Going beyond participation: community-led design and evaluation of the Philly Joy Bank
GI is a promising upstream structural intervention to address persistent health inequities during the perinatal period: a critical period of the life course. Understanding if and how GI improves health for birthing people and their infants can inform implementation and policy to advance health equity.
Authors
- Ayomide Sokale
- Allison K. Groves (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0003-4520-3963)
- Olivia Cordingley (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-4551-0421)
- Erikka Gilliam
- Elizabeth Salerno Valdez (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0001-8160-8138)
- Daniel Vader (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-2103-5304)
- Stacey Kallem (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0001-9485-0759)
- Christina Brown (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0001-8401-5143)
- George Dalembert (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-7711-5602)
- Nia T. Samuels
- N. Raitano Lee
- Yuan He (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-2065-3901)
- Cara Frances
- Ariel Presley
- Hyden Terrell
- Jordan S. Wilson
- Chaquita Calloway
- Rita Nelson
- Imani Davis
- Nia Coaxum
Institutions
- Children's Hospital of Philadelphia (US)
- Philadelphia Department of Public Health (US)
- Action Network (US)
- Drexel University (US)
Publication Details
- Journal
- Frontiers in Public Health
- Published
- 2026-03-04
- DOI
- https://doi.org/10.3389/fpubh.2026.1725812
- Primary Topic
- Early Childhood Education and Development
- Type
- article
- Field-Weighted Citation Impact
- 0.00
Funders
- University of Pennsylvania
- Jewish Healthcare Foundation