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Cheri Pies, MSW, DrPH Padmini Parthasarathy, MPH Family, Maternal and Child Health

Applying the Life Course Perspective in a Local MCAH Program. Cheri Pies, MSW, DrPH Padmini Parthasarathy, MPH Family, Maternal and Child Health Programs, Contra Costa Health Services CCRMC Noon Conference September 10, 2009. Overview. Eat Talk Eat Game Wrap-up.

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Cheri Pies, MSW, DrPH Padmini Parthasarathy, MPH Family, Maternal and Child Health

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  1. Applying the Life Course Perspective in a Local MCAH Program Cheri Pies, MSW, DrPH Padmini Parthasarathy, MPH Family, Maternal and Child Health Programs, Contra Costa Health Services CCRMC Noon Conference September 10, 2009

  2. Overview • Eat • Talk • Eat • Game • Wrap-up

  3. Life Course Perspective • A way of looking at life not as disconnected stages, but as an integrated continuum • Suggests that a complex interplay ofbiological, behavioral, psychological, and social protective and risk factors contributes to health outcomes across the span of a person’s life

  4. Key Concepts • Early Programming • Cumulative Pathways

  5. The Life Course Initiative • Launched in 2005 • A 15-year initiative • Based on the Life Course Perspective

  6. Life Course Initiative Goals • Reduce health disparities and health inequities • Optimize reproductive potential • Create a paradigm shiftin MCH work

  7. Life Course Initiative Goals • To change the health of a generation

  8. The Life Course Game

  9. Building Economic Security Today (BEST) • Reduce disparities and inequities in health outcomes by improving financial security and stability • Home visiting and WIC

  10. Why Financial Stability? • 12-Point Plan to Close the Black-White Gap in Birth Outcomes (Lu et al.) • Wealth = Health/Social Gradient of Health • Unnatural Causes • Feasibility

  11. Staff trainings Partnerships Developing interventions Evaluation Project Activities

  12. Long-Term Outcomes Family income for daily living maximized Preservation of and increase in financial assets Increased financial security and stability, and improved financial status Increased access to care, improved housing, better neighborhoods, increased food security, decreased violence, etc. Improved health outcomes and financial status for future generations

  13. For More Information Padmini Parthasarathy 925-313-6178 pparthas@hsd.cccounty.us www.cchealth.org/groups/lifecourse

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