Pulse is an AMCHP bi-monthly newsletter featuring a curated selection of insightful, story-driven articles and perspectives centered on critical topics in maternal and child health (MCH). Each edition showcases a collection of contributions authored by AMCHP’s subject matter experts, partners, and collaborators, including families and individuals with lived experience with the challenges AMCHP endeavors to solve.
This newsletter includes a special segment called Pulse Plus, which features articles on various MCH issues and topics relevant to our members and the broader MCH community.
Are you an AMCHP member or partner interested in collaborating on an article for Pulse? Please e-mail us at communications@amchp.org.
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...
MCHB’s Workforce Development Programs
Training and Support for Title V Agencies Lauren Raskin Ramos, M.P.H. Director, Division of Maternal and Child Health Workforce Development U.S. Maternal and Child Health Bureau Assuring that the maternal and child health (MCH) workforce is highly skilled and...
What is a State Adolescent Health Coordinator
Julie Neitzel Carr President National Network of State Adolescent Health Coordinators Minnesota State Adolescent Health Coordinator Kristin Teipel Director State Adolescent Health Resource Center The state adolescent health coordinator (AHC) position has...
Supporting the CYSHCN Workforce – Using the National Standards as a Key Resource
Paige Bussanich Senior Program Manager, CYSHCN The Association of Maternal & Child Health Programs Contributions from: Sarahna Moyd Arkansas Department of Human Services Division of Developmental Disabilities, Title V CYSHCN Program Hawaii State Department of...
Trainee Ambassador Group Connects MCH Trainees, Enhances the MCH Training Program Network
Julia Fantacone, M.P.P. Project Manager Center for Healthy Women and Children, ALTARUM Samantha Croffut, M.P.H., R.D.N. Public Health Analyst Division of MCH Workforce Development, Maternal and Child Health Bureau U.S. Health Resources and Services Administration...
How to Talk in a Job Interview
Four Tips from the Hiring Side of the Desk Caroline Stampfel, M.P.H. Director of Programs The Association of Maternal & Child Health Programs What's the worst advice you've ever gotten for a job an interview? My mentor once advised me to just keep talking about...
Emerging Workforce Issues- Protecting the Health of Mothers and Children in Emergencies
Marianne E. Zotti, DrPH, MS, FAAN Emeritus Subject Matter Expert Consultant The Association of Maternal & Child Health Programs Theresa Chapple-McGruder, PhD, MPH Associate Director, Workforce and Capacity Building The Association of Maternal & Child Health...
In Case of Emergency, CYSHCN Parents Now Have a Plan
Parents of children and youth with special health care needs (CYSHCN) and medical professionals in Oregon recently teamed up to address a topic of special importance for CYSHCN and their families: planning for a trip to the emergency room (ER). The collaboration was...
Engaging Diverse Stakeholders in Systems Change for CYSHCN
Debbie Biggerstaff Innovative Approaches Coordinator Cabarrus Health Alliance Sonja Bohannon Thacker, M.S.W., L.C.S.W. Co-Chair, Cabarrus Innovative Approaches Steering Committee Clinical Social Worker, Cabarrus Health Alliance Cabarrus County, N.C. A local...
Utilizing School Health Clinics to Advance Health Care Transition
Terra Depew Transition Specialist Children’s Special Health Care Services Division Michigan Department of Health and Human services Michigan If only the transition from adolescence to adulthood was as clear cut as that of a caterpillar to a butterfly. While the...
Providers & Teens Communicating for Health: Replicating PATCH Across Wisconsin
Angela Gelatt, M.P.H., C.H.E.S. Site Coordinator Providers and Teens Communicating for Health (PATCH) Coulee Region, Wisconsin Caitlyn is a 16-year-old girl who goes to a clinic with her mother for an annual school physical. In preparation for her appointment,...
MCH Agencies Have Key Role in State Response to PFAS Health Impacts
Alyson Northrup Government Affairs Specialist The Association of Maternal & Child Health Programs Human exposure to elevated levels of per- and poly-fluoroalkyl substances (PFAS) is a growing public health concern with unique implications for maternal and...
A Mom, a Sick Boy, and a Search for Work-Life Balance
Caroline Stampfel Program Director The Association of Maternal & Child Health Programs "Mommy, I don't feel good." Those five words strike fear into the heart of every mother. My sons, ages 6 and 4, have uttered those words so many times it's hard to...
Youth and Adults, Better Together
What young people got and gave by joining AMCHP's Annual Conference Carol Harvey State Adolescent Health Coordinator Texas Department of State Health Services Dottie Carmichael Principal Investigator Texas A&M University The Texas Youth Action Network...
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...
