A new approach to a wicked problem: development of a cross-sector community-centered learning network to tackle childhood food inequity.

Autor: Schuh AM; Division of Adolescent and Transition Medicine, Cincinnati Children's Hospital Medical Center, Cincinnati, OH, United States., Alexander C; James M. Anderson Center for Health Systems Excellence, Cincinnati Children's Hospital Medical Center, Cincinnati, OH, United States., Gasperetti K; Division of Critical Care Medicine, Cincinnati Children's Hospital Medical Center, Cincinnati, OH, United States., Gorecki MC; Division of General and Community Pediatrics, Cincinnati Children's Hospital Medical Center, Cincinnati, OH, United States., Cutler K; James M. Anderson Center for Health Systems Excellence, Cincinnati Children's Hospital Medical Center, Cincinnati, OH, United States., Hoffman C; 84.51°, Cincinnati, OH, United States., Kahn RS; Division of General and Community Pediatrics, Cincinnati Children's Hospital Medical Center, Cincinnati, OH, United States.; Department of Pediatrics, University of Cincinnati College of Medicine, Cincinnati, OH, United States.; Michael Fisher Child Health Equity Center, Cincinnati Children's Hospital Medical Center, Cincinnati, OH, United States., Okano C; James M. Anderson Center for Health Systems Excellence, Cincinnati Children's Hospital Medical Center, Cincinnati, OH, United States., Riley CL; Division of Critical Care Medicine, Cincinnati Children's Hospital Medical Center, Cincinnati, OH, United States.; Department of Pediatrics, University of Cincinnati College of Medicine, Cincinnati, OH, United States.; Michael Fisher Child Health Equity Center, Cincinnati Children's Hospital Medical Center, Cincinnati, OH, United States.
Jazyk: angličtina
Zdroj: Frontiers in public health [Front Public Health] 2024 Sep 20; Vol. 12, pp. 1436760. Date of Electronic Publication: 2024 Sep 20 (Print Publication: 2024).
DOI: 10.3389/fpubh.2024.1436760
Abstrakt: Food insecurity is a complex societal problem that disproportionately impacts households with children and those led by minoritized populations, with negative impacts on health across the life course. System to Achieve Food Equity adapted the learning systems model, used to address similarly complex problems, to tackle food insecurity at a neighborhood level. SAFE, born out of the COVID-19 pandemic, leverages a family-centered, community-based, cross-sector network fundamentally aimed at changing the food system so that all children in Cincinnati have the food they need to thrive. Through the following principles, Community-Led Network, Co-Production with Community, Equitable Sustainability, Learning to Learn Together, Distributing Leadership and Power, and Shared Data and Governance, SAFE has grown to over 300 individuals and 100 organizations, funded 9 novel interventions, distributed over 270,000 meals, and created a collaborative of motivated like-minded stakeholders. Future work includes improved data collection and sharing, support for increased stakeholder engagement and greater distribution of leadership and power, advocacy for policy change, refining measurement tools of network maturity for community settings, and collaboration with other efforts that contribute to food security indirectly.
Competing Interests: CH was employed by 84.51°. The remaining authors declare that the research was conducted in the absence of any commercial or financial relationships that could be construed as a potential conflict of interest.
(Copyright © 2024 Schuh, Alexander, Gasperetti, Gorecki, Cutler, Hoffman, Kahn, Okano and Riley.)
Databáze: MEDLINE