A Jarring Health Equity Conversation Shifts Our Thinking

by Eden Desta | Jun 15, 2019 | Equity & Anti-Racism, Maternal & Infant Health, Pulse Newsletters

MCH Teams Go Home Changed by Health Equity Experience Kristina Wint, et al. Program Manager, Women’s Health The Association of Maternal & Child Health Programs When I recently joined a meeting of the Infant Mortality Collaborative Improvement and Innovation...

It Takes A Village

by Eden Desta | Jun 15, 2019 | Equity & Anti-Racism, Innovation Hub, Maternal & Infant Health, Pulse Newsletters

Combining Data, Community, and Culture to Address Birth Outcome Disparities in Utah’s Native Hawaiian/Pacific Islander Communities Brittney Okada, M.P.H., C.H.E.S. Health Equity Specialist Utah Department of Health Dulce Diez, M.P.H., M.C.H.E.S. Director, Office...

Health Equity for CYSHCN: What Does it Mean for Title V?

by Eden Desta | Jun 15, 2019 | CYSHCN, Equity & Anti-Racism, Pulse Newsletters, Title V, Workforce Development

And What are the Implications for MCH Leaders? Paige Bussanich Senior Program Manage, CYSHCN The Association of Maternal & Child Health Programs Kate Taft Associate Director, Child and Adolescent Health The Association of Maternal & Child Health Programs...

AMCHP Calls for National Commitment to Reduce ‘Glaring Racial Inequity’ in Maternal Mortality

by Eden Desta | May 10, 2019 | Equity & Anti-Racism, Maternal & Infant Health, News Releases

Association of state maternal and child health leaders says new CDC data analyses show need for policymakers, partners, and public to jointly dismantle racialized systems, practices, and policies. Newly-released maternal mortality analyses from the Centers for Disease...

Centering Community-Developed, Community-Led Social Change in Your Journey for Perinatal Health Equity

by Eden Desta | Apr 15, 2019 | Equity & Anti-Racism, Maternal & Infant Health, Pulse Newsletters

Jessica Huey, MPH, MSW, IBCLC, CD(DONA) Program Manager, Infant Health The Association of Maternal & Child Health Programs   As more and more maternal and child health (MCH) professionals strive to advance equity in perinatal health through programmatic and...

Innovative Strategies to Address Equity in Child & Adolescent Health

by Eden Desta | Apr 15, 2019 | Adolescent Health, Child Health, Equity & Anti-Racism, Pulse Newsletters

The Role of Arts & the Theory of Hope   Child and Adolescent Health Team The Association of Maternal & Child Health Programs At a time when the maternal and child health field is admirably focused on how to address equity, it’s enlightening to hear...