Achieving Behavioral Health Equity for Children, Families, and Communities Proceedings of a Workshop (2019) / Chapter Skim
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7 Creating Partnerships and Engaging Communities
7 Creating Partnerships and Engaging Communities
Pages 53-60
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Komro, Rollins School of Public Health at Emory University, and Michelle Rodgers, College of Agriculture and Natural R esources at the University of Delaware, explored the potential impact on achieving health equity by creating partnerships across organizations and engaging individuals within their communities. ADDRESSING YOUTH ALCOHOL USE WITHIN THE CHEROKEE NATION Kelli Komro presented on work she conducted in partnership with the Cherokee Nation in Oklahoma, a 5-year prevention plan to reduce underage drinking in high school students through community organizing.
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Economic diversity was also noted in that just over one-half of the participants received free or reduced-price lunch. Quarterly surveys measured current alcohol use and heavy episodic drinking over the previous 30 days and also measured alcohol-related consequences across academic, social, and physical health.
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FIGURE 7-2 Results from quarterly surveys after implementation of CONNECT and CMCA. NOTE: CMCA = Communities Mobilizing for Change on Alcohol.
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Through this process, the team continued to identify and meet with supporters (i.e., faith community, youth-serving organizations, health care and public health officials, and school personnel and teachers) and what were called opposition parties (i.e., elected officials, law enforcement, school administration)
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Rodgers acknowledged several key elements integral to the shift in her work. These elements include establishing shared values with partners; fostering cross-sector collaboration to improve well-being; creating healthier, more equitable communities; strengthening integration of health services and systems; and focusing on improved outcomes for population health, well-being, and equity.
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. outcomes, including improving personal health, increasing community leadership, improving equitable access to health resources, contributing to community development, and reaching new audiences.
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The program orginally planned for 15 pilot communities, but this number is steadily increasing with a 10-year long-term goal of more than 1,000 communities by creating new partnerships with an additional 66–76 land-grant universities. Through the widespread implementation of this program, communities are expected to benefit with an increased number of Americans who are healthy at all stages of life, growth in youth leadership who support healthy lifestyles, and deeper extension connections and relationships to support community development.
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Given the community's strong ties to agriculture, Rodgers also marketed the One Health approach of making plant and animal health relevant to human health. "People will come to bring their pets in first for health care before they bring themselves [for their own health care]
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