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Adolescent Health Infrastructure Tool: Putting Positive Youth Development into Practice
Developed by the National Clearinghouse on Families and Youth, this guide outlines the concept of Positive Youth Development, an approach to engaging, encouraging, and empowering youth. This resource provides practical tips, checklists, and other tools. |
National Conference of State Legislatures
The National Conference of State Legislatures advocates for a variety of health policy topics, including maternal and child health, physical activity and nutrition, and Medicaid. Offering a range of services and resources to state legislators and legislative staff, the organization promotes the health of women, children, and their families. |
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Strong Start Funding Opportunity Update
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Mental Health Promotional Ads
The American Academy of Pediatrics developed two promotional ads to promote the importance of incorporating mental health into the primary care visit. This resource is coupled with tips on how to promote social and emotional health. |
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Toolkit for Planning Home Visiting Partnerships with Family, Friend, and Neighbor Caregivers
The Center for Law and Social Policy released a toolkit to support states in fostering partnerships between home visiting programs and family, friend, and neighbor caregivers. The toolkit includes a planning guide, policy recommendations, and case studies. |
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Growing Up LGBT in America: Youth Survey Report
The Human Rights Campaign published a study comparing lesbian, gay, bisexual, and transgender (LGBT) youth and their straight counterparts. Survey findings demonstrate significant disparities between the two groups and emphasize the importance of achieving health equity. |
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President's Challenge 2012: Healthy Babies
The President's Challenge webpage provides community-based resources and strategies to help reduce prematurity and infant mortality rates. Policies and programs highlighted on the webpage address birth outcomes at various stages within the life course. |
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NACCHO's Maternal, Child, and Adolescent Health Webpage
NACCHO's Maternal, Child, and Adolescent Health webpage contains the latest news, resources, events, and funding opportunities available to local health departments. NACCHO updates this webpage monthly, so check back frequently to get the latest information. If you have any comments or questions about the webpages, or if you have you any news or resources to contribute, please
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NACCHO's Maternal, Child, and Adolescent Health Toolkit
NACCHO's Maternal, Child, and Adolescent Health Toolkit offers downloadable tools, publications, and other resources for local health departments. NACCHO welcomes any tools or resources you would like to share with local health departments. To submit a tool to the MCAH Toolkit, contact mch@naccho.org. |
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Conferences and Trainings
For information on upcoming MCAH-related conferences and trainings, visit NACCHO's event calendar.
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Excerpts from NACCHO's Public Health Dispatch
MCAH-Related Tools and Resources
The Public Health Dispatch newsletter is sent monthly to all active NACCHO members and contains brief updates, events, resources, funding opportunities, member highlights, and other information of relevance to local health departments. For downloads of past issues and other NACCHO publications, visit www.naccho.org/pubs. |
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