Centering the Family Voice: A Multi-Dimensional Examination of Family Engagement

by Chery Manon Espinal | Dec 6, 2022 | Family Engagement, Pulse Newsletters

By Pooja Deshpande, MPH Student in Maternal, Child, and Family Health, University of North Carolina Gillings School of Global Public Health Editing support from Dr. Bethany Geldmaker (Virginia Department of Health), Dana Yarbrough (Virginia Commonwealth University,...

AMCHP Encourages Family Leaders, Students, Youth, and Young Adult Leaders to Join Our Association Committees

by Chery Manon Espinal | Oct 5, 2022 | Blog, Blogs & Podcasts, Family Engagement, Youth Engagement

Are you a family leader working in maternal and child health (MCH)? Are you a student, youth, or young adult leader looking to get more involved in the MCH discipline? Are you interested in effecting meaningful change nationally and have your voice heard on MCH...

The Marathon

by Chery Manon Espinal | Sep 1, 2022 | Equity & Anti-Racism, Family Engagement, Pulse Newsletters

By Joseph Yusuf, A New Deal for Youth Changemaker, Center for Law and Social Policy (CLASP) and Generation Hope Scholar   AMCHP’s 2022 conference included a session titled “The Path Forward: Strategies to Support Mental Health for Young Adult Parents.” This...

Community Mobilization Approach to Increase Fatherhood Involvement

by Brittany Frew | May 15, 2021 | Family Engagement, Pulse Newsletters

Wykinia Culbreth, Georgia Department of Public Health Tiara Giddings, Morehouse School of Medicine   The Georgia Department of Public Health (GA DPH) Maternal and Child Health Section within the Division of Health Promotion partnered with the National Fatherhood...

Health Equity sessions at Family Voices Leadership Conference

by Brittany Frew | May 15, 2021 | Equity & Anti-Racism, Family Engagement, Pulse Newsletters

By Ashlee Richey, Program Manager for Communications      Bev Baker, Associate Director and Co-Director of Leadership in Family Professional Partnerships (LFPP) at Family Voices Family Voices is a national network of family-led organizations and friends of children...

AMCHP Invites Youth and Young Adult Leaders to #AMCHP2021

by Brittany Frew | Apr 19, 2021 | AMCHP Conference, Family Engagement, News Releases, Youth Engagement

Dear State Health Agency Leader, On behalf of the Association of Maternal & Child Health Programs (AMCHP) and its local, state, and national partners, it is my pleasure to invite youth and young adult leaders (including students), community‐based organizations,...