Goal 2: Advocate for local and state policy changes that would
positively influence conditions in pregnancy and early childhood.
Anticipated Impact
By working to enact policy changes that support families, the anticipated impact
will be: an increase in the number of women seeking prenatal care; an increase in the
number of caregivers able to take advantage of maternity/paternity leave; and finally
and most importantly a decline in the number of premature births and incidents of
toxic stress following birth.
Strategy 2.1
Review Children’s Hospital Colorado internal policies to create
a “Best in Class” workplace.
Tactic: Create a policy review committee.
The first step in conducting the policy review will be creating a committee that
has broad enough representation from across the hospital to be viewed by the
employee base as credible and knowledgeable. While it will certainly be important
to include senior leaders in this committee, it is equally important to include front
line workers whose daily experiences are impacted by the policies that Children’s
Colorado enacts. Ideally, the committee will include 15 to 20 representatives from
diverse disciplines such as:
OO Human
resources
OO Ambulatory
OO Finance
OO Primary
OO Nursing
OO Food
OO Emergency
OO Urgent
care
care
care
care
services
OO Intake/admissions
OO Janitorial
services
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