October 19th Workgroup Meeting Agenda Notes & Update

Thank you for the great energy and work at our October 19th Meeting! We are grateful for the time you took out of your day to join us for this meeting, and we are honored to work with all of you!

Update since the October 19th meeting:

Amanda Read, YWCA MotherLove Program and LaVie Montgomery, Project NAF, will be visiting Kalamazoo, Michigan for Kalamazoo Infant Mortality Community Action Initiative's 3rd Annual Strategic Intent Meeting where they will learn more about how Kalamazoo is combating infant mortality in their city. Dr. Arthur James will be the keynote speaker at the event, and they also plan to attend a luncheon with Dr. James as well.  Amanda and LaVie would like to know if you have any questions or input that you would like addressed on their visit to Kalamazoo. Please send your thoughts to Amanda at amanda.read@ywcaofasheville.org by 11/15.

Next Steps

The strategies/actions that arose from our meeting were:

Action Item	Follow-up
Root Causes of Death data Expand Child Fatality Prev. Task Force to include MAHEC Ob/Gyn physician to go deeper into mother’s health record and social determinants of health as possible contributors to infants’ deaths	Dr. Jennifer Mullendore and Dr. Cindy Brown will work with the Child Fatality Prevention Team to expand representation and gather this data.
Home Visiting Programs   Convene all programs that currently do home visitation (NFP, Project NAF, Motherlove, CCWNC, Verner, etc.) to identify where the gaps are, etc. (There was discussion about this growing into a longer-term home visitation collaborative, if useful). Pilot post-partum (health care) home visitation	CHIP staff will work with Ami Greene and Dr. Beth Buys to explore next steps
Advocacy Advocacy implementation plan around NC Perinatal Health Strategic Plan	Dr. Arthur Ollendorff and Greg Borom will meet to finalize plan. If you are interested in participating in this effort, please contact Maggie Adams, Community Centered Health Home Project Coordinator at maggie.adams@mahec.net

Below are links to the meeting materials as well as the scorecard below:

• Slides from meeting can be found here:
• Kalamazoo County- A Community Combating Racial Disparities in Infant Mortality presented by Ami Greene
• NC Perinatal Health Strategic Plan presented by Arthur Ollendorf, MD

• A link to the scorecard can be found here.
  
  

Diving Into Health Disparities and Health Equity

It has been a few months since we last met.  Since that time, CHIP Partners have had many opportunities to learn about the issues that frame our CHIP priorities -specifically around health disparities & health equity.  For a summary of two of these events, please click here. In addition to these events, we've also completed the first iteration of our Infant Mortality scorecard, as well as conducted research into data and strategies.

It's now time to reconvene and determine which strategies we collectively want to work on. Our next meeting is scheduled on:

October 19th; 3-5pm

Cherokee Room, MAHEC Education Building

121 Hendersonville Road, Asheville

DRAFT AGENDA

New information/data on the curve(s) we are focused on turning

• Root causes of death- update from BC Child Fatality Prevention Team
• Other data we need?

New information or insight on the story behind those curves

• Reflection on our time with Dr. Arthur James
• Update on movement/activity since then

Partners with a role to play (Partner Updates)

• Community Centered Health Home
• Buncombe County Health & Human Services
• Other updates?

New information on what works to do better in our community

• NC Perinatal Health Strategic Plan
• NICHQ recommendations

Between now and our meeting, I also ask that you visit the scorecard and provide feedback on what is missing or needs to be changed. The following link is to the main Buncombe County CHIP Scorecard that includes all of our priority work.  A brief video tutorial is provided to help you learn how to navigate the scorecard.  Scroll down the page to find our Infant Mortality Result where all our work to-date has been captured.  

Exciting Events Informing CHIP Work

August was a busy month filled with many opportunities for CHIP partners and the community to learn about the issues that frame our CHIP priorities –specifically around health disparities & health equity.  For a summary of two of these events, please read below.

An Evening with Dr. Arthur James

On August 18^th, over 60 community shareholders, leaders, and health providers spent an evening with Dr. Arthur James, a pediatrician and obstetrician, who has had positive success in reducing disparities in infant mortality in Ohio and Michigan through community-wide efforts. Dr. James' presentation highlighted for our community that WE CAN make a difference. 

This event was sponsored by the Community Centered Health Home (CCHH) team in order to bring awareness to this issue.  This event launches the CCHH team's advocacy efforts that will work to eliminate disparities in pregnancy and birth outcomes in Buncombe County. If you would like to learn more about the efforts of the CCHH, please contact Maggie Adams at maggie.adams@mahec.net. Please click here for Dr. James’ presentation.

The 2016 Diversity Summit: Transforming Healthcare Equality into Equity

On August 19th, MAHEC and Mission Health hosted The 2016 Diversity Summit: Transforming Healthcare Equality into Equity. Over 130 participants were challenged to make equity a priority in their lives, communities, and organizations. The keynote address by Dr. Arthur James from Ohio State University inspired all in attendance. The afternoon gave us an opportunity to work in small groups on how to achieve equity. New relationships and partnerships were formed and current relationships were deepened. MAHEC's Regional Education is very proud to have been able to bring a diverse group of presenters together to affect lasting change in our community.  Please click here for Dr. James’ presentation.