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The Glass is Half Full: Reflecting on Mental Health Parity
Atyya Chaudhry AMCHP Senior Program Manager, Health Systems Transformation The start of a new decade is often a time of reflecting on past successes, challenges, and putting plans in place for the coming years. This last decade has seen the passage of historic...
Maternal Mortality Review Committees: A Decade of Challenge and Growth
Bejanchong Foretia, et al AMCHP Program Analyst, Women's & Infant Health Maternal mortality review is a standard and comprehensive system that primarily operates at the state level to identify, review, and analyze maternal deaths, disseminate findings, and...
Making Futures Brighter
Improvements in Addressing Social Determinants of Health in Children and Families Lauren Geary, M.P.H., American Academy of Pediatrics Kathy Janies, American Academy of Pediatrics Jane Bassewitz, M.A., American Academy of Pediatrics Throughout the last decade,...
From Combatting to Acceptance: The Autism CARES Act of 2019
Paige Bussanich, M.S. AMCHP Senior Program Manager, Children & Youth with Special Health Care Needs What stemmed from a strong coalition of individuals on the autism spectrum, parents of young children with autism spectrum disorder (ASD), and other...
Facilitating Attuned Interactions (FAN)
A New Promising Practice for Building Relationships and Reflective Practice in Oregon Linda Gilkerson, PhD Professor Erikson Institute Kerry Cassidy Norton, MPH Home Visiting Workforce Development Coordinator Oregon Health Authority Within the past decade, home...
Embracing Adolescent and Young Adult Health Holistically
How the Maternal and Child Health Bureau and Our Partners Have Made the Well-Being of Youth A Priority Iliana S. White, MPH Sr. Program Manager, Adolescent Health AMCHP With the start of 2020, we reflect on a period of life that many may choose to forget: adolescence!...
Trend Reversal: Uninsured rates tick upwards since passage of the Affordable Care Act
Atyya Chaudhry, M.P.P. Senior Program Manager, Health Systems Transformation The Association of Maternal and Child Health Programs Since the passage of Affordable Care Act (ACA) in 2010, the uninsured rate for adults in the United States had been on a steady...
Resources for Promoting Healthy Behavioral and Emotional Development in Adolescents
Lauren Geary, MPH, American Academy of Pediatrics Kathy Janies, American Academy of Pediatrics Jane Bassewitz, MA, American Academy of Pediatrics The American Academy of Pediatrics (AAP) and Bright Futures are committed to advocating for optimal health and...
Heeding Lessons Learned from the Zika Response as We Prepare for Emerging Threats and Issues
Maura Leahy, M.P.H., C.H.E.S. Program Associate, Child and Adolescent Health The Association of Maternal and Child Health Programs September was National Preparedness Month, which gave AMCHP an opportunity to reflect back on past threats to the maternal and...
From the President: Emerging Issues
Cate Wilcox President, The Association of Maternal & Child Health Programs Maternal and Child Health Manager, Title V Director, State of Oregon In the late 1980s I had the honor of living on a small island in the outer islands of Micronesia. There were four...
Building Healthy and Resilient Communities Across Rhode Island
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...
Making the Case for Public Health and Corporate Partnerships to Meet Workforce Needs and Community Health Goals
Becky Goins Program Associate, Health Systems Transformation The Association of Maternal & Child Health Programs A joint publication of the de Beaumont Foundation and the Bipartisan Party Center (BPC), Good Health is Good Business: The value proposition of...
Impact from the National MCH Workforce Development Center – An Update
Amy Mullenix Senior Collaboration Manager at the National MCH Workforce Development Center Adjunct Instructor, Department of Maternal & Child Health UNC Gillings School of Global Public Health The University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill Launched in...
The Important Role of Health Insurance Navigators
Navigating in Challenging Times Atyya Chaudhry, M.P.P. Senior Program Manager, Health Systems Transformation The Association of Maternal & Child Health Programs When we think of the public health workforce, we don't often think of health insurance...
Finding Our Place in MCH
Reflections from two MCHB trainees on how the experience changed their paths "Before I can tell my life what I want to do with it, I must listen to my life telling me who I am." This quote from Parker J. Palmer is a perfect way to start off this personal reflection...
