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Northwest Bulletin: Family and Child Health

This digital periodical is published every 8-10 weeks. We keep maternal and child public health professionals informed on relevant topics through interviews with leading experts, behind-the-scenes looks at policy changes, perspectives from community members, highlights on innovative methods, and links to helpful resources. Our primary audience are those MCH professionals operating in Region X: Alaska, Idaho, Oregon, and Washington, but we are accessible to all.

Our current volume explores preventive oral health.

Highlights from past issues include:

• Beyond the Breast: Culturally Competent Doulas as Breastfeeding Intervention
• Four Ways to Minimize Shame in Breastfeeding Promotion
• Mindfulness Meditation and Adolescent Well-Being
• Native Youth Choose Life: A Protective Factors Approach

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The UW Maternal & Child Health Webinar Series

The UW MCH Leadership Training Consortium produces one to two webinars a year on on topics related to Title V MCH national performance measures.

Our most recent episodes:

• Substance Use and Misuse Among Teens: Healthcare Strategies for Screening and Intervention
• Breastfeeding as Food Sovereignty
• The Learning Collaborative Approach to Medical Home Implementation

You can watch archived episodes of MCH webinars for free at the Northwest Center for Public Health Practice.

MCH Core Faculty provide assistance to Title V partners, community, women's and children's health advocates in Region 10 and other Northwestern states:

• Colleen Heubner, workgroup member, Child Profile Health Promotion, Washington State Department of Health
• Stephen Hawes, Director, Strategic Analysis Research and Training Center