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Disability Rights and Sexual Health
Tanisha Clarke, MPH Senior Program Manager, Disability and Public Health Association of University Centers on Disabilities (AUCD) "We are denying people with disabilities a fundamental part of being human." Sexual and reproductive health are important parts of overall...
In the Fight Against Opioids, Don’t Forget Our Youth
Iliana White Senior Program Manager, Adolescent Health AMCHP As the opioid epidemic ravages communities across the country, the maternal and child health field has properly devoted more and more resources toward helping mothers (including pregnant women) who have...
Ask the Alumni
We asked alumni: Given AMCHP's goal on alignment, what did you find most challenging about alignment in your work in Title V/MCH? Were there examples where you successfully addressed alignment within your agency or across other agencies? Here's what they said: It is...
From the President of the Board
Michael Warren President of the Board of Directors Recently I read a tongue-in-cheek article that talked about the various buzzwords commonly used in organizations. It included terms like "granular," "robust," "circle back," "value proposition," "move the needle," and...
From the CEO
Lori Freeman Chief Operating Officer, AMCHP I've heard a lot of talk recently at small group meetings about not only the value of sharing best practices, but the equal value of sharing worst practices. This is not necessarily a new idea. In 2009, at the height of the...
Innovation Station Spotlight
This is a new column to highlight emerging, cutting-edge, and best practices from AMCHP's Innovation Station related to the theme of this Pulse, alignment of resources and collaboration. PowerMeA2Z PowerMeA2Z is an innovative and interactive social marketing campaign...
A View from Washington
Amy Haddad Director of Public Policy & Government Affairs Association of Maternal & Child Health Programs It seems like Congress missed the memo about the importance of aligning state and federal resources! Although Congress has known for over two years that...
Disrupting the Status Quo through Innovation
Tools for MCH Professionals Olivia Bass Crisis Response Coordinator Orange County Rape Crisis Center Nora Spencer, MSW, SPHR Partner – Carolina HR Advisors 2017 Graduate Intern, UNC Social Innovation and Entrepreneurship Lab, UNC School of Social Work Caitlin Williams...
Thinking Outside the Toybox
Leveraging Non-Traditional Partnerships in MCH Anna Watson Program Analyst, Child and Adolescent Health Association of Maternal & Child Health Programs As professionals in maternal and child health (MCH), we spend a great deal of time considering potential...
The Need for a Coordinated Response to Address the Opioid Epidemic
Attya Chaudhry Senior Program Manager, Health Systems Transformation Association of Maternal & Child Health Programs The opioid crisis continues to appear in headlines across the U.S. The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention estimates that 91 Americans die...
States Explore Text App to Reach Low-Income Pregnant Women
Text4baby is a service that sends free, personalized text messages to expecting mothers three times a week, including nutrition and safe sleep tips, doctor visit and appointment reminders, breastfeeding advice, health insurance information, and urgent health alerts....
The Importance of Family-Professional Partnerships
Working with Your Title V Maternal Child Health Bureau By Amy A. Holbert, LISW-CP Mother to two beautiful sons Executive Director, Family Connection of South Carolina Family Connection of South Carolina is the family-to-family health information center and the parent...
Title V Data Integration Initiatives
Bringing Together Diverse Leaders in Public Health Paige Bussanich Senior Program Manager, CYSHCN AMCHP Elizabeth Collins Title V CYSHCN Director, Special Medical Services New Hampshire Department of Health and Human Services Colleen Ehatt Public Health Program...
The Autism CARES Partnership Network
Our Journey Toward Collaboration Paige Bussanich Senior Program Manager, CYSHCN AMCHP Cori Floyd Program Analyst, CYSHCN AMCHP Ben Kaufman Senior Manager MCH Technical Assistance, Association of University Centers on Disabilities (AUCD) Kate Taft Associate Director,...
Services for CYSHCN During Natural Disasters
Collaboration Across Maternal and Child Health Paige Bussanich, MS Senior Program Manager, CYSHCN AMCHP Cassandra G. Pasley, BSN, JD Director, Division of Children's Medical Service Florida Department of Health Rachel Jew, MPAff Title V CYSHCN Director, Maternal and...
