Building Women's Health Equity - February/March 2020
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An important step in your team’s project journey is to consider and plan for sustaining those well-earned improvements and relationships.
Sustainability
means that a process or state can be maintained at a certain level for as long as is desired and/or needed.
At your next team meeting, consider discussing which processes have been improved upon, have maintained that improvement, and can realistically continuing beyond the project?
Process ownership.
Who will be responsible for the audit checks, informing others if new knowledge is introduced, and reporting process data for meetings, updates, etc.?
Process Training.
Building methods to assure current and new staff are educated on the process/product is important. All staff will need regular updates to stay current on the topic and need to be willing to participate in additional Plan, Do, Study, Act (PDSA) or other testing cycles as indicated.
Process Measurement.
Even when the process/product is maintaining at goal it is important to continue to measure its effectiveness over time. Why? Unless the process is hardwired into the system of care be beware of “gravitational forces” that allow people to go back to the way it was and what “we used to before.”
Understanding your system of care over time allows your team to detect when new testing may be indicated or a change in process steps might be indicated. Last but not least, continue to celebrate sustained efforts. Remind your team, family partners, and staff of the efforts being made to improve women's care and well-being everyday!
Resources:
Sustainability Checklist
- Use this checklist to assist in sustaining QI project improvements. Under each task, identify ways that you will accomplish the task.
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Stress Prevention Tip!
There is growing evidence that a simple daily practice centering on sharing love and kindness to oneself and others in the world can reduce stress, anxiety, and improve life expectancy. During this season of love don't forget to show some to yourself as well as those around you. Click
here
to learn more about Loving Kindness Meditation from Greater Good in Action.
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ShowYourLoveToday.com
Is Getting a Face-Lift!
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Show Your Love was birthed seven years ago this Valentine's Day. The core values of showing care and compassion to ourselves and those we love still matters. The website, however, was getting a bit dusty and needed a refresh. We will be updating the site over the next month, so check back regularly and share your feedback! In the meantime, you can still
learn about and prioritize these health habits!
Click the image to see how you can easily repost 15 preconception health topics on your own social channels:
#ShowYourLoveToday
Wellness social media graphics and messages available for
download/repost.
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We ar
e proud to have been a voice during January's Birth Defects Prevention Month activities. Notably, we partnered with the March of Dimes, CDC, MothertoBaby, and others for the
#Best4YouBest4Baby
Tweet chat, which reached over 3,000,000 account and generated over 10M impressions.
Click
here
to learn more about the work underway at the CDC to prevent birth defects. HINT: paying attention to health and well-being prior to pregnancy is a critical time period.
We are always looking for collaborators to discuss and raise awareness to different topics. Email SuzanneW@med.unc.edu to plan or join an upcoming Tweet chat.
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Give our CoIIN project's focus on supporting people's reproductive wishes, we wanted to share this important work from the
Black Mamas Matter Alliance
:
Contraception Is Not A Remedy For Poverty
, Essence.
To sign the letter -
"Lest We Forget: Contraception is Not A Remedy for Poverty" Sign-On"
,
click here.
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#CiteBlackWomen when Celebrating Black History Month
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As we celebrate Black History Month, we recognize such valuable resources, movements, ideas, and work created by Black women and men that uplifts communities and our nation.
Please take a minute to read this
Essence
article that raises the importance of citing and crediting the people behind the work and campaigns we draw from today.
From the article
:
"It’s time that we move Black women from behind the curtains and into the spotlight, celebrating them for their commitment to change and to centering those that need change most."
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Featured Message:
Three lessons to reclaim love as a revolutionary act.
Click
to hear how the choice to love can be a force for justice.
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Trainings
NOTE: Both will be recorded and we will share the link.
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View the slides
here
and watch the video
here
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study highlights the lack of awareness about the importance of preconception health but found that adults had a willingness to learn more about preconception health, creating an opportunity to improve awareness via evidence-based education, social media campaigns, and within healthcare systems.
Read more great articles every other week by subscribing to the CDC listserv. Email Cheryl Robbins at ggf9@cdc.gov.
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ABOUT HRSA IM CoIIN PRECONCEPTION PROJECT: This project is supported by the Health Resources and Services Administration (HRSA) of the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services (HHS) under grant number UF3MC31239-Providing Support For The Collaborative Improvement and Innovation Network (CoIIN) To Reduce Infant Mortality. The grant amount totals $1,494,993. This information or content and conclusions are those of the author and should not be construed as the official position or policy of, nor should any endorsements be inferred by HRSA, HHS or the U.S. Government.
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