AMCHP aims to strengthen state capacity to provide essential services in women's health. Key among these are the abilities to: assess and monitor women's health status; develop policies and programs designed to meet women's unique health needs; and assure women's access to appropriate, high quality health services and information.
AMCHP has built a solid foundation in women's health by promoting best practices and conducting advocacy and education on issues related to pregnant women, new mothers, and their infants. The Women's and Perinatal Health Program emphasizes disease prevention and wellness promotion throughout the primary reproductive years to ensure better birth outcomes and good health for women as they grow older. As we move forward, we aim to further strengthen our members' capacity in women's health by working to assure positive health outcomes for women regardless of intent or ability to have children, and by addressing issues such as chronic disease and injury, healthy lifestyles, and health disparities. Support for these activities comes from the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, HRSA's Maternal and Child Health Bureau, W.K. Kellogg Foundation and other partners.
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MCH Library Knowledge Path: Preconception & Pregnancy This site offers a selection of current, high-quality resources that analyze perinatal health statistics, describe effective prenatal care programs, and report on research aimed at improving access to and quality of prenatal care and improving perinatal health outcomes.
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 Text4Baby Webinar
This webinar is designed for Title V programs and provides an overview of Text4Baby, a free mobile information service designed to promote healthy birth outcomes among underserved populations. Text4baby is made possible by a public-private partnership that is coordinated by the National Healthy Mothers Healthy Babies Coalition (HMHB), Johnson & Johnson, Voxiva, the CTIA Wireless Foundation, the White House Office of Science and Technology Policy, and the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services.
Speakers include:
· Sabrina Matoff-Stepp, Health Resources and Services Administration
· Judy Meehan, National Healthy Mothers, Healthy Babies Coalition
· Paul Meyer, Voxiva
· Joan Corder-Mabe, Virginia Department of Health, Title V Program
To access the recording of this webinar, please click HERE
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