Dorothy Cilenti

Datos Biográficos

ID2159328
NOMBREDorothy Cilenti
NOMBRESDorothy
APELLIDOCilenti
FIRMACILENTI D
AFILIACIONESUniversity of North Carolina at Chapel Hill
ORCID0000-0002-1468-500X
VERIFICADOSí
TOTAL DE OBRAS15
TOTAL DE CITAS2
TOTAL COMO AUTOR15
TOTAL COMO EDITOR0
PRIMER AÑO DE PUBLICACIÓN2014
AÑO MÁS RECIENTE DE PUBLICACIÓN2022
ÍNDICE H1

  • Enhancing Title V Workforce Capacity to Address Complex Challenges

    Open AccessAlexandria M Coffey, Laura Powis et al.ARTICLEMaternal and Child Health Journal2022

    Through working with the Center, Title V leaders and their teams achieved episodic, developmental, and transformative results through application of Center tools and skills to complex challenges. Investment in the MCH workforce through skill development is critical for achieving transformative results and solving "wicked" public health problems

  • A Path Towards Reproductive Justice

    Open AccessLindsey Yates, Iwan Morgan et al.ARTICLEMaternal and Child Health Journal2022

    The ICO4MCH program was able to modify a LARC EBS to better emphasize Reproductive Justice. Local agencies desiring to shift their LARC programs should include and value feedback from those with lived experience and partner with organizations committed to Reproductive Justice

  • Developing State Leadership in Maternal and Child Health

    Open AccessKarl Umble, Karl E Umble et al.ARTICLEMaternal and Child Health Journal2022

    Continuing professional development programs can help leaders learn to address complex state-level MCH challenges through integrated classroom-based skills development, work-based learning on state challenges, and tailored coaching

  • Practical Approaches for Promoting Health Equity in Communities

    Open AccessLarissa Calancie, Ann Batdorf-Barnes et al.ARTICLEMaternal and Child Health Journal2022

    The Maternal and Child Health workforce, public health practitioners, researchers, and other groups need clear, practical guidance on how to promote health equity in the communities they serve. The National Maternal and Child Health Workforce Development Center's Health Equity Team synthesized eight approaches for promoting health equity that drew on their experience working with public health practitioners and communities. The approaches are to:…

  • Policy Engagement Framework for Public Health

    Open AccessJane Branscomb, Laura Powis et al.ARTICLEMaternal and Child Health Journal2022

    The Policy Engagement Framework can enhance workforce capacity by expanding mindsets about ways public health and MCH practitioners can consider engaging. It can facilitate communication and clarity within an organization regarding what activities are permitted in staff's official capacity. Finally, it can guide the strategic development of workforce education and training

  • Innovation Theory and Local Health Department Accreditation

    Dorothy CilentiARTICLEAmerican Journal of Public Health2021Referencias: 3

    Innovation Theory and Local Health Department Accreditation Dorothy Cilenti DrPH, MPH, MSW Affiliation Dorothy Cilenti is clinical associate professor in the Department of Maternal and Child Health at the University of North Carolina Gillings School of Global Public Health in Chapel Hill, NC.CopyRightCorrespondence should be sent to Dorothy Cilenti, Associate Professor, Gillings School of Global Public Health, Department of Maternal and Child Hea…

  • Using the Wilder Collaboration Factors Inventory to Strengthen Collaborations for Improving Maternal and Child Health

    Open AccessRebecca Wells, Lindsey Yates et al.ARTICLEMaternal and Child Health Journal2020

    The Wilder Collaboration Factors Inventory provided a feasible tool for identifying opportunities for improvement in several local, cross-sector partnerships, suggesting promise for other communities seeking to enhance their collective impact on maternal and child health

  • MCH Workforce Capacity

    Open AccessIlana G Raskind, Theresa Chapple-Mcgruder et al.ARTICLEMaternal and Child Health Journal2019

    Objectives A skilled workforce is essential to advancing maternal and child health (MCH) in a rapidly changing public health system. Little is known about the MCH workforce's existing capacity to maximize opportunities afforded by ongoing change. We assessed MCH workforce capacity in three areas: Systems Integration, Evidence-Based Decision-Making, and Change Management/Adaptive Leadership. We then examined associations between workforce capacity…

  • System Dynamics Approaches and Collective Action for Community Health

    Open AccessDorothy Cilenti, L Michele Issel et al.ARTICLEAmerican Journal of Community…2019

    System dynamics ( SD ) methods, from qualitative causal loop diagramming to quantitative simulation modeling, have the potential to be powerful tools for engaging community stakeholders interested in improving health. However, the extent to which SD drives collective action to improve community health is unclear. The objective of this review was to understand how often, why, and how SD has been used by cross‐sector community collectives. Of 409 i…

  • Innovations in Maternal and Child Health

    Open AccessArden Handler, Jaime Klaus et al.ARTICLEMaternal and Child Health Journal2018

  • Developing Collaborative Maternal and Child Health Leaders

    Open AccessAlina Clarke, Alina Nadira Clarke et al.ARTICLEMaternal and Child Health Journal2017

  • Title V Workforce Development in the Era of Health Transformation

    Open AccessLewis H Margolis, Lewis Margolis et al.ARTICLEMaternal and Child Health Journal2017

  • Building the Evidence for Decision-Making

    Anna P Schenck, Anne Meyer et al.ARTICLEAmerican Journal of Public Health2015Citada por: 2Referencias: 16

    Objectives. We examined associations between local health department (LHD) spending, staffing, and services and community health outcomes in North Carolina. Methods. We analyzed LHD investments and community mortality in North Carolina from 2005 through 2010. We obtained LHD spending, staffing, and services data from the National Association of City and County Health Officials 2005 and 2008 profile surveys. Five mortality rates were constructed u…

  • The political economy of a public health case management program's transition into medical homes

    Open AccessRebecca Wells, Dorothy Cilenti et al.ARTICLESocial Science & Medicine2015Referencias: 25

  • Effects of Maternity Care Coordination on Pregnancy Outcomes

    Open AccessMarianne M Hillemeier, Marisa Elena Domino et al.ARTICLEMaternal and Child Health Journal2014