MCH Bridges: The Official AMCHP Podcast
MCH Bridges is the official podcast of the Association of Maternal and Child Health Programs (AMCHP). This podcast aims to inspire and guide actions that will improve the systems that impact maternal and child health (MCH) populations. MCH Bridges lifts up stories and people from the MCH field by centering the voices of the public health workforce, people and communities most impacted by challenges, and individuals and families with experience navigating MCH systems.
Questions or comments about MCH Bridges? Please email Nia Sutton (nsutton@amchp.org) and Eden Desta (edesta@amchp.org).
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Episodes
24 episodes
BONUS Episode: Strengthening Maternal & Child Health Through Impactful Partnerships
In this bonus episode of MCH Bridges, guest speakers Terrance E. Moore, Chief Executive Officer of AMCHP, and Marcus Allen, immediate Past-President of the AMCHP Board of Directors, discuss the meaning of effective partnerships and relationship...
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19:53
Episode #21: Navigating Prenatal Diagnoses: Reducing Harm for Parents of Children with Down Syndrome
October is Down Syndrome Awareness Month. In this episode of MCH Bridges, guest host and Lettercase Program Director Dr. Stephanie Meredith reviews some of the findings from ...
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Episode 21
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39:11
Episode #20: Care Maps: The Power of Mapping Support for Children & Families
This episode dives into the world of care mapping, as a continued conversation from a skills-building session at the 2024 AMCHP Annual Conference. Care mapping serves as a powerful tool to help families and professionals coordinate and enhance ...
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Episode 20
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49:01
Episode #19: Generating Policy Solutions to Protect Children with Complex Health Care Needs During Emergencies
Our new MCH Bridges podcast episode addresses the critical importance of planning for and responding to the needs of women, children, and families, particularly those requiring complex care, during public health emergencies. The efforts describ...
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Episode 19
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45:49
Episode #18: What the Health is Food Insecurity?!
Our newest MCH Bridges and What the Health?! crossover episode, led by AMCHP’s Youth Voice Amplified (YVA) committee, talks about the food insecurity crisis in the United States from a systems and lived experience point of view, and how these p...
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Episode 18
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41:29
Episode #17: Medicaid Redetermination: Stories from Families to Inspire Action
According to the Kaiser Family Foundation’s Medicaid Enrollment and Unwinding Tracker, as of February 1, over 16.4 million Medicaid and CHIP en...
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Episode 17
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36:26
Episode #16: What the Health is Ecology of Homelessness?!
November is National Youth Homelessness Awarenes...
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Episode 16
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41:26
Episode #15: Youth Perspectives on Mental Health: Supporting the Next Generation
Listen to this MCH Bridges episode to hear three members of The Adolescent Champion Teen Advisory Council (TAC TAC), Melanie Avila, Fanta Guindo, and Yeina Han, share what adolescent and...
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39:44
Episode #14: The Joy of Autism: A New Way of Thinking
In this MCH Bridges, we talk with AMCHP’s State Public Health Autism Resource Center’s (SPHARC) Autistic Faculty about t...
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51:09
BONUS Episode: The AMCHP Annual Conference Experience
This bonus episode captures the experience of attending the AMCHP Annual Conference from a variety of perspectives. As past attendees, our guest speakers shared what they learned, some pro tips ...
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33:59
Episode #13: Healing Through Breastfeeding: Honoring the Past, Investing in the Future
This interview episode highlights the journeys of Kimarie and Dalecia as they found their passion and purpose in helping lactating persons achieve their breastfeeding goals. Intertwining lived experience and the desire to make a difference, you...
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36:50
Episode #12: We Need to Start Talking About Stillbirth
This episode highlights the lived experiences of families who have experienced a stillbirth. You’ll hear from Jasmine Abraham and Nneka Hall, who share their personal experiences after Jasmine’s son Qasem and Nneka’s daughter Annaya were born s...
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1:05:50
Episode #11: Community-Led Solutions for Change: The Story of Colorado's Birth Equity Bill Package
In this special episode, AMCHP's MCH Bridges teams up with the Maternal Health Innovation podcast to explore maternal health policy successes, challenges and opp...
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53:30
Episode #10: Queering Perinatal Mental Health
In this episode, we are joined by Leo Andreas (he/him) and Jenna "JB" Brown (they/he) to explore the unique perinatal mental health experiences of queer, trans, and gender non-conforming p...
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35:53
Episode #9: Centering the Soul Ties to the Food We Eat: A Strategy for Equity in Nutrition Services
This episode highlights the effects of structural racism and the history of our food system in the United States. It discusses the demonization of cultural foods, the use of Eurocentric dietary standards as the primary baseline for nutrition re...
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Episode 9
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30:19
Episode #8: Public Health Across Borders: Unaccompanied Immigrant Children, Mental Health, and the U.S. Immigration System
This episode explores the unique experiences of unaccompanied immigrant children (UICs) and the ways in which immigration impacts mental health. The Young Center, an organization dedicated to promoti...
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23:59
Episode #7: What's Public Health Got to Do With It? Maternal Health, Substance Use, and the Criminal Justice System
This episode explores the unique experience of pregnant people navigating substance use disorders and the criminal justice system. Jenna’s Project, a program of UNC Horizons, works to suppor...
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16:37
Episode #6: The Kids Are Not Okay: Climate Change, Environmental Injustice, and What MCH & Youth Advocates Can Do
In the first part of this episode, we talk with Rhea Goswami, co-founder of the Environmental Justice Coalition (EJC), about why youth engagement is so important, especially when working ...
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Season 1
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Episode 6
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41:37
Episode #5: Rest is Infinite: Shifting Our Mindsets on Rest & Productivity
In this episode, we tackle the topic of redefining rest and productivity with Marissa McKool, Career and Life Coach. Marissa shares her personal wake up call on the brink of burnout, explores why we are sometimes hesitant to take time off, disc...
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32:29
Episode #4: Preparing for the Unexpected: Lessons from MCH Emergency Preparedness & Response Efforts
In the times we live in, we are constantly facing all sorts of emergencies and preparedness is essential to keep families safe and promote health and wellbeing in challenging situations. In this episode, we explore how Tennessee has inten...
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24:09
Episode #3 Part 2: Redesigning Birth Work For The Future with the InTune Mother Society
In part two of this episode, a culturally centered perinatal wellness project, the InTune Mother Society, discuss Black entrepreneurship, ingenuity, how the maternal and child health field can equitably support community-rooted birth just...
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33:06
Episode #3 Part 1: Redesigning Birth Work For The Future with the InTune Mother Society
In part one of this episode, a culturally centered perinatal wellness project, the InTune Mother Society, shares their story and experiences connecting families with holistic approaches to wellness and eliminating barriers to accessible perinat...
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34:08
Episode #2: Protecting Our Future: Vaccinating Children & Youth
The episode features a panel of a parent, teenager, and pediatrician in a conversation on the importance of the COVID-19 vaccine for children and adolescents and strategies to increase the confidence of parents and caregivers in the COVID-19 va...
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Episode 2
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27:47