Maternal, Child, and Adolescent Health
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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.
The National Perinatal Association offers guidelines for healthcare providers, parents, and case managers caring for late preterm infants from birth through childhood. More » 
The Preconception Health and Health Care Resource Center is a comprehensive web directory of hyperlinks to tools and resources designed to advance the health of men and women of reproductive age. Materials and strategies are grouped into four categories: 1) health education materials for women and men 2) clinical strategies and model programs 3) policy strategies and resources and 4) state and local strategies and model programs. This resource was developed by NACCHO, the Association of Maternal & Child Health Programs, the Association of State and Territorial Health Officials, the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, CityMatCH, Johnson Group Consulting, Inc., the National Preconception Health and Health Care Initiative, and the Center for Maternal and Infant Health at the University of North Carolina, Chapel Hill. More » Thirty-nine local health departments were honored at NACCHO Annual 2012 in Los Angeles for implementing public health programs that demonstrate exemplary and replicable outcomes. Among this year’s Model Practice Award winners were the following maternal, child, and adolescent health programs: • Alameda County Public Health Department, Building Blocks for Health Equity Initiative For more information about these and other Model Practices, visit NACCHO’s Model Practices Database. |
