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Cheri Pies, MSW, DrPHPadmini Parthasarathy, MPH
Family, Maternal and Child Health Programs, Contra Costa Health Services
CCRMC Noon ConferenceSeptember 10, 2009
Applying the Life Course Perspective in a Local MCAH Program
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Overview
Eat
Talk
Eat
Game
Wrap-up
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Life Course Perspective
A way of looking at life not as disconnected stages, but as an integrated continuum
Suggests that a complex interplay of biological, behavioral, psychological, and social protective and risk factors contributes to health outcomes across the span of a person’s life
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Key Concepts
Early Programming
Cumulative Pathways
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The Life Course Initiative
Launched in 2005
A 15-year initiative
Based on the Life Course Perspective
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Life Course Initiative Goals
Reduce health disparities and health inequities
Optimize reproductive potential
Create a paradigm shift in MCH work
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Life Course Initiative Goals
To change the health of a generation
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The Life Course Game
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Building Economic Security Today (BEST)
Reduce disparities and inequities in health outcomes by improving financial security and stability
Home visiting and WIC
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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
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Project Activities
Staff trainings
Partnerships
Developing interventions
Evaluation
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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 statusfor future generations
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For More Information
Padmini Parthasarathy925-313-6178
www.cchealth.org/groups/lifecourse