The 130th Annual Meeting of APHA

Abstract #50341

Signy Judd, MPH¹, Nancy Milliken, MD², Claire Brindis, DrPH¹, and Nancy Goldfarb, MSW³. (1) Center for Reproductive Health Research and Policy, University of California, San Francisco, 3333 California Street, Suite 335, San Francisco, CA 94143, 415-502-7371, sjudd@itsa.ucsf.edu, (2) University of California, San Francisco, National Center of Excellence in Women's Health, 2200 Post Street, 5th Floor, Hellman Bldg, San Francisco, CA 94143, (3) Center for Reproductive Health Research and Policy, University of California at San Francisco, 3333 California Street, Suite 265, San Francisco, CA 94143-0936

Recognizing that a large portion of women and girls in California lack access to health care and culturally relevant health prevention information, and that community-based agencies are often the most effective providers of these services, Johnson & Johnson and the National Center of Excellence in Women’s Health at the University of California, San Francisco (UCSF CoE) teamed up to offer a unique small grants program: The Women’s Community Health Leadership Program.

The Program’s goal is to assist community-based organizations in addressing unmet health needs among underserved women in California. Grants of $30,000 were awarded to five agencies located throughout the state, addressing a variety of health issues and serving diverse groups of women.

The UCSF Institute for Health Policy Studies will conduct an external participatory evaluation with the five funded agencies. The evaluation will focus on process and outcome measures designed to document and capture the diverse experiences of these programs as they work to improve women's health and well-being.

This paper describes important lessons learned in forming a public-private partnership; and the process in the first year of implementing and evaluating a program across five sites.

Learning Objectives:

• (1)Describe how to form a successful public-private partnership
• (2)Articulate innovative approaches to improving the health of women at the community level
• (3)Discuss strategies for evaluating the effectiveness of programs provided with seed funding

Keywords: Women's Health, Public/Private Partnerships

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.