MCHB and CityMatCH are hosting a webinar series for HHS Region V state and local MCH professionals and their partners who are dedicated to eliminating racial inequities specific to infant mortality in the region. The webinars are meant to supplement the work happening in each state as they drive towards reducing infant mortality and eliminating racial disparities. Although the…
We are pleased to share with you a new resource on public health and abortion: Envisioning a 21st Century Public Health Approach to Abortion, a menu of activities and action steps for health departments to consider related to abortion. The content was developed over a two-day convening of seven state and nine local public health departments and ten partner…
If you are struggling to understand what is going on in our society, we have compiled a few resources for you to understand the context, deep-rooted causes so that you are able to learn and play an important role in shaping our households, communities and our country. The Unequal Opportunity Race (video) Systematic Racism Explained (video) What is Power…
CityMatCH has compiled a list of resources from local, state and national organizations with information, resources, and tools for handling COVID-19 and its impacts in your community, workplace, and home. Thank you to CityMatCH members and partners who have helped contribute to this list! If you have additional resources to share, please email us! Centers for Disease Control and…
Data Resources Behavior Risk Factor Surveillance System (BRFSS) – Annual county-level estimates for key health behaviors are now being created by the CDC and provided via the County Health Rankings; CHR BRFSS Instructions. Hospital discharge data – Data on hospitalizations are now provided by patient county of residence and can be used for assessment of community health and health care…
To build capacity and improve peer-to-peer support among CityMatCH members, the organization maintains an online membership network — the Ask-A-Colleague Service (or AAC). As a member, you may access the AAC service to quickly and efficiently query your colleagues around the country on your MCH program, policy, practice and data use concerns. Submitting a Request Contact CityMatCH at 402-552-9500…
This eLearning community provides access to online resources developed to augment CityMatCH projects, which are grounded in the philosophy that all children and families deserve to be healthy and achieve their optimal growth and development. Children and families in urban areas have unique needs and deserve special attention. The resources in this portal: Institute for equity in birth outcomes; local…
What is PPOR? Perinatal Periods of Risk (PPOR) is a comprehensive approach to help communities use data to reduce infant mortality. Designed for use in US cities with high infant mortality rates, PPOR brings community stakeholders together to build consensus and partnership based on local data. CityMatCH developed the approach between 2000-2004. Want to use the PPOR approach, then used the below…
The Life Course Perspective offers a way of looking at health, not as disconnected stages unrelated to each other, but as an integrated continuum. This perspective suggests that the many facets of life contribute to health outcomes across the course of one’s life. It builds on public health and social science literature which highlight the influence of each stage…
The Training Course in MCH Epidemiology rotates every year between a course geared toward basic to intermediate skills in statistics and epidemiologic methods and a course geared toward intermediate to advanced skills. The archive provides distance and on-site materials from the last two years to ensure materials are available for all professionals. 2020 Training Course Archive – Intermediate to Advanced The 2020 Training Course…
Join us for the 2021 CityMatCH Leadership and MCH Epidemiology Conference, in New Orleans, LA.
