Welcome to our repository of information and tools to support collaborative planning, implementation, and monitoring of Bronx Healthy Start (BHS) community programs and services. BHS is a federally-funded initiative to address disparities in maternal and infant mortality in at risk communities of The Bronx (HRSA-19-049; No. 160477; Strelnick, PI). To promote an ethos of continual Quality Improvement (QI), we have organized monthly Group Model Building (GMB) sessions. These sessions will be guided by best practices in system dynamics (SD) modeling, a rapidly evolving, interdisciplinary field of systems science research. SD adds value to traditional QI and evaluation methods by building system thinking skills and by co-creating models and other tools that can help manage the delivery of evidence-based maternal health interventions.
Location: Einstein Campus, 1300 Morris Park Ave., Block Building, 4th Floor Conf Room
Session 1. Getting started: Systems thinking and action to reduce infant and maternal mortality in our communities
(Thursday, 16-May-2019 from 8:30am to 11am)
Session 2. Introduction to system dynamics model building: Using simulation to 'see' the problem (and its solutions!)
(Thursday, 20-June-2019 from 8:30am to 11am)
Session 3. More model building: Sources of information to support key assumptions and parameters in our simulation tools
(Thursday, 11-July-2019 from 8:30am to 11am)
Session 4. Understanding complexity: Examining the interplay of BHS services (enrollment, case management, counseling & education, and access to care) with stated program goals and outcomes
(Thursday, 19-September-2019 from 8:30am to 11am)
Session 5. Quality improvement scenarios: Modeling to learn how to meet or exceed BHS benchmarks for enrollment, case management, counseling & education, and access to care
(Thursday, 31-October-2019 from 2:30pm to 5:00pm)
Session 6. BHS action plans: Designing and implementing model-informed strategies that impact infant and maternal mortality in our communities
(18-December-2019 from 2:30pm to 5:00pm)