Community health workers as change agents in improving equity in birth outcomes in Detroit

Jennifer K. Straughen; Jaye Clement; Lonni Schultz; Gwen Alexander; Yolanda Hill-Ashford; Kimberlydawn Wisdom

doi:10.1371/journal.pone.0281450

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Community health workers as change agents in improving equity in birth outcomes in Detroit

Jennifer K. Straughen ,

Roles Conceptualization, Data curation, Methodology, Writing – original draft, Writing – review & editing

* E-mail: jstraug1@hfhs.org

Affiliation Department of Public Health Sciences, Henry Ford Health System, Detroit, MI, United States of America

https://orcid.org/0000-0002-2208-524X

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Jaye Clement,

Roles Conceptualization, Data curation, Funding acquisition, Methodology, Supervision, Writing – review & editing

Affiliation Office of Community Health, Equity, and Wellness, Henry Ford Health System, Detroit, MI, United States of America
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Lonni Schultz,

Roles Formal analysis, Methodology, Writing – review & editing

Affiliation Department of Public Health Sciences, Henry Ford Health System, Detroit, MI, United States of America
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Gwen Alexander,

Roles Conceptualization, Project administration, Writing – review & editing

Affiliation Department of Public Health Sciences, Henry Ford Health System, Detroit, MI, United States of America
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Yolanda Hill-Ashford,

Roles Data curation, Project administration, Writing – review & editing

Current address: Detroit Health Department, Detroit, MI, United States of America

Affiliation Office of Community Health, Equity, and Wellness, Henry Ford Health System, Detroit, MI, United States of America
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Kimberlydawn Wisdom

Roles Conceptualization, Funding acquisition, Investigation, Methodology, Writing – review & editing

Affiliation Office of Community Health, Equity, and Wellness, Henry Ford Health System, Detroit, MI, United States of America
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Community health workers as change agents in improving equity in birth outcomes in Detroit

Jennifer K. Straughen,
Jaye Clement,
Lonni Schultz,
Gwen Alexander,
Yolanda Hill-Ashford,
Kimberlydawn Wisdom

Published: February 14, 2023
https://doi.org/10.1371/journal.pone.0281450

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