CHWs Find Training and Empathy are Essential Tools

by Eden Desta | Dec 15, 2018 | CYSHCN, Pulse Newsletters, Workforce Development

Washington state program helps community health workers reach clients coping with behavioral health issues Lacy M. Fehrenbach, MPH, CPH Washington State Title V Director Office of Family and Community Health Improvement, Washington Department of Health   It was...

Title V’s Diversity Challenge: What Does an Equitable Workplace Look Like?

by Eden Desta | Jun 15, 2018 | Equity & Anti-Racism, Pulse Newsletters, Title V, Workforce Development

Marilyn Johnson Title V/Maternal Child Health Director Mississippi State Department of Health   “Diversity!” We’re hearing that word a lot these days. While some major corporations have dominated the news about diversity issues, every workplace...

A Look Back at the National MCH Workforce Development Center

by Eden Desta | Feb 15, 2018 | Pulse Newsletters, Title V, Workforce Development

Nisa Hussain Program Analyst, Workforce and Leadership Development AMCHP Cindy San Miguel Assistant Director, Center of Excellence in Maternal and Child Health Workforce Development Center – Cohort 2017 Looking back, 2017 was another successful year for the...

How We Can Really Advance Health Equity

by Eden Desta | Dec 15, 2017 | Equity & Anti-Racism, Pulse Newsletters, Title V, Workforce Development

Tools from the National MCH Workforce Development Center Larissa Calancie, PhD Postdoctoral Fellow Center for Health Equity Research (CHER) Department of Social Medicine, UNC School of Medicine National MCH Workforce Development Center Department of Maternal and Child...

How DAWNS Builds on Success of PH WINS

by Eden Desta | Aug 15, 2017 | Pulse Newsletters, Workforce Development

Kyle Bogaert Director, Workforce Research; Association of State and Territorial Health Officials (ASTHO) The governmental public health workforce plays an essential part in shaping the public health system to promote and protect health and well-being. Given this,...

Exit Interviews: Transition Process for Retiring Leaders

by Eden Desta | Aug 15, 2017 | Pulse Newsletters, Title V, Workforce Development

Nisa Hussain Program Associate, Workforce and Leadership Development; AMCHP A concern has been looming over the maternal and child health (MCH) field for a while now: Our workers are all retiring! Of course, not all staffers are retiring. But the MCH workforce is...