Background
The Center for Urban Population Health has identified Infant and Maternal Health as one of its three special focus areas. The Center is specifically focusing on the problem of infant mortality and disparities in birth outcomes in Wisconsin. As the Center began collaborating with stakeholders, it became apparent that many of them were working on different levels of this issue, and that a comprehensive information source of activities might be beneficial to build collaborations and improve communications among stakeholders.
Purpose
To provide a reference for individuals and groups to grow opportunities for joint collaborations in areas of common interest around issues affecting disparities in birth outcomes.
Future Goals
- Obtain funding to develop a searchable web-based database.
- Allow links from other organizations to point to this catalog as a resource.
Progress
The most recent draft of the catalog is available at: http://www.cuph.org/projects/birth-outcome-disparities-catalog/ and continues to be updated regularly.
Timeline
The catalog was initially created in August 2007 and has been expanding ever since.
Authors
Center for Urban Population Health
- Trina C. Salm Ward, MSW
- Farrin Bridgewater, BA, Research Assistant
Acknowledgements
Grateful acknowledgement is given to:
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Dianne Jenkins, Patrice Onheiber, and colleagues at the Department of Health Services for information shared from their early 2007 Environmental Scan.
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Natasha Blum, Milwaukee AHEC Community Health Internship Program; Erin Gutowski, Population Health Fellow; and Virginia Zerpa-Uriona, MPH, for their early efforts in updating the database, and
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All other individuals who have reviewed, edited, and added to the catalog in an effort to improve collaborations addressing disparities in birth outcomes.
Contact Information
Trina C. Salm Ward, MSW
Infant and Maternal Health Research Program Manager
(414) 219-4084 Office
(414) 219-6563 Fax
salmward@wisc.edu
Farrin Bridgewater, BA, Research Assistant
(414) 219-6563 Fax
farrin.bridgewater@aurora.org
