AMCHP considers national and state issues, needs, policies, plans and programs relevant to the use of data and other kinds of information to assess needs, monitor health status and problems, develop policies and programs, and evaluate and assure the quality, efficacy and effectiveness of interventions designed to promote family health. AMCHP collaborates within and across agencies at the national and state level to address the need to integrate data, programs and policy for improved health among maternal and child populations. AMCHP also provides state leadership with information and assistance in building states' data capacity.
Data and Assessment activities are funded by cooperative agreements with the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention Division of Reproductive Health and the Health Resources and Services Administration Maternal and Child Health Bureau.
Events
DATA SKILLS TRAININGS AT THE 2010 AMCHP CONFERENCE
The Association of Maternal and Child Health Programs (AMCHP), in partnership with the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, Division of Reproductive Health, will conduct two data skills trainings prior to the AMCHP 2010 Conference. The purpose of the trainings is to enhance states and local public health agencies data capacity to inform MCH programmatic and policy to improve the health and welfare of its MCH populations.
The Association of Maternal and Child Health Programs (AMCHP), in partnership with the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, Division of Reproductive Health, is pleased to announce the topics of two skills-building trainings held immediately preceding the AMCHP Annual Conference in National Harbor, MD. The trainings will be held March 6-7, 2010. Pre-registration for these trainings is not necessary and there is no charge for those registering for the AMCHP Annual Conference.
The trainings are called “Getting the Word Out: Writing Strong Abstracts, Manuscripts and MCH EPI Issue Briefs”- held March 6 from 9am-12pm- and "State MCH Data Records Linkage Practice: Methodological Approaches”- held March 7 from 9am-4pm. The purpose of the trainings is to enhance states and local public health agencies data capacity to inform MCH programmatic and policy to improve the health and welfare of its MCH populations. Please contact Henry Maingi at AMCHP with any questions at hmaingi@amchp.org.
DATA SKILLS TRAINING AT THE 2009 MCH EPI CONFERENCE
AMCHP, in partnership with the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, Division of Reproductive Health, and the Health Resources and Services Administration, Maternal and Child Health Bureau conducted three data training workshops on December 7-8, 2009, in Tampa, Florida. The trainings were held immediately preceding the CDC 15th Annual Maternal and Child Health Epidemiology conference, scheduled for Dec. 9-11, 2009. The training materials can be found here.
Project Areas
Communication Initiatives
Data Resources
Related Projects
Staff Contact
Henry Maingi, MA
Senior Program Manager, Data & Assessment
(202) 266-3052