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Children’s of Alabama
Chieuda Nguyen, Hailey Gilmore, Joyce Kim, Molly McLemore
Community and Population
• Average median household income of
$42,882
• Approximately 18.6% of persons living
below the poverty level
• More than one half of mothers with young
children are employed
• 1/4 of the population is under age 19
• Racial Diversity
• 58.7% White
• 30% African American
• 6.7% Hispanic
• 4.7% other races
• Jefferson County, the largest county in the
MSA, is more evenly divided racially
• 42.7% White
• 47.5% African American
(Ascension, 2018)
History
• Holy Innocents Hospital for Children under the
Episcopal Church of Alabama
• Founded in 1911 by Rev Carl Henckell with Rev
Raimundo de Ovies and Dr. James E. Dedman
• Opened in 1912 in the All Saints’ small parish house
on Birmingham’s Southside
• Provided free medical care for all children
• Soon moved to a nearby 10-room frame house that
could accommodate up to 12 beds
• Children’s will address, continue its work with, and support community efforts toward:
• Asthma
• Child safety
• Mental health
• Obesity
• Children with special health care needs
• Monitor community efforts to address:
• infant mortality
• pre-term births
• low and very low birth weight babies
• teen pregnancy
• Will re-evaluate in 2020
(U.S. News & World Report, 2018; The Leap Frog Group, 2018; UAB, 2018; Alabama Hospital Association, 2018)
References
Alabama Hospital Association (2018). About Alabama’s hospitals. Retrieved from https://www.alaha.org/public-relations/
American Nurses Credentialing Center (2018). Find a magnet facility. Retrieved from https://www.nursingworld.org/organizational-programs/magnet/find-a-magnet-facility
Children’s of Alabama (2018a). Advocate for Children’s of Alabama. Retrieved from https://www.childrensal.org/advocate-for-childrens-of-alabama
Children’s of Alabama (2018b). Annual report for 2017: Year in numbers. Retrieved from http://canvasforchildrens.org/annual_report/yearinnumbers.html#patient
Children’s of Alabama (2018c). Community health needs assessment. Retrieved from https://www.childrensal.org/workfiles/CHNA/CHNA-REPORT-12-31-16.pdf
Children’s of Alabama (2018i). Research and academics: Annual report 2017. Retrieved from http://canvasforchildrens.org/annual_report/research.html#research1
References
The Joint Commission (2018). Quality Report. Retrieved from
https://www.qualitycheck.org/qualityreport/?keyword=birmingham%2C%20al&pg=2&ajax=1&json=1&callback=jQuery110208069631459
751538_1542500760159&_=1542500760160&bsnid=7937
The Leap Frog Group (2018). Children’s of Alabama. Retrieved from http://www.leapfroggroup.org/hospital/profile/Children%27s+of+Alabama
Marquis, B. & Huston, C. (2017). Leadership roles and management function in nursing: Theory and application (9th ed.). Philadelphia, PA: Wolters Kluwer.
St. Vincent’s Foundation (2018). Securing the future of St. Vincent’s healing ministry. Retrieved from http://www.stvhs.com/philanthropy/plannedgiving.asp?orgId=5963
United States Census Bureau (2010). Community facts. Retrieved from https://factfinder.census.gov/faces/nav/jsf/pages/community_facts.xhtml
The University of Alabama at Birmingham (UAB) (2018). Division of pediatric emergency medicine. Retrieved from
https://www.uab.edu/medicine/peds/divisions/emergency-medicine
U.S. News & World Report (2018). Children’s hospital of Alabama at UAB. Retrieved from
https://health.usnews.com/best-hospitals/area/al/childrens-hospital-of-alabama-at-uab-6530170