Swetland Seminar || Housing & Infant Health: Targeted Investment & Meaningful Engagement Study

Описание: Join us for the monthly Swetland Seminar Series, a free learning opportunity open to the public. Each month we invite a guest to speak about various environmental health topics. Learn more at case.edu/swetland/training/swetland-seminars.

Presenters:
Deena J. Chisolm, PhD
-Nationwide Foundation Endowed Chair in Health Equity Research
-Vice President of Health Services Research
-Director, Center for Child Health Equity and Outcomes Research
-Abigail Wexner Research Institute at Nationwide Children’s Hospital
-Professor of Pediatrics, The Ohio State University College of Medicine

Kierra S. Barnett, PhD, MPH
-Senior Research Scientist
-Center for Child Health Equity and Outcomes Research
-The Abigail Wexner Research Institute at Nationwide Children’s Hospital

The probability that a child does not live to celebrate their first birthday, the
infant mortality rate (IMR), is widely accepted as an indicator of overall wellbeing of a population. The racial disparities in IMR are a long-standing
problem, both nationally and locally in Central Ohio. IMR disparities are
often place-based and are the result of policies and practices that have
created and maintained the disparate opportunity landscape. Beginning to
undo the effects of these policies on disparities in IMR and health outcomes at the community level will require: (1) understanding the ways that the policies have been experienced by women, (2) identifying avenues for targeted investment designed to create meaningful change, and (3) making financial commitments to improve outcomes. The Targeted Investment and Meaning Engagement (TIME) Study tells the story of Columbus, Ohio’s Linden neighborhood, a historically disinvested community that has been devastated by decades of disparate policies and high IMR. This mixed methods study uses information gathered through an extensive policy inventory of the neighborhood, qualitative interviews with Black women, and engagement with residents to understand the “why” of the neighborhood deprivation that imperils birth outcomes for Black infants to tailor future investment strategies.
https://www.nationwidechildrens.org/r...

February 17, 2026