The 2020-2021 Advanced Grassroots MCH Leadership Training Program is a pilot program and is part of the Grassroots Maternal and Child Health Leadership Training Project to improve infant mortality rates, ask the women impacted.

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CONTENT BELOW FROM GMCHLTP WEBSITE 

https://go.iu.edu/3jkX

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The Grassroots Maternal and Child Health Leadership Training Project trains and mentors women to help their neighborhoods improve pregnancy and infant development outcomes. They work to make change at the community, organizational and policy levels, while meeting the needs of women, infants and families in their neighborhoods by linking them to services.

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A Place-Based Approach: Leaders work in Indiana zip codes with persistently high infant mortality rates. Leaders work to understand the root causes behind these high rates and work to build a community where every pregnancy and baby has the opportunity to thrive!

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Each grassroots maternal and child health leader (GMCHL) is trained in

• Leadership Development

• Community Health Promotion

• Causes and Consequences of Adverse Birth Outcomes (infant mortality, preterm birth, low birth weight)

• Promoting Health Equity

• Media Development

• Policy Advocacy and Development

 

We mentor each participant to:

• Foster her professional development

• Survey community needs regarding pregnancy and infant development

• Connect her with local infant mortality reduction programs desired by her community

• Develop media products highlighting her grassroots work

• Develop and advocate for policies that promote healthy birth outcomes

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For More Information Contact

Project Director: Jack Turman, Jr, PhD, Professor
Department of Social and Behavioral Sciences
Richard M. Fairbanks School of Public Health
Indiana University, Indianapolis, IN
jaturman@iu.edu | 317-278-0354

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Training Program Project funded by Riley Children’s Foundation

Advanced Leadership Training funded by a generous donor

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Advanced Leadership Training Program Host

Debbie Oesch-Minor, Senior Lecturer, M.A.

Department of English/ Writing Program

IU School of Liberal Arts

djoeschm@iu.edu

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IUPUI Partners

Indiana University Richard M. Fairbanks School of Public Health

• IU School of Medicine

• Department of Pediatrics

• IU School of Nursing

• IU School of Liberal Arts, IUPUI

• Department of English

• Department of Anthropology

• Department of Sociology

• IUPUI Arts and Humanities Institute

• IU Herron School of Art and Design

• Department of Visual Communication Design

• Department of Fine Art

• IUPUI University Information Technology Services

 

Community Partners

• Glick Properties

• Partners in Housing

• Fathers and Families Center

• Bartholomew County Public Health Department

• Indiana Institute for Working Families

• Harrison Center

• Indianapolis Healthy Start