by Eden Desta | Nov 15, 2020 | Equity & Anti-Racism, Maternal & Infant Health, Pulse Newsletters
Dr. Timika Anderson-Reeves, Director of Maternal Child Health & Women’s Health Community Integration and Westside Healthy Start, Project Director, PhD, MSW Community-led programs and organizations that focus on addressing the social drivers of health...
by Eden Desta | Aug 15, 2020 | Equity & Anti-Racism, Pulse Newsletters
Audrey Loper, W. Oscar Fleming In response to the deaths of Eric Garner and Michael Brown, García and Sharif (2015) wrote that “these preventable deaths were only two recent examples of the stark racial injustices that have plagued our country’s history.”[1] Sadly yet...
by Eden Desta | Jun 23, 2020 | Equity & Anti-Racism, News Releases
We’re all in. AMCHP’s mission is to lead and support programs nationally to protect and promote the optimal health of women, children, youth, families, and communities. We cannot fully achieve this goal unless we acknowledge that racism is a public health crisis and...
by Eden Desta | Oct 15, 2019 | Equity & Anti-Racism, Pulse Newsletters
Colby M. Zongol Center for Public Health Communications, Division of Policy, Information & Communication Rhode Island Department of Health Where we live directly impacts our health. The toxins in our water, our access to fresh and nutritious food, our...
by Eden Desta | Jun 15, 2019 | Equity & Anti-Racism, Pulse Newsletters
Cate Wilcox President, The Association of Maternal & Child Health Programs Maternal and Child Health Manager, Title V Director, State of Oregon I am a white, heterosexual, cisgender woman. I have a good, stable job. I have affordable, stable housing. I have...
by Eden Desta | Jun 15, 2019 | CYSHCN, Equity & Anti-Racism, Pulse Newsletters
Maura Leahy Program Associate, Child and Adolescent Health The Association of Maternal & Child Health Programs (AMCHP) Rose Cutting Aiming for Acceptance For children with autism spectrum disorder and other developmental disabilities (ASD/DD), inequities...
