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Full name and title: Karen Chustz, MSW Job Title: Senior Project Director (Supporting Healthy Start Performance Project) Time with NICHQ: 1.5 months (Joined NICHQ October 2024) How has your background led you to join a children’s health organization? My journey to join NICHQ has been influenced not only by my professional training and experience as a macro-focused…
Teams at the National Institute for Children’s Health Quality are preparing for an exciting fall 2024 conference season, where staff will give oral presentations and facilitate workshops and symposiums at a variety of national maternal and child health conferences.
Three experts discuss the challenges of enduring racist and discriminatory systems while working to dismantle them.
Full name and title: Gabe Soto, Accounts Payable Coordinator Time with NICHQ: 1.5 years How has your past experiences led you to work for a maternal and child health organization? I have five children, thankfully, but before I was lucky enough to be a parent for the first time, we lost our first pregnancy. My history of…
Strategies for providers to improve the experience of care for young people living with SCD and enhance the process of transition from pediatric to adult care include educating pediatric patients early about the process of transitioning to adult care, streamlining systems for sharing medical records, and considering bias when making pain management recommendations. Learn more about each strategy, and read insights from Mikeia Green, a fourth-year medical student at UC Davis, who has successfully transitioned from pediatric to adult SCD care.
In recognition of Maternal Mental Health Awareness Month, we’re taking some time to reflect on maternal mental health and the experiences of a parent who is also a maternal and child health researcher. Read reflections from NICHQ Associate Director of Research and Evaluation Meera Menon, PhD, and learn more about her experiences navigating these roles and thoughts about how public health practitioners can hold maternal mental health more compassionately for all new parents, but especially those negatively impacted by social determinants of health.
Health care transition is the process of changing from a pediatric to an adult model of health care. There are significant differences between adult and pediatric health care model, which can make transitioning from pediatric to adult care challenging for any young person, but those challenges are often amplified for children with special healthcare needs. The…
Full name and title: Nathaniel Ray Pickett, Ph.D. Time with NICHQ: 6 months How has your background led you to join a national children’s health organization? I didn’t come into NICHQ through what I imagine are the normal channels, like public health or having a medical background. This is my first foray into maternal and child health,…
Domonique: November is Prematurity Awareness Month. Preterm birth is the leading cause of infant mortality, which saw an unprecedented 3% increase from 2021 to 2022, according to the Centers for Disease Control. About 1 in 10 babies are born preterm or before 37 to 40 weeks of pregnancy. In addition to these babies missing out…
Full name and title: Callie Rowland, MPH Time with NICHQ: 1 year How has your background led you to join a national children’s health organization? Like many, my path to maternal and child health has been a bit meandering. I was working toward becoming a clinician during undergrad when I had an internship in the…