by Eden Desta | Jun 15, 2019 | Adolescent Health, Pulse Newsletters, Youth Engagement
Jennie Blakney Director of Communications STARR (Strategic Trans Alliance for Radical Reform) Sometimes you sense change when it is happening. You feel a balancing of the power scales in the atmosphere. That balance doesn’t last; it always seems to shift...
by Eden Desta | Apr 15, 2019 | Adolescent Health, AMCHP Conference, Pulse Newsletters, Youth Engagement
What young people got and gave by joining AMCHP’s Annual Conference Carol Harvey State Adolescent Health Coordinator Texas Department of State Health Services Dottie Carmichael Principal Investigator Texas A&M University The Texas Youth Action Network...
by Eden Desta | Oct 15, 2018 | Innovation Hub, Mental Health & SUD, Pulse Newsletters, Youth Engagement
Eileen Hough, MPH Nevada Title V MCH Adolescent Health and Wellness Program Coordinator Division of Public and Behavioral Health Urban Lotus Project provides trauma-informed yoga and mindful awareness to at-risk and underserved adolescents in Reno, Nevada, and...
by Eden Desta | Oct 15, 2018 | Adolescent Health, Pulse Newsletters, Youth Engagement
Iliana White Senior Program Manager, Adolescent Health AMCHP Teaching each other how to dance. Coming up with a creative handshake. Embracing a moment of silence followed by a spiritual greeting. These were just a few of the activities that took place at the...
by Eden Desta | Apr 15, 2018 | Adolescent Health, AMCHP Conference, Pulse Newsletters, Youth Engagement
Axel Arroyo Tarraza Puerto Rico Youth Advisory Council representative “Curious” is the best word to describe how I felt during AMCHP 2018. It was my first time at a conference and in the states, which means that everything was new for me. During a keynote...
by Eden Desta | Feb 15, 2018 | Adolescent Health, Pulse Newsletters, Youth Engagement
Iliana White Senior Program Manager, Adolescent Health AMCHP Although maternal and child health (MCH) has a place for adolescents as a population domain, youth voices or perspectives are usually missing when it comes to programming design, implementation, or...
