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Replicating North Carolina’s “Innovative Approaches” Initiative in Philadelphia
By Danielle Rhodes, Public Health Program Administrator, Pennsylvania Department of Health, and Mary Glazer, Program Manager, Philadelphia Department of Public Health Larry and his Son’s Story Larry N. is a parent to a son with autism who joined the...
Centering the Family Voice: A Multi-Dimensional Examination of Family Engagement
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,...
Congressional Maternal and Child Health Champions: Honoring Representatives Lucille Roybal-Allard and Jaime Herrera Beutler, Co-Founders of the Maternity Care Caucus
By Lauren Blachowiak, Government Affairs Manager, Public Policy and Government Affairs, Association of Maternal & Child Health Programs (AMCHP) Long-time maternal and child health (MCH) champions Representative Lucille Roybal-Allard (D-CA-40) and...
Proposed Legislation Gaining Bipartisan Momentum to Stem the Stillbirth Crisis in the U.S.
By Emily Price, Chief Executive Officer, Healthy Birth Day, Inc. Background The urgency to prevent stillbirth in the U.S. has mounted in the U.S. as more evidence is released showing the devastating impact of COVID-19 on pregnancies. Even before the pandemic, more...
Open Enrollment Season 2023
By Atyya Chaudhry, Senior Program Manager, Health Systems Transformation, Association of Maternal & Child Health Programs (AMCHP) The national uninsured rate reached an all-time low of 8 percent in early 2022. The increase in coverage is partly attributable...
A Message from our CEO
By Terrance E. Moore, MA, Chief Executive Officer, Association of Maternal & Child Health Programs (AMCHP) This Pulse issue focuses on how we are shaping the future – through our words and actions, through our intentions and follow-through, and through our vision...
Shaping our Future: A More Inclusive, Sustainable Workforce
By Ben Kaufman, MSW, Associate Director, Workforce Development and Capacity Building, Association of Maternal & Child Health Programs (AMCHP) Earlier this year, the Tennessee Titans of the National Football League (non-sports fans, bear with me for one short...
Future of Telehealth in MCH
By Brittany Frew, MPH, Program Manager, Clinical and Community Collaboration, and Sabra Anckner, RN, MSN, Associate Director, Clinical and Community Collaboration, Association of Maternal & Child Health Programs (AMCHP) During the first several weeks and months of...
Using our ‘Why’ to Create a Better Future
By Gabrielle McLean and Eden Desta, Digital Communications Interns, Association of Maternal & Child Health Programs (AMCHP) "As public health practitioners, we must always remember to keep things in perspective for history is not as far as it seems, to respect the...
Reflecting on Amá: The Untold Story of the Sterilization of Thousands of Indigenous Women at the Hands of the U.S. Government
By Catalina Desouza, Intern, Laura Powis, MPH, Program Manager, Lynda Krisowaty, MHS, Senior Program Manager, and Noeli Vasquez, BS, Public Health Associate, Evidence and Implementation, Association of Maternal & Child Health Programs (AMCHP) While many believe...
The Marathon
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...
Learning from Loss: Reflections from a First-Time Attendee at the AMCHP Conference
By Elizabeth O’Donnell, Founder of Aaliyah in Action This was Aaliyah in Action’s first year attending the AMCHP Annual Conference. The conference theme, "Reflecting on our Past, Shaping our Future," highly resonated with me, as a mother who experienced loss and is...
Taking Action to Address Environmental Health Today to Protect the Health of Future Generations
By Maura Leahy, MPH, CHES, Program Manager, Child & Adolescent Health, Association of Maternal & Child Health Programs (AMCHP) When I heard that the theme for this issue of our Pulse newsletter was “Reflections on Shaping our Future,” I immediately thought of...
Overview of Replication Projects
Each year, AMCHP awards four organizations to replicate a practice from the MCH Innovations Database (formerly known as Innovation Station). If selected, applicants receive tailored technical assistance and individualized guidance from AMCHP and...
How Trauma-Informed Yoga is Healing a Generation
By Small World Yoga (Nashville, Tennessee location) Miguel, age 10, rolls up his yoga mat after a 40-minute session of gentle yoga and meditation with his classmates after school. He recognizes that he feels calmer and less anxious about his performance on a math quiz...
