The American Academy of Pediatrics published multiple guides explaining how to respond to the experiences of adopted or foster care children. The role-specific guides include teachers, caseworkers, parents, and childcare providers. Each guide details trauma, prenatal exposure to drugs and alcohol, learning, and identity. Check out the guides here to learn more about how you […]
Category: Resources
Resource: CDC Influenza Materials
Are you looking for resources to promote health literacy around influenza and the influenza vaccine? Check out the CDC Influenza Resources page! This page includes a large variety of free resources including print materials, infographics, factsheets in multiple languages, videos, and even a graphic novel (picture below)! Resources range in target audience, including youth, adults, people […]
Resource: Community Coach Course on Athletes and Asthma
This course is free, 35 minutes long, and targeted at community coaches. It covers symptoms of asthma, how to prevent or treat asthma, dispels existing myths about asthma, and more! At the end of the course, individuals can take a quiz to test their knowledge and print a certificate. Additionally, the course webpage includes resources on […]
Resource: Steps to Help A Baby Sleep Safely
Want to learn how you can reduce the risk of sleep-related death for babies? The CDC published these four steps to help babies sleep safely: Always place your baby on their back while sleeping (naps included). Use a firm, flat sleep surface covered only by a fitted sheet. Place your baby’s sleep area in the same […]
Resource: 4th Trimester Project
The 4th Trimester Project is an amazing resource for new moms. This resource aims to be inclusive of all bodies and mothers, including transgender and non-binary people. It incorporates information on many postpartum topics, such as self-care after birth, how to build a support network, caring for your child, and videos experiences from other mothers. […]
Resource: Suicide Is Preventable
Suicide Is Preventable is an interactive resource that helps you know the signs, find the words, and reach out regarding suicide. The website uses excellent examples to explain each symptom, share different ways to start the conversation, and showcase which resources are available nationally and locally.
The Center for Exceptional Families Online Presentations
The Center for Exceptional Families, Arkansas’ Parent Training and Information Center, offers online presentations on topics such as Autism, Dyslexia 101, Early Intervening Services and Response to Intervention, Effective Advocacy, Parent Training and Information Centers, Testing and Evaluation Procedures, The 123s of the 504, Transition to Kindergarten, and more. Access the presentations here.
Federally Qualified Health Centers
Federally Qualified Health Centers are community-based health care providers that receive funds from the HRSA Health Center Program to provide primary care services in underserved areas. These centers provide care on a sliding fee scale based on ability to pay and operating under a governing board that includes patients. Learn more about what a health […]
CYSHCN Resource: Family Voices
Family Voices is a national family-led organization of families and friends of children and youth with special health care needs (CYSHCN) and disabilities. They connect a network of family organizations across the United States that provide support to families of CYSHCN. They promote partnership with families at all levels of health care–individual and policy decision-making levels—in order to improve health care […]
Maternal, Child, and Adolescent Health Life Course Perspective, Practice, and Leadership
UC Berkeley’s School of Public Health and its Center of Excellence in Maternal, Child, and Adolescent Health are now offering a self-directed, open-source, training module series on the life course perspective & leadership. The 5-module series features video interviews, course readings, case studies of organizations in practice, and more! The module topics include: Overview Life Course Perspective; Health Equity & Social Determinants of […]
CYSHCN State Profiles
Compiled by MCH students and short-term trainees taking Dr. Zobeida Bonilla’s course PubH 6613: Children and Youth with Special Health Care Needs (Fall 2018). The purpose of this course is to examine the principles, programs, policies, and practices associated with identifying and meeting the needs of children and youth with special health care needs (CYSHCN) in the United […]
Resource: ACES Training Modules
Adverse childhood experiences (ACES) are preventable. The CDC has shared some training provided by Veto Violence for ACES education. This training will help you understand, recognize, and prevent ACEs. You’ll learn about risk and protective factors, outcomes associated with ACEs, and evidence-based strategies you can use to reduce or eliminate the impact of ACEs and stop […]
Resource: National Survey of Children’s Health October 2018 Fact Sheet
The National Survey of Children’s Health (NSCH), is funded and directed by the Health Resources and Services Administration’s (HRSA) Maternal and Child Health Bureau (MCHB). Data from the 2017 NSCH is now available. A brief overview of the 2017 NSCH, and new estimates of key child health indicators, are found in the NSCH Fact Sheet. This voluntary […]
Resource: The State of Obesity of Children in the United States
The Robert Wood Johnson Foundation has created a visual representation tool for the State of Obesity of Children in the United States. The website has pulled data from the 2016-2017 National Survey of Children’s Health (NSCH) to demonstrate how obesity impacts various states and communities differently. The obesity rate for youth ages 10 to 17 […]
Resource: Postpartum Depression–Signs and Resources for Help
“I was so excited I decorated the nursery months before the baby arrived. But when she came, it was not a dream. I had no energy to smile or even to cry. I didn’t even want to pick her up. This was not how I thought it was going to be, and I was ashamed […]