Lifecourse Initiative For Healthy Families:
Program Office
About |
Wisconsin’s infant mortality rate remains one of the highest in the United States. To reduce that rate, the Lifecourse Initiative for Healthy Families (LIHF) is taking a new approach, based on community feedback over the past 18 months. As a result, we are focusing on chronic stress due to racism and social discrimination, a key driver of poor birth outcomes among African American mothers and babies.
There is power in the African American community in the form of assets, resources and history. There are community-based and culturally appropriate resources available, as well as grassroots and traditional organizations that are eager to improve services and the environment for African American families to survive and thrive. LIHF believes stressors can be reduced, perceptions or stressors can be modified and skills for effectively dealing with stressors can be developed. We will document our progress to add to the body of knowledge that supports future initiatives throughout the state of Wisconsin. |
Aims |
Mission: We address inequities in African American birth outcomes in Southeastern Wisconsin through capacity building and facilitating systems change using innovative, community-driven asset and evidence-based strategies to improve healthcare and social support.
In partnership with the UW Population Health Institute with funding from the Wisconsin Partnership Program, we have a new three-pronged approach:
Learn more at the program website: https://lihf.wisc.edu/ |
Partners |
UW Population Health Institute
Wisconsin Partnership Program |
Team |
Gina Green-Harris, MBA, Director
Diamond D. Hanson, DrPH, MPH, Assistant Director Pat Batemon, M.S., Community Strategist (Milwaukee) Preneice Love, Community Strategist (Racine) Atifa Robinson, Community Strategist (Kenosha) Michelle Corbett, MPH, CHES, Evaluation Specialist David Frazer, MPH, Strategic Planning Specialist Vivian King, Communications Advisor Tamara Reed, Administrative Assistant |
