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Creating Systems-Level Change to Better Support Expectant and Parenting Young People: A Case Study
INTRODUCTION: Expectant and parenting young people (young parents) require diverse services to support their health, educational success, and family functioning. Rarely can the needs of young parents be met by a single school or service provider. This case study examines how one large school distric...
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Acceso en línea: | https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC7497379/ https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/32889683 http://dx.doi.org/10.1007/s10995-020-02991-7 |
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author | Purington, Amanda Stupp, Erica Sebuharara, Divine Maley, Brian Henderson, Sara Birnel Powers, Jane |
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description | INTRODUCTION: Expectant and parenting young people (young parents) require diverse services to support their health, educational success, and family functioning. Rarely can the needs of young parents be met by a single school or service provider. This case study examines how one large school district funded through the pathways to success initiative was able to facilitate systems change to increase young parents’ access to and use of supportive services. METHODS: Data sources include a needs and resources assessment, quarterly reports documenting grantee effort, sustainability plans, social network analysis, and capstone interviews. All data sources were systematically reviewed to identify the existing context prior to the start of the initiative, the changes that resulted from the initiative, and efforts that could potentially be maintained beyond the grant period. RESULTS: The community context prior to Pathways implementation was one of disconnected services and missed opportunities. The full-time program coordinator hired by the district focused on systems-level change and facilitated connections between organizations. This greater connectivity contributed to increased collaboration with the goal of producing lasting benefits for young parents. DISCUSSION: Promoting sustainable connections and collaboration at the systems level can help dismantle barriers to service access and benefit young parents. |
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spelling | pubmed-74973792020-09-29 Creating Systems-Level Change to Better Support Expectant and Parenting Young People: A Case Study Purington, Amanda Stupp, Erica Sebuharara, Divine Maley, Brian Henderson, Sara Birnel Powers, Jane Matern Child Health J Article INTRODUCTION: Expectant and parenting young people (young parents) require diverse services to support their health, educational success, and family functioning. Rarely can the needs of young parents be met by a single school or service provider. This case study examines how one large school district funded through the pathways to success initiative was able to facilitate systems change to increase young parents’ access to and use of supportive services. METHODS: Data sources include a needs and resources assessment, quarterly reports documenting grantee effort, sustainability plans, social network analysis, and capstone interviews. All data sources were systematically reviewed to identify the existing context prior to the start of the initiative, the changes that resulted from the initiative, and efforts that could potentially be maintained beyond the grant period. RESULTS: The community context prior to Pathways implementation was one of disconnected services and missed opportunities. The full-time program coordinator hired by the district focused on systems-level change and facilitated connections between organizations. This greater connectivity contributed to increased collaboration with the goal of producing lasting benefits for young parents. DISCUSSION: Promoting sustainable connections and collaboration at the systems level can help dismantle barriers to service access and benefit young parents. Springer US 2020-09-05 2020 /pmc/articles/PMC7497379/ /pubmed/32889683 http://dx.doi.org/10.1007/s10995-020-02991-7 Text en © The Author(s) 2020 Open AccessThis article is licensed under a Creative Commons Attribution 4.0 International License, which permits use, sharing, adaptation, distribution and reproduction in any medium or format, as long as you give appropriate credit to the original author(s) and the source, provide a link to the Creative Commons licence, and indicate if changes were made. The images or other third party material in this article are included in the article's Creative Commons licence, unless indicated otherwise in a credit line to the material. If material is not included in the article's Creative Commons licence and your intended use is not permitted by statutory regulation or exceeds the permitted use, you will need to obtain permission directly from the copyright holder. To view a copy of this licence, visit http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/. |
spellingShingle | Article Purington, Amanda Stupp, Erica Sebuharara, Divine Maley, Brian Henderson, Sara Birnel Powers, Jane Creating Systems-Level Change to Better Support Expectant and Parenting Young People: A Case Study |
title | Creating Systems-Level Change to Better Support Expectant and Parenting Young People: A Case Study |
title_full | Creating Systems-Level Change to Better Support Expectant and Parenting Young People: A Case Study |
title_fullStr | Creating Systems-Level Change to Better Support Expectant and Parenting Young People: A Case Study |
title_full_unstemmed | Creating Systems-Level Change to Better Support Expectant and Parenting Young People: A Case Study |
title_short | Creating Systems-Level Change to Better Support Expectant and Parenting Young People: A Case Study |
title_sort | creating systems-level change to better support expectant and parenting young people: a case study |
topic | Article |
url | https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC7497379/ https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/32889683 http://dx.doi.org/10.1007/s10995-020-02991-7 |
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