Explanation
BACKGROUND: This ordinance authorizes CelebrateOne on behalf of the Office of the Mayor to accept, appropriate and expend $50,000.00 in funding from a Disparities in Maternal Health grant from the Ohio Department of Health and to expend $3,400 in private funding from The Columbus Foundation. These funds will be used to enter into contract with Design Impact (DI) to develop and implement a human-centered design process that engages community members impacted by infant and maternal morbidity and mortality as experts and co-creators in the process.
The project will unfold in three phases. The first phase involves establishing a core team and aligning its members around the goals of this work, participant roles and responsibilities, and the project's timeline. Additionally, DI will plan, design, and facilitate training sessions for as many as 6 peer researchers recruited by CelebrateOne. The peer researchers are a group of pregnant and parenting individuals which geographically and demographically represent families most impacted by infant and maternal morbidity and mortality.
The second phase will include the development of a guide to be used by the peer researchers during listening sessions and support from DI in facilitating these sessions. Following each session, DI will meet with CelebrateOne staff and the peer researchers to debrief and process what had been shared and learned. Once all four listening sessions have been completed, DI will synthesize and analyze the raw data gathered through the listening session and will create a draft report for C1, which explains key themes and opportunities based upon the analysis of the data.
The third and final phase of this project will include the design and facilitation of a strategic conversation among CelebrateOne partners. This session will engage stakeholders including: parents, health care professionals, and representatives from other related social services and government agencies. DI will move pa...
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