Submit Your Best Practice Today!
AMCHP is seeking submissions of best practices in maternal and child health from around the country. Whether it’s an effective campaign to promote breastfeeding, an outstanding nurse-family partnership, or a proven early intervention program for young children, get the word out about your best practice. Contribute to AMCHP’s Innovation Station – a growing database of what is working in MCH.
1) Click here to download a copy of the submission form.
2) When you are ready to submit, click here to start the survey.
Best Practice Submissions are accepted on a rolling basis however, the deadline to be considered for a Best Practice Award is Friday, November 21, 2008. Award-winning Best Practices will be featured at the 2009 AMCHP Annual Conference in Washington, D.C.!
Examples of previously accepted Best Practice Submissions:
Partners in Care: Together for Kids
DOTTS: Directing Outcomes Thru Therapeutic Outcomes
What is a Best Practice?
AMCHP defines “best practices” as a continuum of practices, programs and policies ranging from promising to evidence-based to science-based. A best practice could focus on the health of women, adolescents, young children, families, or children with special health care needs. Best practice focus areas include preconception care, mental health, data and assessment, financing, program and system integration, workforce development, injury prevention, emergency preparedness, family involvement, or other public health issues.
For example, a best practice may:
- Improve care coordination for children and youth with special health care needs
- Reduce lead poisoning through home visits
- Develop an interagency application process for WIC, Early Intervention and Medicaid
- Collaborate with school nurses to improve care for children with asthma
- Reduce the rate of adolescent suicide
- Promote early intervention for at-risk children
- Build linkages between health and child care systems
- Expand screening and intervention for depression in pregnant women
- Link data to address infant mortality
The Best Practices Review Panel, composed of AMCHP members, partners, and other experts in the public health field will review submissions and determine if a practice meets the criteria.
For more explanation of the best practices concept, review the Common Terms & Definitions
Why Submit?
- Share successes with your peers. Best practices will be included in a searchable database, featured in Pulse, AMCHP’s monthly electronic newsletter.
- Receive national recognition. Your state’s innovative program could receive a special award at the AMCHP annual conference.
- Contribute to program replication. AMCHP will help facilitate peer to peer technical assistance to support program and policy replication.
To view all previously accepted AMCHP Best Practices, please visit this link:
AMCHP Best Practices
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