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Integrating Behavioral Health into Pediatric Primary Care: Early Lessons
Atyya Chaudhry, MPP Senior Program Manager, Health Systems Transformation AMCHP Joni Hollis RN, MSN, CNL Director Program Planning & Development Unit, Office of Children's Medical Services Managed Care Plan Florida Department of Health Kelli Stannard, BSN Director...
A View From Washington
Amy Haddad Director, Public Policy and Government Affairs AMCHP Following the November 2016 presidential election, AMCHP decided to hold an all-member call to, as we said then, "share initial non-partisan analysis of what we might expect regarding MCH budget...
A Look Back at the National MCH Workforce Development Center
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 National...
Lead-ing New Partnerships in Child and Adolescent Health
Kate Taft Associate Director, Child and Adolescent Health AMCHP Lead poisoning (unfortunately) continues to be a hot topic in maternal and child health, but there are reasons for optimism. This year AMCHP will kick off the Maternal and Child Environmental Health...
A Look Back at 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...
From the CEO
Lori Freeman Chief Executive Officer AMCHP This issue of Pulse is focused on health equity. Over the years, many organizations have sought to define health equity through improved definitions, graphics, and stories. Despite these efforts, health equity remains complex...
From the President of the Board
Michael D. Warren, MD, MPH, FAAP MCH Director, Tennessee Department of Health and AMCHP President of the Board of Directors I remember as a pediatric resident participating in a poverty simulation sponsored by a local university here in Nashville. Before I attended, I...
Innovation Station Spotlight: Commonsense Childbirth
Commonsense Childbirth is a nonprofit organization, founded by midwife Jennie Joseph in 1998, whose mission is that no one is turned away regardless of insurance status or ability to pay. Its work targets pregnant, postpartum, and interconceptional women who are at...
A View From Washington
Amy Haddad Director of Public Policy and Government AMCHP As we closed out 2017, I think we can all agree that dysfunction had become the new normal in Washington. Congress has yet to complete its work on pressing issues such as fiscal year 2018 appropriations and...
Overcoming CoIIN Fatigue to Tackle a Core MCH Challenge
Caroline Stampfel Director of Programs AMCHP I've been hearing from many of you about CoIIN fatigue in the maternal and child health field, and I totally get it; at AMCHP we're involved in six CoIINs right now. But there's some good news: we're finding that the...
How We Can Really Advance Health Equity
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...
Health Equity in Action: The Learning and Action Tool for State Health Departments
Julia Heany, PhD Center for Healthy Communities Michigan Public Health Institute Angela Precht, MSW, MPH Special Projects Manager Center for Healthy Communities Michigan Public Health Institute As the field of public health turns attention toward addressing social...
Improving Health Equity for Justice-Involved Women and Families
Darcy Dreyer Maternal and Child Director, March of Dimes Shawna's Story A 23-year-old pregnant woman, Shawna was referred to WHEN by her prenatal care provider. At 25 weeks gestation, hers was considered a high-risk pregnancy due to a previous preterm birth, her race,...
Addressing Health Equity in Region IV
Paige Bussanich, MS Senior Program Manager, CYSHCN AMCHP Candice Green, MPH Epidemiologist Office of Health Data and Research Mississippi State Department of Health Kelly Kimple, MD, MPH, FAAP Section Chief Division of Public Health, Women's and Children's Health...
Housing Stability: Medicaid’s Potential for Addressing a Powerful Determinant of Health
Stacy Collins Associate Director, Health Systems Transformation AMCHP Of the many social determinants of health, housing stability is among the most basic and influential. Health care experts increasingly recognize the vital role that access to safe, stable, and...
