Back to Annual Meeting Page		American Public Health Association 133rd Annual Meeting & Exposition December 10-14, 2005 Philadelphia, PA

Abstract #106099

Diane A. Pavey, Director of Grants and Community Support, St. Luke's Episcopal Health Charities, 3100 Main Street, Suite 800, Houston, TX 77002, Karen Jaynes Williams, PhD, MHSA, College of Pharmacy and Health Sciences, Master's Program, Health Care Administration, Texas Southern University, 3100 Cleburne Street, Houston, TX 77004, Carla M. Cooper, PhD, Community Health Assessment, St. Luke's Episcopal Health Charities, 3100 Main Street, Suite 800, Houston, TX 77002, and Ilana Reisz, PhD(c), St. Luke's Episcopal Health Charities, 3100 Main St., Suite 800, Houston, TX 77002, 832-355-7229, ireisz@sleh.com.

The East End Healthy Children's Collaborative (EEHCC) is an innovative partnership of eight individual agencies working together to improve the well being of Hispanic children 0-18 who live in the East End community in Houston. This collaboration was initially formed in 1999 to help East End children enroll in CHIP. From this grassroots committee, the eight partners formed the EEHCC and focused on innovative service delivery models in mobile health, dental care, nutrition, fitness, child care and mental health.

St. Luke's Episcopal Health Charities (SLEHC), together with the University of Texas School of Public Health, compiled statistics documenting child health needs. Specifically, SLEHC in the SLEHC report, Child Health and Well-Being Index, severe health needs were identified. This index, located at www.slehc.org under Community Health Information System (CHIS), measures seven indicators most associated with child well-being. The overall index demonstrates the great need in this community for children's health insurance and services.

In 1999, in response to the child health needs, the EEHCC initiated a neighborhood collaborative resulting in innovative service delivery and funding models for prioritized community health needs. These unique funding strategies, stewardship activities and health advocacy efforts continue to evolve and grow as the EEHCC maintains its bi-weekly sessions six years later. Results have included Houston's second Federally Qualified Health Center in the historic East End and a growing “Children's Corridor” complete with a four-star child care center, a gymnasium and a sports field.

Learning Objectives:

• Apply general concepts of child well-being community health measures to target his/her community
• Plan to develop a neighborhood collaborative in his/her community
• Replicate fundraising and stewardship models locally for enabling collaborative success in his/her community

Keywords: Community Collaboration, Community Participation

Related Web page: www.slehc.org

Presenting author's disclosure statement:

I wish to disclose that I have NO financial interests or other relationship with the manufactures of commercial products, suppliers of commercial services or commercial supporters.