HHS Region 5
Wisconsin
Collaborative for Equitable Mental Health Services in Madison Schools
Madison and Dane County, WI
Cohort 12 - 2023
NLAPH
Overview
Through multi-sector collaboration and community engagement, our team plans to build upon the proposal to (1) understand current rates of mental health concerns among middle schools and what percentage of students are accessing mental health services; (2) identify the impact of school and/or community mental health services on student outcomes; and (3) identify the barriers and facilitators to students’ access and receipt of mental health services.
Team members
Jill Denson
UW-Madison Prevention Research Center
Janice Valenzuela
UW-Madison Prevention Research Center
Kara Benjamin
Maternal and Child Health (MCH) Program, Wisconsin Department of Public Health
Katie Eklund
University of Wisconsin-Madison
Nelsie Stern
Journey Mental Health Center
Kristen Guetschow
Madison Metropolitan School District
Documents
Milwaukee Coalition on Harm Reduction and Overdose Prevention
Milwaukee, WI
Cohort 12 - 2023
NLAPH
Overview
Our team’s project goal is to reduce fatal and non-fatal overdoses in Milwaukee. To do this, we use data from a variety of sources to identify areas of Milwaukee that would benefit from resources and intervention. Our efforts include community engagement and utilizing evidence-based strategies to reduce the burden of overdose. We also work with local community partners to collaborate on next steps and gain insight and trust to provide resources to those who need it most.
Team members
Courtney Geiger
Milwaukee Health Department
Paige Andrews
CDC Foundation
Shaun Doyne
North Central High Intensity Drug Trafficking Area, Overdose Response Strategy
Amanda De Leon
Community Medical Services
Documents
Red Cliff Community Health Team
Red Cliff, WI
Cohort 5 - 2016
NLAPH
Overview
The team aims to improve health and wellness in the Red Cliff community by creating smoke-free housing. They hope to create the first tribal smoke-free housing in Wisconsin that will reduce indoor air pollution, secondhand smoke exposure, and the resulting negative health consequences, including SIDS, asthma, and cancer.
Team members
Sherrie Anderson
Red Cliff Community Health Center
James Belanger
Red Cliff Community Health Center
Vincent "Butch" Bresette
Red Cliff Community Health Center
Melissa Grooms
Red Cliff Community Health Center
Samantha Lucas-Pipkorn
Great Lakes Inter-Tribal Epidemiology Center
Documents
Northwoods (NW) LEAN Coalition [Garden Based Nutrition in Elementary Schools]
Rhinelander, WI
Cohort 3 - 2014
NLAPH
Overview
The project focuses on:
Increasing students' daily consumption of fruits and vegetables
Increasing nutrition knowledge of students and teachers in order to incorporate more nutrition and healthy eating into the curriculum
Their intervention also addresses working with the local school districts to develop garden programs.
Team members
Kyla Waksmonski
Oneida County Public Health
Laura Magstadt
Howard Young Health Care
Susan Scheller Kirby
Saint Mary's Hospital
Regina Egan
Vilas County Public Health
Coalition for Alcohol Policy
Statewide
Cohort 2 - 2013
NLAPH
Overview
The project will build a statewide alcohol coalition that will include diverse sectors and local coalitions to promote statewide policy goals. High alcohol consumption costs the state over a billion dollars a year. The policies created through this program could reduce costs while also increasing revenue for treatment programs and law enforcement related to alcohol consumption.
Team members
Paul Krupski
Health First Wisconsin
Melissa Dotter
Marathon County Health Department
Chris Fitzgerald
Barron County Sheriff's Department
Dorothy Chaney
WI Community Health Alliance
Thrive WI: Wisconsin's Alliance for Health Equity
Statewide
Cohort 2 - 2013
NLAPH
Overview
The team plans to build the Wisconsin Health Equity Alliance (WHEA), a powerful, permanent statewide network for achieving health equity. The WHEA will serve as a hub for training, strategy development, state meetings, and planned actions for change. Through WHEA community organizers, public health practitioners, and academia, the team will have a strong collective impact on policy and systems change needed to improve health outcomes and reduce health disparities in Wisconsin. The team will build the foundation for WHEA by:
Developing a new partnership between community organizers, public health practitioners, and academic professionals
Developing the details of a shared vision and creating an action plan
Convening a Wisconsin Health Equity Summit with additional stakeholders to share the action plan, receive feedback, and implement initial action items
Team members
Paula Tran Inzeo
Clearinghouse for Prevention S
David Liners
WISDOM, Inc.
Jennifer Weitzel
Public Health Madison & Dane C
Katherine Vaughn-Jehring
WI Division of Public Health