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The 130th Annual Meeting of APHA |
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The 130th Annual Meeting of APHA |
Katherine K. Kinsey, PhD, RN, FAAN1, Deborah D. Roebuck, MSN, RN2, Terence Young, MHA2, Carol Eisenberger, MSN, RN3, Patricia Gerrity, Phd, RN, FAAN4, and Nancy L. Rothman, EdD, RN5. (1) School of Nursing, La Salle Neighborhood Nursing Center, La Salle University, Box 808, 1900 West Olney Avenue, Philadelphia, PA 19141, 215-951-1434, kinsey@lasalle.edu, (2) Division of Early Childhood, Youth and Women's Health, Department of Public Health, City of Philadelphia, 9th Floor, 1101 Market Street, Philadelphia, PA 19107, (3) Director: Maternal Child Health, Visiting Nurse Association of Greater Philadelphia, Monroe Office Center, One Winding Drive, Philadelphia, PA 19131, (4) College of Nursing and Health Professionals, MCP Hahnemann University, Mailstop 501, 245 North 15th Street, Philadelphia, PA 19102, (5) Department of Nursing, CAHP, Temple University, 3307 N. Broad Street 602-00, Philadelphia, PA 19140
This paper highlights the labor of four nursing organizations, the Philadelphia Department of Health (PHD) and the Philadelphia Department of Human Services (PDHS) to respond to the needs of high-risk families in select city neighborhoods. PDHS and PDP staff was gravely concerned with the concentration of abysmal health indicators in economically declining neighborhoods. Poverty, perinatal, child abuse and neglect data indicated that many new mothers could benefit from an intervention approach that strengthens their capacities to parent, develop self sufficiency skills, and achieve personal goals. La Salle Neighborhood Nursing Center (LNNC) as the lead organization responded to the PHD request for proposals to provide client centered nurse based home visiting services to first-time TANF eligible mothers residing in target zip codes. The NFPPC represents the collective commitment of LNNC, MCP/Hahnemann Health Center (MCP), Temple Health Connection (THC) and the Visiting Nurse Association of Greater Philadelphia (VNA) to share their expertise, public health personnel, site specific locations, and community resources to improve the overall well being of Philadelphia families. The learning curve to nurture NFPPC relationships with PHD, PDHS, Replication Program Strategies and the University of Colorado’s National Center for Children, Families and Communities can be equated to nine months of gestation, labor, and birth. This perinatal period of Collaborative building has facilitated emerging positive and healthy programmatic outcomes for low-income minority women, their newborns/infants, public health nurses and administrators. A case study model will be utilized to illustrate gestational development and acquisition of new knowledge and skills as Collaborative “parents”.
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Keywords: Community Collaboration, Maternal and Child Health
Presenting author's disclosure statement:
I do not have any significant financial interest/arrangement or affiliation with any organization/institution whose products or services are being discussed in this session.