Conceptualizing Best Practices for Maternal and Child Health
The Association of Maternal and Child Health Programs (AMCHP) is committed to sharing effective and promising maternal and child health practices so that programs may maximize on existing knowledge and learn from peers. AMCHP aims to do so through its Best Practices program and the Innovation Station, a searchable, on-line database of programs that work.
Improving Systems of Care for Children with Special Health Care Needs
When children with chronic conditions are acutely ill, they generally receive high-quality, comprehensive medical care. Once the acute stage has passed, however, families typically find that ongoing care for a child with complex needs involves a series of discontinuous, uncoordinated, and costly services and programs.
Health Foundation for Western and Central New York’s Maternal and Child Health Initiative
Central New York has long struggled with the issue of poor maternal and child health (MCH) outcomes. While there have been some real successes over the years, poor MCH outcomes persist in the eight central New York counties served by the Health Foundation for Western and Central New York.
Building the Infant Mental Health Workforce
GIH Behavioral Health Funders Network When: Thursday, May 10, 2012 at 1:00 p.m. Eastern / 12:00 p.m. Central / 11:00 a.m. Mountain / 10:00 a.m. Pacific Who: Judith Meyers, Children’s Fund of Connecticut Deb Weatherston, Michigan Association for Infant Mental Health What: An incredible amount of development occurs during infancy, and what happens during this…
2012 GIH Annual Meeting Preconference Sessions
2012 GIH Annual Meeting Preconference Sessions were held on March 7, 2012 in Baltimore, Maryland.