by Eden Desta | Nov 15, 2020 | Epidemiology & Evaluation, Maternal & Infant Health, Pulse Newsletters
Kristina Wint, AMCHP Program Manager, Women & Infant Health Early this year, the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) announced the release of 2018 data from the Pregnancy Risk Assessment Monitoring System (PRAMS). Developed in 1987, the system aims...
by Eden Desta | Aug 15, 2020 | COVID-19, Pulse Newsletters
Ayanna T. Eggleston Parent Consultant Family Center for Children and Youth with Special Health Care Needs – Lansing, Michigan In March, Michigan quarantined. We all went into our homes to sit down and await further instructions on what life would be for...
by Eden Desta | Aug 15, 2020 | Equity & Anti-Racism, Pulse Newsletters
Audrey Loper, W. Oscar Fleming In response to the deaths of Eric Garner and Michael Brown, García and Sharif (2015) wrote that “these preventable deaths were only two recent examples of the stark racial injustices that have plagued our country’s history.”[1] Sadly yet...
by Eden Desta | Jun 15, 2020 | Pulse Newsletters
Lauren Geary, M.P.H., American Academy of Pediatrics Kathy Janies, American Academy of Pediatrics Jane Bassewitz, M.A., American Academy of Pediatrics The American Academy of Pediatrics (AAP) is striving to provide vital support to pediatric health care professionals,...
by Eden Desta | Jun 15, 2020 | Pulse Newsletters
Paige Bussanich, M.S. AMCHP Senior Program Manager, Children & Youth with Special Health Care Needs Author’s note: I believe that we all can become empowered when we are able to share our personal stories. When our staff decided to expand beyond the usual bounds...
