and policy-change processes. One recent example of what happens when there is true collaboration has been the development of plain language training materials so that documents given to community members, including applications for programs and letters, are now understandable by everyone.
From page 53...
... . 8 This section contains the rapporteurs' synopsis of the presentation by Shelton McElroy, a project manager at Metro United Way and a Change Makers leadership instructor at J ­ efferson Community and Technical College, and the statements have not been endorsed or verified by the National Academies of Sciences, Engineering, and Medicine.
From page 54...
... • By using a national model of a youth violence reduction and high risk student mentoring program. 9 For more information, go to http://agesandstages.com (accessed March 31, 2017)
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... For example, people who are doing the serving tend to characterize themselves with labels such as • Trainer • Provider • Mentor • Stabilizer • Promoter • Educator • Change Agent Furthermore, the work that they do may be characterized as • Value-generating • Faith-based • Research-based In contrast, the communities in which residents live whom the service providers are engaging may be framed in the following manner: • Troubled neighborhood • Target neighborhood • Priority zip code • Problems of poverty • Youth violence • Underserved Furthermore, community residents may be labeled using such words as
From page 56...
... That is sustainability." 24:1 COMMUNITY11 The 24:1 Community comprises 24 small municipalities totaling approximately 40,000 people that make up the Normandy School District in North Saint Louis County. Initially these small municipalities grew out of the "white flight" phenomenon, Co said.
From page 57...
... Beyond Housing and its partners developed a robust community engagement process that resulted in the 24:1 Community plan. This plan calls for the 24 communities to have a unified vision for creating a strong community, successful children, and engaged families.
From page 58...
... Concerning the issue of additional resources and capacities that have been helpful for her program to sustain its community health partnerships, Co said that one resource is having a backbone agency with dedicated staff that keeps the partners accountable. It is also important, she said, to create a common agenda that supersedes individual interests and the agendas of specific organizations.
From page 59...
... Answers included hospitals, including pediatrics and obstetrics-­ gynecology specialties; public health and behavioral health departments; health advocates; housing departments and homeless shelters; school districts and community college; child care providers and Head Start; community members, including youth and grandparents; the faithbased community; fire and police departments; policy makers; social services; community organizers and connectors; city planners; executive office leaders; justice system; tenant organizations; business associations; neighborhood associations; libraries; and senior citizen centers. Co remarked how important it is to invite participation from a broad range of grassroots and community perspectives (and not just health professionals)
From page 60...
... McElroy said that he sees success in his community when he sees leadership within the community developed and people who were previously excluded now at the table. Shauneequa Owusu of ChangeLab Solutions asked the panelists how they mitigate or address community fatigue, given that many solutions can take a long time to develop.
From page 61...
... Mary Pittman from the Public Health Institute asked the panelists how they keep their communities going when their efforts hit a major roadblock and they have to regroup and perhaps go in a different direction or invite additional voices to the table. Castro said that the result of the recent presidential election was just such an event.
From page 62...
... Castro replied that this is the nature of the nonprofit world, where grants come and go and funding sources can change regularly. While this is the reality and points to the importance of having good grant writers available, a program's hard-earned momentum can be halted by the fact that different granting organizations and requests for proposals can have different deliverables and metrics.
From page 63...
... Using a strategy developed by a mother in New York who had worked through the system to be reunited with her children and who had begun working to help other families reunite with their children, Metro United Way piloted the same approach and demonstrated that it worked. The Department of Community-Based Services eventually hired this mother and some of the other mothers and fathers who had had engagement with Child Protective Services.


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