Maternal, Child, and Adolescent Health
|
Local health departments (LHDs) play an important role in coordinating the broader public health system’s efforts to improve the health of women, children and adolescents. NACCHO’s Maternal, Child, and Adolescent Health (MCAH) Program strengthens the capacity of LHDs to effectively ensure and assess the health of women, children and adolescents by providing learning opportunities, developing tools and resources, providing technical support, and facilitating peer exchange.
Adolescent Health Infrastructure Tool: Parents and Parental Involvement
The National Campaign to Prevent Teen and Unplanned Pregnancy's online collection of resources promotes youth and parent empowerment, and helps teens and their families prevent teen pregnancy. The practical tools and general resources can also be used to support adolescent health advocates at the community level in creating local level systems that effectively address teen pregnancy. 
NACCHO is currently undertaking a multi-year project to strengthen LHD MCAH programs. As part of this project, NACCHO has created the MCAH Sentinel Network to increase its situational awareness of local MCAH programs around the country. Information gathered from the MCAH Sentinel Network will be analyzed and disseminated in aggregate form, and will guide NACCHO’s ability to address MCAH capacity, policy, and sustainability in LHDs. NACCHO distributed the second quarterly survey to the MCAH Sentinel Network on Friday, February 10, 2012, to 104 voluntary LHD participants. The survey closed on Friday, February 17, 2012. The response rate was 74 percent (77/104). To read the results of the second sentinel network query, click here. |
