{"id":6289,"date":"2022-07-12T16:59:41","date_gmt":"2022-07-12T23:59:41","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/nau.edu\/center-health-equity-research\/?page_id=6289"},"modified":"2025-02-05T15:23:30","modified_gmt":"2025-02-05T22:23:30","slug":"yavapai-communities-young-children","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/legacy.nau.edu\/center-community-health-engaged-research\/yavapai-communities-young-children\/","title":{"rendered":"Yavapai Communities for Young Children"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p class=\"has-text-align-center\">Yavapai Communities for Young Children (YCYC), led by the Center for Community Health and Engaged Research (CHER) in partnership with First Things First Yavapai region, aims to improve early childhood outcomes in Yavapai County.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"has-text-align-center\">This initiative began in February 2022, following the <a href=\"https:\/\/www.firstthingsfirst.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/08\/Childrens_Health_System_Change-_Yavapai_Region_Final_Assessment.pdf\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">Children\u2019s Health System Change: Yavapai Region Final Assessment<\/a>.<\/p>\n\n\n<div class=\"nau-block nau-block-left-nav-top-bound\">\n    \t<button id=\"left-nav-toggle-btn\" onclick=\"toggleNav();\">\n\t\tON THIS PAGE \n\t\t<i id=\"chevron-icon\" class=\"fas fa-solid fa-chevron-down\"><\/i>\n\t<\/button>\n\t<div id=\"left-nav-menu-track\">\n\t\t<div id=\"left-nav-wrapper\">\n\t\t\t<div class=\"rfi-above-anchor-tags\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"ri-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<a href=\"https:\/\/nau.edu\/admissions\/request-information\/\" id=\"request-info\" class=\"btn bg-true-blue left-nav-menu-bottom-button display-mobile\">Request info&nbsp;&nbsp;<\/a>\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t<div id=\"left-nav-menu\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"menu-section menu-section-links\"><h6 class=\"hidden-mobile 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class=\"nau-block left-nav-section grid-md-12\">\n        <div class=\"page-content\">\n        \n\n<h2>Collaborative efforts<\/h2>\n\n\n\n<p>Our steering committee focuses on:<\/p>\n\n\n\n<ul><li>Promoting awareness, inclusiveness, and coordination.<\/li><li>Recruiting and retaining pediatric, family medicine, and mental health providers.<\/li><li>Enhancing economic opportunities, affordable housing, transportation, food security, physical activity, and education.<\/li><\/ul>\n\n\n\n<h2>Challenges and solutions<\/h2>\n\n\n<section         class=\"nau-article-block-simple-color-text-photo bg-true-blue \">\n    \n\n    \n        <hr role=\"none\" class=\"hr-clearspace-20 d-none-md\">\n\n        <h3>Challenges<\/h3>                <p>Families face a fragmented health system, hindering access to services and resources.<\/p>\n\n    \n\n<\/section>\n\n<section         class=\"nau-article-block-simple-color-text-photo bg-twilight-xxx-light \">\n    \n\n    \n        <hr role=\"none\" class=\"hr-clearspace-20 d-none-md\">\n\n        <h3>Solutions<\/h3>                <ul>\n<li>Improve collaboration among health providers and community organizations.<\/li>\n<li>Empower families to address their children\u2019s health needs.<\/li>\n<li>Increase awareness of community health resources.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n\n    \n\n<\/section>\n\n\n<h2>Principles of practice<\/h2>\n\n\n\n<section  \n    class=\"nau-block nau-block-panels   \" \n    data-layout_mobile=\"groupLayout-Stack gutter_Default panelLayoutPhotoTextVertical  photoAspect-1-1\"\n        data-layout_tablet=\"groupLayout-Stack gutter_Default panelLayoutPhotoTextVertical  photoAspect-1-1\"\n        data-layout_desktop=\"groupLayout-Grid gutter_Default panelLayoutPhotoTextVertical  photoAspect-1-1\"\n        data-layout_xl=\"groupLayout-Grid gutter_Default panelLayoutPhotoTextVertical  photoAspect-1-1\">\n\n    <div class=\"background-wrapper\">\n        <div class=\"block-main-content\">\n            \n            \n            \n            \n            \n            <div class=\"panel-wrapper\">\n                \n                                \n                        <div class=\"panel bg-twilight  panelTypeText  noHover \"\n                            data-role=\"tabpanel\"\n                            data-panel=\"panel--0\"\n                            id=\"panel--0\">\n\n                            \n                                                                    <div class=\"content\">\n                                            <div class=\"text-wrapper\">\n                                                                                                <h3 class=\"h3-tab-index\">Serve the community through a systems-oriented approach.<\/h3>\n                                                \n                                                                                                    <div class=\"text\">\n                                                        <p>We strive to change the overall children&#8217;s health system, including policies, practices, culture, and norms, to create a healthier community through structured collaboration across sectors.<\/p>\n                                                    <\/div>\n                                                \n                                                                                            <\/div>\n                                        <\/div>\n\n                                    \n                                \n                                                        <\/div>\n                    \n                        <div class=\"panel bg-green  panelTypeText  noHover \"\n                            data-role=\"tabpanel\"\n                            data-panel=\"panel--1\"\n                            id=\"panel--1\">\n\n                            \n                                                                    <div class=\"content\">\n                                            <div class=\"text-wrapper\">\n                                                                                                <h3 class=\"h3-tab-index\">Think holistically about the health of young children.<\/h3>\n                                                \n                                                                                                    <div class=\"text\">\n                                                        <p>We believe supporting health goes beyond accessing health care and requires addressing the social, economic, and environmental conditions in which people are born, live, work, and age.<\/p>\n                                                    <\/div>\n                                                \n                                                                                            <\/div>\n                                        <\/div>\n\n                                    \n                                \n                                                        <\/div>\n                    \n                        <div class=\"panel bg-monsoon  panelTypeText  noHover \"\n                            data-role=\"tabpanel\"\n                            data-panel=\"panel--2\"\n                            id=\"panel--2\">\n\n                            \n                                                                    <div class=\"content\">\n                                            <div class=\"text-wrapper\">\n                                                                                                <h3 class=\"h3-tab-index\">Prioritize diverse perspectives and promote equity and inclusion.<\/h3>\n                                                \n                                                                                                    <div class=\"text\">\n                                                        <p>Our strategies must include all families with young children who may be vulnerable to health inequities. We will be mindful of race\/ethnicity, culture, language, age, health literacy, income, geographical region, gender, sexuality, documentation status, and physical abilities to ensure equitable access to community services and resources.<\/p>\n                                                    <\/div>\n                                                \n                                                                                            <\/div>\n                                        <\/div>\n\n                                    \n                                \n                                                        <\/div>\n                    \n                        <div class=\"panel bg-true-blue  panelTypeText  noHover \"\n                            data-role=\"tabpanel\"\n                            data-panel=\"panel--3\"\n                            id=\"panel--3\">\n\n                            \n                                                                    <div class=\"content\">\n                                            <div class=\"text-wrapper\">\n                                                                                                <h3 class=\"h3-tab-index\">Incorporate community voices.<\/h3>\n                                                \n                                                                                                    <div class=\"text\">\n                                                        <p>The perspectives of families with young children are essential to our vision and success. We aim to ensure our actions align with community need through continuous feedback and engagement<\/p>\n                                                    <\/div>\n                                                \n                                                                                            <\/div>\n                                        <\/div>\n\n                                    \n                                \n                                                        <\/div>\n                    \n                        <div class=\"panel bg-sunset  panelTypeText  noHover \"\n                            data-role=\"tabpanel\"\n                            data-panel=\"panel--4\"\n                            id=\"panel--4\">\n\n                            \n                                                                    <div class=\"content\">\n                                            <div class=\"text-wrapper\">\n                                                                                                <h3 class=\"h3-tab-index\">Practice transparency.<\/h3>\n                                                \n                                                                                                    <div class=\"text\">\n                                                        <p>Our processes will include open communication to ensure our accountability to the community and encourage genuine reciprocal relationships.<\/p>\n                                                    <\/div>\n                                                \n                                                                                            <\/div>\n                                        <\/div>\n\n                                    \n                                \n                                                        <\/div>\n                    \n                        <div class=\"panel bg-gold  panelTypeText  noHover \"\n              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\n                                                                                            <\/div>\n                                        <\/div>\n\n                                    \n                                \n                                                        <\/div>\n                                                <\/div>\n\n                    <\/div>\n    <\/div>\n<\/section>\n\n\n<h2>Steering committee<\/h2>\n\n\n\n<ul><li><strong>Beya Thayer, MSW<\/strong>: YCYC Steering Committee Member, Executive Director, Yavapai County Justice and Mental Health Coalition<\/li><li><strong>Rebecca Serratos<\/strong>: YCYC Steering Committee Member, Prescott Farmers Market-Vendor Development Coordinator<\/li><li><strong>Martha Baden<\/strong>: YCYC Steering Committee Member, Prescott Public Library, Library Manager, Public Services<\/li><li><strong>Lisa Blyth<\/strong>: YCYC Steering Committee Member, First Things First Regional Director<\/li><li><strong>Tamara Player<\/strong>: YCYC Steering Committee Member, President and CEO of Polara Health<\/li><li><strong>Wendy Watson<\/strong>: YCYC Steering Committee Member, Associate Professor, Anthropology<\/li><li><strong>Marney Babbitt-Pierce<\/strong>: YCYC Steering Committee Member, Council Member, Town of Clarkdale<\/li><li><strong>Leslie Horton, MA, MCHES<\/strong>: YCYC Steering Committee Member, Yavapai County Community Health Services, Director<\/li><li><strong>Dr. Ronael Eckman<\/strong>: YCYC Steering Committee Member, Vice President of Medical Affairs, Yavapai Regional Medical Center<\/li><\/ul>\n\n\n\n<p><em>This project is funded by the Arizona Early Childhood Development and Health Board (First Things First) under ISA-RC022-24-1188-01.<\/em><\/p>\n\n\n    <\/div>\n<\/section>\n\n<div class=\"nau-block nau-block-left-nav-bottom-bound\">\n\n<\/div>","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Yavapai Communities for Young Children (YCYC), led by the Center for Community Health and 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