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Not Alone in Their Journey: Caregivers of Children with Sickle Cell Disease
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Voices of AMCHP: Janis Gonzales, MD, MPH, FAAP
Region VI Director (2022-2025) Dr. Janis Gonzales is a pediatrician and public health physician and currently works as the Chief Health Officer for the New Mexico (NM) Early Childhood Education and Care Department, one of the few department-level agencies in the...
Building Resilience from Lived Experience – South Carolina Department of Health & Environmental Control
A Nursing Triage Line Connects Residents to Care During Emergencies By South Carolina Department of Health & Environmental Control (Anna Bleasdale) In South Carolina, one of the most frequent challenges we face as a state is preparing for natural disasters,...
Call for 2024 AMCHP Annual Award Nominations is OPEN!
The Association of Maternal & Child Health Programs (AMCHP) is excited to announce that we are accepting nominations for the 2024 AMCHP Annual Awards! The awards will be presented at the AMCHP Annual Conference, held in a hybrid format from April 13-16, 2024, in...
Episode 16 – What the Health is Ecology of Homelessness?!
Guest Speakers: Lisa Brooks, Policy Associate, Abt Associates Mitra Kashani, ORISE Fellow, Centers for Disease Control and Prevention Guest Host: Amber Woodside, AMCHP Youth Voice Amplified Committee Co-Chair November is National Youth Homelessness Awareness...
The Medicaid Unwinding Process at the Halfway Mark: How Can MCH Advocates Address the Current Challenges to Ensure Continuity of Coverage for Children and Families?
Stacy Collins, Associate Director, Health Systems Transformation, AMCHP At the pandemic’s end, nearly 95 million people nationally were enrolled in Medicaid, and federal rules required all enrollees to be redetermined for eligibility. Six months into the process, few...
MCH Advocates are Alarmed About the Rapid Loss of Child and Family Coverage in the Medicaid Redetermination Process
Medicaid has proven to be a critical safety net for families and children during the COVID-19 pandemic. As a result of the continuous coverage provision enacted in March 2020, there are now an estimated 95 million adults and children enrolled in Medicaid and the...
Voices of AMCHP: Dawn Bailey
Family Representative (2023-2026) Dawn Bailey has served as the Family Engagement Specialist since 2015. She has been an active AMCHP member since 2016. Dawn has also been a member of the Arizona Long Term Care Services (ALTCS) Advisory Council since 2017. She joined...
Voices of AMCHP: Tobi Adeyeye Amosun, MD, FAAP
Director-At-Large (2022-2025) Dr. Tobi Adeyeye Amosun is the Deputy Commissioner for Population Health at the Tennessee Department of Health. In this position, she oversees the divisions and offices of Family Health and Wellness, Health and Disparities Elimination,...
Episode 15– Youth Perspectives on Mental Health: Supporting the Next Generation
Guest Speakers: Melanie Avila Fanta Guindo Yeina Han In this MCH Bridges episode, three members of The Adolescent Champion Teen Advisory Council (TAC TAC), Melanie Avila, Fanta Guindo, and Yeina Han, share what adolescent and young adult mental health...
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Expectations of New Orleans Community-Based Organization Sista Midwife Productions at AMCHP 2023
The goal of Sista Midwife Productions is a “paradigm shift,” shares Nicole Deggins, CNM, MSN, MPH: “Changing the way that communities think about birth, birth in general, and then birth culture at large.” Sista Midwife Productions is a birth advocacy training and...
Bonus Episode: The AMCHP Annual Conference Experience
Guest Speakers: Katherine Harvey, 4-H Extension Agent, Colorado State University Dana Yarbrough, Director, Center for Family Involvement, Virginia Commonwealth University Quatia (Q) Osorio, Founder of Our Journ3i, LLC Xenia Mendez, Research...
Voices of AMCHP: Marcus Johnson-Miller, CPM
Treasurer (2022-2024) Marcus Johnson-Miller currently serves as Iowa’s Title V Director and Bureau Chief for the Bureau of Family Health at the Iowa Department of Public Health (IDPH). Along with the Title V program, Marcus oversees the Maternal, Infant and Early...
Nominations for the 2023 AMCHP Board of Directors Election are Open Through April 19
The Governance Committee is seeking nominations for the 2023 AMCHP Board of Directors election. As a board director, you would help shape the policies and positions of AMCHP, represent your Title V peers from across the country, ensure the organization's future...