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  1. Mission It is the mission of the Urban Health Institute to serve as a catalyst that brings together the resources of Johns Hopkins Institutions with the City of Baltimore, and especially East Baltimore to improve the community’s health and well-being, and in so doing, serve as a model of community-university collaboration regionally and nationally.

  2. Goal # 1 Serve as the primary portal between the Johns Hopkins Institutions and the Baltimore community, facilitating access to human resources, information and services, and vice versa.

  3. UHI Newsletter • Published Quarterly • Current issue Summer 2009 • Distribution • Currently reaches 1600* • 1200 electronic (listservs: UHI, PFRH, EBDI, JH Public Health Undergrad Program, JH Center for Social Concern, BCHD) • 400 hard copy • Plans to triple distribution in 2009-2010 *Does not include the distribution reached by including announcement on each School’s event calendar/announcement board.

  4. Dissemination Plans • Research Briefs Work with Centers in the Schools of Medicine, Public Health and Nursing to generate 3-4 research briefs this coming year • Effective Schools and Health Outcomes • To be released at community forum on September 16, 2009 • Violence Prevention • To be released at community forum on December 8, 2009 • Hepatitis Prevention • To be released at Spring 2010 community forum (date TBA)

  5. Dissemination Plans • Special Publications • Case StatementJune 2009; distribution will begin in Fall 2009 • Faith Forum DiscussionsFinalized (available online at www.jhsph.edu/urbanhealth ) • Quarterly Seminar RoundtablesFull seminars are available online (www.jhsph.edu/urbanhealth) • Lessons Learned: strategies for an engaged universityPublished (available on line at www.jhsph.edu/urbanhealth)

  6. Goal # 2 Serve as a forum that brings Johns Hopkins Institutions and community leaders together around a range of issues of importance to citizens of our community.

  7. Strategies for an Engaged University • Baltimore Conversations • A series of breakfast meetings with university and community leaders in the Fall, 2010 • Goal is to develop a blueprint for JHUs community engagement • New course development grants • Award up to 5 grants of $10,000 (one per unit of JHU) to establish a new course that will engage faculty, students and the community in innovative ways • Senior Leadership Series • Six breakfast meetings over a 3 month period (Jan 2009-March 2010) with leaders from JHU, the philanthropic community, government, business and the neighborhood to lay the groundwork for university-community engagement strategy

  8. Capacity-Building Community Workshops • Program Evaluation (C. McNeely; September 2009) • Strategies to Improve School Engagement (M. and R. Blum; November 2009) • Grant writing (R. Blum; April 2010)

  9. Quarterly Symposia Innovative community strategies that improve outcomes for children, youth and families • Communities that Care October 8, 2009 with Richard Catalano • Harlem Children’s ZoneFebruary, 2010 with Geoffrey Canada • Home Nurse Visitor Program Spring, 2010 with David Olds

  10. Quarterly Symposia (cont.) • Engage students with each symposium • Complete background research • Generate a brief on related literature and the symposium

  11. Community-University-Faith Forums • Two forums with President Daniels July 23 and September 8, 2009 • One forum with East Baltimore JHI leadership March 16, 2010 • Three community forums based on “best practices” briefsSeptember 16, 2009December 8, 2009Spring 2010 (date TBA)

  12. Henrietta Lacks Research Day • November 6, 2009 • “Reverse” Research Day • Base the small grants program RFP on community determined priorities. • Announce launch of the 1st Henrietta Lacks Award for Community-University Collaboration

  13. Third Tuesday Symposia • Linked with city-wide initiatives • Focus on out-of-school-time for first 6 months • Consider teen reproductive health second 6 months

  14. Goal # 3 Collaborate in community planning, program development, research and evaluation efforts that improve the health and well being of our community.

  15. Mayor’s Working Group on Adolescent Reproductive Health • Host meeting of key stakeholders for the Mayor (July 27, 2009) • Convene a working group of Ministers to develop faith response to this set of issues (Rev. Debra Hickman, Chair) • Participate on Mayor’s taskforce (chaired by Healthy Teen Network) • Host Mayor’s summit on Adolescent Reproductive Health to release the plan

  16. MICA Collaboration • Joint JHU-MICA seminar on design and health communication Offer 1st and 4th terms • Collaboration with the Schools of Education and Public Health on Effective Strategies on Communicating Neurodevelopment, Neuroeducation and its implications Submit proposal to NICHD • Collaboration with UHI and EBDI on Community Arts initiative and Health Promotion Submit proposal to Open Society Institute (OSI),Robert Wood Johnson Foundation

  17. Community Health Worker Program • Collaborate with Johns Hopkins Hospital in placing CHWs in community settings to reduce sequelae of chronic diseases Supported through JHH • Collaborate with JHH to place CHWs in emergency department to link chronic users with primary care To be launched Fall, 2009 with 2 CHWs • Collaborate with EBMC on the provision of prenatal services to women in East Baltimore Undertake an outcome evaluation of the initiative to determine impact and cost savings

  18. Adolescent Substance Abuse Initiative • Collaborate with Johns Hopkins Hospital, Open Society International and the Baltimore Substance Abuse System to develop a city-wide plan for substance abuse treatment for the city of Baltimore • Convene an adolescent drug treatment summit (November 2-3, 2009) • Develop a plan for both JHH and the City of Baltimore

  19. State & Local Collaborations (Working Groups) • Member, Working group to revise state Mental Health Agenda • Chair, Working group on school-based mental health services in Baltimore • Member, State Low Birth weight Initiative • Chair, JHH Adolescent Substance Abuse Working Group • Co-Director, PRAISE-JHU Saturday Academy for African American Middle School Boys • Member, The Associated Social Justice Committee • Co-Director, Charles Hickey Juvenile Detention Center Dare to Be King Program • Member, Advisory Board Advocates for Children and Youth

  20. Goal # 4 In close collaboration with Johns Hopkins Institutions faculty, professionals, students and staff: • Facilitate and where appropriate undertake urban health research, the outcomes of which will help inform resource allocation in the City of Baltimore and contribute to the knowledge base of urban health nationally. • Develop and sustain an interdepartmental and interdivisional urban health and development curriculum linking undergraduate, graduate and post-doctoral studies that involves community leaders as educators and includes strong community-based practicum experiences.

  21. Small Grants Program • Faculty Community Partnership Projects • Fund up to 5 new grants at $10,000 • Student Community Paartnership Projects • Fund up to $10,000 new grants up to $5000 each • New course development • Fund up to 5 new courses that bring the university and community together in innovative was in connecting learning to the city of Baltimore

  22. East Baltimore Community Assessment Support the planning of a community assessment of health and well-being for East Baltimore including: • Development of a community-university working group • Development of the geographic parameters for assessment • Determination of the populations to be included and the instruments to be used • Development of a proposal to be submitted for funding

  23. Goal # 5 Where appropriate, initiate long-term, sustainable interventions in conjunction with existing resources that improve the health and well being of citizens of East Baltimore.

  24. Creating a Web for Success: An East Baltimore Children’s Health Zone Together with partners in the East Baltimore Development (EBDI) the UHI is working to develop a comprehensive health, education and human supports network for pregnant mothers through delivery, and their children through infancy, elementary through junior and senior high school and beyond.

  25. The Access Partnership (TAP) • Serve on Executive Committee of the initiative • Allocated $30,000 for evaluation plan • Established RFP for evaluation • Working with research team from Medicine and Public Health to develop evaluation strategy

  26. A Baltimore Children’s Health Zone • Participate on interagency working group exploring the feasibility of establishing a Baltimore Children’s Zone • Prepare federal grant for when the federal government establishes funding for “Promise Zones”

  27. 0-4 Initiative with EBDI: A Family Resource & Child Development Center • Chair the East Baltimore Early Child Development Working Group • Develop short- and long-term strategies for Early Child Development for East Baltimore • Prepare application for Early Head Start when funding availability is announced (within the next 4-6 weeks) • Prepare plans for Weinberg Foundation support ($5 Million commitment for Early Child Development)

  28. Summer Plus Employment for Baltimore City High School students • Work with JHH and Homewood to assure successful program for 250 high school students in 2009 • Expand the program to 300 high school students in 2010 • Generate resources to offer 60 year long work-study scholarships for high school students to continue work at JHI

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