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New Board President Shares Her Path in MCH and Priorities for AMCHP
Cate Wilcox Maternal and Child Health Manager, Title V Director, State of Oregon Board President, The Association of Maternal & Child Health Programs Hello, maternal and child health community! I am so honored to be serving as president of the AMCHP board...
Big P, Little P – A Guide to Policy Engagement at All Levels
Stacy Collins Associate Director, Health System Transformation The Association of Maternal & Child Health Programs As a maternal and child health (MCH) strategy, policy change can have a significant impact at all levels, often providing the greatest return...
Telehealth: Challenges, Emerging Needs and Opportunities for Title V
Stacy Collins, MSW Associate Director, Health Systems Transformation AMCHP Paige Bussanich, M.S. Senior Program Manager, Children & Youth with Special Health Care Needs AMCHP Although telehealth provides access to high-quality care at reduced cost and helps...
How Will We Know If Anyone Is Better Off?
Life Course Interventions Require Innovative Evaluation Caroline Stampfel, MPH Director of Programs AMCHP As the maternal and child health (MCH) field continues to move from theory to practice, we need to find out if our interventions based on a life course...
Meaningful Inclusion of People on the Autism Spectrum
Teal Benevides, Ph.D., M.S., O.T.R./L Associate Professor, Department of Occupational Therapy Augusta University Paige Bussanich, M.S. Senior Program Manager, Children and Youth with Special Health Care Needs AMCHP Stephen Shore, Ed.D Assistant Professor of...
A View from Washington, Spotlight on MCH Champion Lucille Roybal-Allard
Amy Haddad Director of Policy and Government Affairs We recently talked with U.S. Rep Lucille Roybal-Allard (D-Calif.), co-chair of the Congressional Caucus on Maternity Care, member of the House Appropriations Committee's Labor-Health and Human Services-Education...
Elevating Family Leader Compensation from Practice to Policy
Lisa Maynes Chair, Family and Youth Leadership Committee Association of Maternal & Child Health Programs Michelle Jarvis Specialist, Family Engagement and Leadership Development Association of Maternal & Child Health Programs Families are critical to...
Supports for Engaging with Family Leaders in Title V Workforce Development Activities
Meg Comeau, MHA Senior Project Director Catalyst Center, Center for Innovation in Social Work and Health, Boston University Michelle Jarvis Specialist, Family Engagement and Leadership Development Association of Maternal and Child Health Programs Alice Wertheimer...
CHWs Find Training and Empathy are Essential Tools
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...
The CYSHCNet National Research Network
Aiming to Create New Knowledge Charlene Shelton, RN, MPA, PhD Program Manager CYSHCNet National Research Network Program Manager The U.S. health system has not been well equipped to serve children and youth with special health care needs (CYSHCN), especially...
A View from Washington, Spotlight on MCH Champion Jaime Herrera Beutler
Amy Haddad Director of Policy and Government Affairs AMCHP We are testing a new feature for the View from Washington column: spotlighting a Member of Congress who is a champion for maternal and child health We talked with Rep. Jaime Herrera Beutler (R-Wash.), a...
From the President
Susan Chacon Board President, AMCHP Director, Children's Medical Services, Title V Children with Special Health Care Needs State of New Mexico This issue of PULSE focuses on engagement with communities, families, non-traditional partners, and diversity....
Innovation Station Spotlight: Engaging Youth Through Yoga
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...
Developing Solutions to Reduce Maternal Mortality
Lessons from the Every Mother Initiative Dr. Mary-Ann Etiebet Lead and Executive Director, Merck for Mothers Maternal mortality is on the rise in the U.S. In fact, the country has one of worst rates of all high-income nations, and the numbers are going in the...
Look at Policymaking through a New PRISM
Cultivating the policymaking potential of state Title V programs to address substance misuse and mental health in MCH populations Stacy Collins Associate Director, Health Systems Transformation AMCHP Reflecting a troubling national trend, state Title V programs...
