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A message from the HIPMC Steering Committee (SC): We're seeking new members!
The HIPMC SC has four vacancies we're looking to fill. Our mission is to impact real-time, critical health issues where we live, work, learn, and seek care.
SC members represent various regions and sectors of Maricopa County. We are looking for new members from regions and sectors in which we have little to no representation. Please see the attached graphs showing the current makeup of our committee.
Please note that participation in the SC is fully volunteer-based work. The SC term limit is six years.
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Pictured: Healthy community elements among current SC members
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Pictured: Regional representation among current SC members
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Sonia, welcome to the Health Improvement Partnership of Maricopa County (HIPMC) newsletter!
Thank you for attending the March Quarterly Partner Meeting (QPM)!
Thank you to everyone that attended the March QPM. This meeting marked our first in-person gathering since 2019! We hope you were able to reconnect with partners and leave with a sense of eagerness for what's to come.
Below is an in-depth recap of the meeting. For meeting minutes and a copy of the presentation slides, please click here to visit our website.
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1. Health Equity Statement Unveiling
Presented by Dr. Dulce Ruelas, Steering Committee (SC) Member and Health Equity Committee Chair
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The HIPMC Steering Committee (SC) organized a standing Health Equity Committee to adopt a new, working health equity statement from the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC). The statement is as follows:
- Health Equity is the state in which everyone has a fair and just opportunity to attain their highest level of health. Achieving this requires focused and ongoing societal efforts to address historical and contemporary injustices; overcome economic, social, and other obstacles to health and healthcare; and eliminate preventable disparities.
The Committee’s four focus areas are capacity building, advocacy, data messaging, and sense of belonging. To reach these focuses, the Committee aims to implement the following activities:
- Conduct SC member recruitment
- Use QPM and email newsletter as tools for sharing health equity info and partner work
- Collect, track, and share CHNA data
- Build partner’s capacity through health equity training
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2. Launch of Community Health Needs Assessment (CHNA) Survey | |
The CHNA Survey is officially live! QPM attendees were asked to brainstorm ways to promote the survey and elevate their communities' voices.
If you haven't already, please take a few minutes to take the survey. Also, please utilize our communications toolkit to share the survey with your network and communities.
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3. Community Health Improvement Plan (CHIP) Activity
Facilitated by Dora Correal, HIPMC SC Member
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QPM attendees actively engaged in a discussion on the 2018-2023 CHIP priority areas: access to care, access to healthy food, and early childhood development. Attendees worked in small groups to share which priority areas their work most aligned with. Many shared note-worthy highlights, including:
- Partners connecting pregnant people with free doula resources
- Partners providing meals onsite at clinics
- Partners receiving support state-wide to support home-based and center-based early childhood care
Calling all partners! Do you have organizational initiatives, work, lessons learned, impacts, etc. you would like highlighted in the 2018-2023 CHIP? If so, email us to share your story!
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Did you miss the March QPM?
Be sure to mark your calendar for the remaining meetings dates of the year. Also, if you're interested in being a guest speaker at the next meeting, please email us!
June 7, 2023
September 6, 2023
December 6, 2023
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Wilson Elementary School's Health/Spring Festival
Saturday, April 22nd
8 AM - 12 PM
2929 E Fillmore St, Phoenix, AZ 85008
The festival is open to all and will include free health screenings. If your organization would like to host a table at the event, please email Gaby Duran at gduran@wsd7.org.
2023 Dia Del Promotor
Thursday, March 23rd
8 AM - 3 PM
Hosted by the Promotores HOPE Network, this conference and will gather Promotores and Community Health Workers to offer critical support, information, and education. To register, please click here.
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Paid opportunity to share opinion on Human Papilloma Virus (HPV) vaccine
La Familia: Latin American Health Research Collaboratory at the University of Mass. Boston is conducting a survey with Central American parents to inform the design of educational prevention about the HPV vaccine. Participants will receive a $25 gift card for completing the survey.
For more information, please contact Denisse Delgado at 617-852-2943.
Click here for survey opportunity for mothers.
Click here for survey opportunity for fathers.
Support LGBTQ+ youth by participating in one n ten's community survey!
one•n•ten is conducting a survey to help determine possible locations for future programs and services. Please click here to take the survey.
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The Arizona Department of Health Services (ADHS) Community Based Participatory Research for Data Equity
The ADHS Data Advisory Committee (DAC) is working diligently on various projects to improve the community’s access to actionable public health data. In one of these projects, they are working with the ASU Southwest Interdisciplinary Research Center (ASU SIRC) to support community-based organizations on implementing Community-Based Participatory Research (CBPR) through the development of a CBPR training curriculum. CBPR is a collaborative approach that enables community residents to participate actively in the full spectrum of research to influence change in community health, systems, programs, or policies. As part of the Arizona Health Improvement Plan, this training curriculum will help develop more local-level data about and for communities often left out of the data picture.
If you are an organization that could benefit from this training resource, please contact Marisol Diaz, PhD, Marisol.J.Diaz@asu.edu, to be invited to a focus group that will guide the future development of the training. The virtual training is set to be completed in 2023 and will be available on the ADHS webpage, so keep an eye out for future updates from the DAC!
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