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Building Healthy and Resilient Communities Across Rhode Island
Colby M. Zongol Center for Public Health Communications, Division of Policy, Information & Communication Rhode Island Department of Health Where we live directly impacts our health. The toxins in our water, our access to fresh and nutritious food, our...
Making the Case for Public Health and Corporate Partnerships to Meet Workforce Needs and Community Health Goals
Becky Goins Program Associate, Health Systems Transformation The Association of Maternal & Child Health Programs A joint publication of the de Beaumont Foundation and the Bipartisan Party Center (BPC), Good Health is Good Business: The value proposition of...
Impact from the National MCH Workforce Development Center – An Update
Amy Mullenix Senior Collaboration Manager at the National MCH Workforce Development Center Adjunct Instructor, Department of Maternal & Child Health UNC Gillings School of Global Public Health The University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill Launched in...
The Important Role of Health Insurance Navigators
Navigating in Challenging Times Atyya Chaudhry, M.P.P. Senior Program Manager, Health Systems Transformation The Association of Maternal & Child Health Programs When we think of the public health workforce, we don't often think of health insurance...
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...
State Internship Program for CYSHCN Pays Dividends
Carmen Boucher Youth Internship Program Coordinator and Principal Community Program Liaison Office of Special Needs, Health Equity Institute, Rhode Island Department of Health The Rhode Island Department of Health (RIDOH) Internship Program for Children 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...
