In 2013, Dr. Michael C. Lu, MD, MS, MPH Director of
Maternal Child Health Bureau of the Health Resources and Services Administration (HRSA) of the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services (HHS) announced that they are planning to use the five principles of the MFCI to guide planning for maternal and child health in the U.S. Click here to Watch Dr. Lu's Video Announcement
Families requiring extra support, who are identified through our educative programs and local support services such
as Maternal Child Health Centres, are also supported through our home visiting or outreach service.
Central Vermont Home Health & Hospice 802-223-1878; Home visiting
by Maternal Child Health nurses, pre-birth through postpartum.
Nancy Holtzman, a pediatric nurse and national speaker
on maternal child health topics, helps educate new moms and says to expect some change each month.
Inspired by a similar event led by Healthy Children Project's Executive Director Karin Cadwell in her small community, The Local Latch — a private lactation support business serving Chaffee County, Colo. — dreamed up a breastfeeding round table event hosted by the Chaffee County Breastfeeding Coalition (CCBC) and Heart of the Rockies Regional Medical Center (HRRMC), bringing
together maternal child health stakeholders.
The Home Birth Summit (HBS) Consumer Engagement Group has developed the following criteria to define, identify, and train consumer advocates to engage and work with maternity care policy makers in decision making processes that
impact maternal child health and wellbeing.
Order single copies of the report from the
National Maternal Child Health Clearinghouse, 2070 Chain Bridge Road, Suite 450, Vienna, VA 22182; (703) 356-1964.
The state's largest Title V - funded program, FAHSC represents the statewide network of
community maternal child health coalitions responsible for implementing the state Healthy Start program.
OECD partnered with the
DHS Maternal Child Health Nurses to record a series of webinars on health related topics important to home visitors and home visiting staff, including the following:
Original submitted in partial fulfillment of the requirements for the degree of Bachelor of
Science Maternal Child Health: Human Lactation, Union Institute & University, Cincinnati, Ohio
David Willis, M.D. joined the Health Resources and Services Administration (HRSA)
Maternal Child Health Bureau in July 2012 as its Director of the Division of Home Visiting and Early Childhood Services.
Dottie has spent her entire career working
in maternal child health and has long been an advocate for children and their families.
A Closer Examination of Perinatal Depression and Psychosocial Risk Screening Within One MCH Home Visiting Program Price, & Masho (2014) School of Social Work, Virginia Commonwealth University Maternal and Child Health Journal, 18 (10) View Abstract Discusses the importance of perinatal depression screening
for maternal child health and home visitation programs, comparing results from women who were «at risk» for perinatal depression and experiencing stressful live events.
As I moved through the early years of my career in
the maternal child health field I became increasingly fascinated with childbirth education, lactation, and nutrition, as I saw a great need for this in our community.
The Center for Breastfeeding is coordinated by Board Certified Lactation Consultants who are Registered Nurses in
Maternal Child Health.
GCC» I'm also a certified childbirth educator, certified Doula, and a Master of Public health candidate in
a maternal Child health program.
Kathleen's heart has always been in service to children and families, beginning her career in a hospital setting where most of her time was spent in
maternal child health and pediatrics, including work as the coordinator of the hospital's child protection team.
Her interest and love for supporting nursing mothers and their families to meet their own breastfeeding goals started while she was
a Maternal Child Health Nurse with the Visiting Nurse Association of of Boston in 2000.
19 years experience in Maternal Child Health
Early Maternal Discharge Home Visits replace some of the recovery time in the hospital with a personal visit in your home by a registered nurse specially trained in
maternal child health.
If you are unable to print a copy, you may call one of
the Maternal Child Health Consultants listed on page 6, and they can print and send you a single copy.
She works as
a Maternal Child Health Specialist at the Jefferson County Public Health Department in the program for children with special needs, as well as in other projects on lactation and Latino communities.
Kathy Spring, BSN, RNC has 37 years of experience in
Maternal Child Health, including many years in level 2 and 3 Neonatal Intensive Care Nurseries as staff nurse, charge nurse and manager.
She earned her IBCLC certification in 2008, and in 2015, Anne graduated from Union Institute and University with a major in
Maternal Child Health — Lactation Consulting.
State perinatal quality collaboratives are now being established in most states with the support of state departments of health, the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, and
the Maternal Child Health Bureau.
I work as
a maternal child health RN, so I end up doing a lot of breastfeeding education.
The office exists through grants from the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services, Administration for Children and Families, Office of Head Start and the Health Resources Services Administration,
Maternal Child Health Bureau.
Responsible for development of competencies and evaluation of 80 staff members inclusive of professional and ancillary staff on
the maternal child health units including labor and delivery, mother - baby, and NICU.
Kathleen's heart has always been in service to children and families, beginning her career in a hospital setting where most of her time was spent in
maternal child health and pediatrics, including work as the coordinator of the hospital's child protection team.
All of the contracts awarded through MIECHV periodically undergo an On - Site Program Quality Review conducted by DHS staff and
Maternal Child Health Nurses.