Stacey Stephens and colleagues shared B'more for Healthy Babies@ the CRC's community engagement framework and the key factors to achieve health equity in birth outcomes at the NACCHO conference.
Stacey Stephens, MSW, LCSW-C Clinical Assistant Professor and the Director of B’more for Healthy Babies at the Center for Restorative Change joined colleagues from the Baltimore City Health Department and Health Care Access Maryland to present “B’more for Healthy Babies: How Baltimore City Has Cut Infant Mortality and the Black-White Disparity by Nearly Half” at the National Association of City and County Health Officials (NACCHO).
Ms. Stephens shared BHB’s community organizing and engagement framework in the Upton/Druid Heights neighborhoods. She presented the program’s continuum of perinatal services, the power of cross-community relationships, and the community-led expansion efforts to sustain future programming. She also highlighted the key components that played a significant role in achieving health equity in infant health outcomes in the two communities.