Spotlight: The Pennsylvania MCH Approach to Supporting AYA Mental Health

by Anna Corona | Aug 19, 2022 | #ScreenToIntervene, Adolescent Health, Blog, Blogs & Podcasts, Mental Health & SUD, Resources, Title V

Pennsylvania is one of the five state teams participating in the Adolescent & Young Adult (AYA) Behavioral Health learning collaborative, which aims to improve access to depression screenings with linkage to high quality follow-up care (if needed) among AYAs ages...

Taking Action to Address Environmental Health Today to Protect the Health of Future Generations

by Chery Manon Espinal | Sep 1, 2022 | Adolescent Health, Podcast, Pulse Newsletters

By Maura Leahy, MPH, CHES, Program Manager, Child & Adolescent Health, Association of Maternal & Child Health Programs (AMCHP) When I heard that the theme for this issue of our Pulse newsletter was “Reflections on Shaping our Future,” I immediately thought of...

Environments that are Supportive of LGBTQ+ Youth Mental Health: A Conversation with Advocates

by Anna Corona | Jun 21, 2022 | #ScreenToIntervene, Adolescent Health, Blog, Blogs & Podcasts, Mental Health & SUD

  Gabrielle Beck (she/her) of AMCHP’s Youth Voice Amplified Committee recently sat down with advocates Damien Lopez (He/They) and Jahmila Smith (she/her) from Garden State Equality, the largest LGBTQ+ advocacy organization in New Jersey. They discuss how MCH...

Measuring the Impact of the Pandemic on Adolescents: CDC’s Adolescent Behaviors and Experiences Survey (ABES)

by Anna Corona | May 18, 2022 | #ScreenToIntervene, Adolescent Health, Blog, Blogs & Podcasts, Mental Health & SUD

By: Susan Richardson, PhD, Research Analyst, National Improvement Partnership Network   Even before the pandemic, there was a rising concern for adolescent and young adult mental health in the United States.[1]  Data from the 2019 Youth Risk Behavior Survey...

Envisioning Communities that Support AYA Mental Health

by Anna Corona | Apr 5, 2022 | #ScreenToIntervene, Adolescent Health, Blog, Blogs & Podcasts, Mental Health & SUD, Uncategorized

As MCH professionals, we understand the importance of centering the needs and ideas of young people as we think through what it means to transform communities and systems to be more supportive of their mental health. As such, we are thrilled to feature two guest...

Disability & Reproductive Health: It’s Time to Talk About It!

by Chery Manon Espinal | Mar 17, 2022 | Adolescent Health, Child Health, Pulse Newsletters

By Paige Falion, MS, Senior Program Manager, Child & Adolescent Health, Association of Maternal and Child Health Programs (AMCHP), and Mallory Cyr, MPH, CYSHCN Program Manager, Association of Maternal and Child Health Programs (AMCHP).   The topic of...