Watch the full Collaboratory here
Fathers know that their presence and perspective is invaluable in the pregnancy, birth and after birth period. Yet too often, their voices are disregarded from maternal and child health research.
For our June 2020 Collaboratory, to honor Father’s Day, we shared the research priorities of Black and Latinx fathers in San Francisco, Oakland, and Fresno. By sharing these detailed lists of unanswered pregnancy and birth questions, as well as the process of co-creating these lists, we are calling on funders, researchers, as well as social and clinical providers to refocus their work to include the input of those most impacted by preterm birth.
See the full list of prioritized research questions by fathers here.
What was covered
- Black and Brown father’s experience in pregnancy and birth
- Crafting a research agenda from community priorities
- Building authentic relationships with community partners
- Implementing research justice framework in your own work
Moderators:
Daphina Melbourne
Daphina is the Community Engagement Associate at the California Preterm Birth Initiative. Daphina has worked with women across the life course bridging the gap between community and research to ensure that those at the margins are always centered in research development and priorities. She has over fifteen years of reproductive justice organizing experience.
Shanell Williams
Shanell Williams is the Director of Community Engagement and Partnerships for the California Preterm Birth Initiative and a member of the Board of Trustees at City College of San Francisco. Over the past 16 years, Shanell has served thousands of San Franciscans as an informed, passionate and dedicated public advocate, nonprofit leader and community organizer. From mentoring youth trapped in cycles of incarceration—to saving city college from a near loss of accreditation and closure for the past four years— Shanell has worked tirelessly to improve all San Franciscan’s quality of life.
Keynote Speakers:
Reverend Jeff Branner
San Francisco Research Participant. Bio coming soon!
Ibrahim Muhammad Abdullah Caluya
Ibrahim is a NICU father of beautiful twins and three other beautiful girls. He is honored and appreciative of the opportunity to work with UCSF Preterm Birth Initiative to tackle issues surrounding the challenges that Black and Brown father face during their time in and essentially out of the NICU.
Brittany Edwards
Brittany Edwards, CNM, WHNP-BC, completed her midwifery education at the University of California, San Francisco and now resides in her hometown Fresno, CA. During her studies, she was fortunate to work with the Preterm Birth Initiative where her thesis "What about the men? Perinatal experiences of men of color..." was recently published in BMC Pregnancy and Childbirth. Currently, Brittany is a Co-Investigator with the EMBRACE preterm birth study exploring group prenatal care in the Central Valley. She attributes her passion for community and racial equity to her grandparents who founded Fresno's first African American newspaper, The California Advocate
Linda Franck
Dr. Franck holds the Jack and Elaine Koehn Endowed Chair in Pediatric Nursing at the University of California, San Francisco (UCSF) School of Nursing. Dr. Franck has a particular interest in improving the patient and family experience of health care and has pioneered interventions to engage parents and children as partners in pain management and in research to improve quality of care and quality of life for children and their families.
Artie Padilla
Artie Padilla was born and raised in Fresno California. After earning a degree in Business Administration from CSU Northridge, he returned home where he has worked in the nonprofit sector for over 28 years. Over the last 15 years, he’s been working closely in Fresno’s 92 public elementary school neighborhoods serving both youth and families. This work led him to create Every Neighborhood Partnership, a community-based organization launched from a local church that mobilizes and equips neighborhood building teams that actively serve on school campuses and in their surrounding community. Through his city-wide networking, Artie now sits on 15 organizational boards, steering committees and advisory teams. From these various perspectives, he’s striving to align visions, resources and community assets to help build a more equitable, resilient and thriving city.
Tacing Parker
Tacing is passionate about supporting youth, families and communities with over 20 years of community-based experience. Her experience provides an in-depth perspective to the strengths and needs of those she serves. Tacing currently serves as the Senior Executive Director of the Bayview Hunters Point YMCA.
Lynell Taylor
Lynell Taylor is a husband, father of three and lives in Fresno California. He has been working in Social Services for the past 15 years and has been very passionate about volunteering with PTBi Fresno ever since his youngest child was born two months premature. Lynell meets with PTBi Fresno Dad's Council on a monthly basis to discuss and learn about statistics and how to lower the rate of premature birth in Fresno County. Lynell is also very honored to co-chair the policy committee.
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