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Strategies for Success: Community-level Approaches to Support Breastfeeding

The DNPAO Seminar Series showcases the latest research, guidelines, and successes. The Seminar Series is for partners, public health practitioners, and other professionals interested in nutrition, physical activity, and obesity. Our March seminar will highlight community actions to improve breastfeeding rates. Breastfeeding initiation rates vary geographically, with large racial/ethnic disparities nationally and at state and […]

Project Update—USDA/Telehealth Intervention Strategies for WIC (THIS-WIC) and Spotlight on Vermont WIC’s Telehealth Solution Dev

Come learn about the WIC State Agencies participating in the USDA/Tufts Telehealth Intervention Strategies for WIC (THIS-WIC) grant opportunity and goals for the work. The Vermont (VT) WIC State Agency will also share their experience developing a new telehealth solution in the WIC setting. The United States Department of Agriculture (USDA) awarded Tufts University a […]

Enhancing and Diversifying the Lactation Workforce

The community engagement series will highlight activities, including webinars and videos, fostering breastfeeding equity between state agencies and community organizations. This series will underline the importance of community engagement, pathways, or courses of action to engage communities. It will challenge participants to understand and recognize their role in fostering breastfeeding equity. Topics will include levels […]

Policy Leaders in Conversation during #BMHW22, ft. VP Kamala Harris

On Wednesday, April 13 from 1:00 to 2:00 PM ET, join the nation’s top policymakers, experts, and advocates who are leading the fight to end the maternal mortality crisis among Black women in the United States. The event, which falls during the fifth anniversary of Black Maternal Health Week (BMHW), will feature a keynote address from Vice […]

Then & Now: Maternal Health, Maternal Mortality, and the Intersection with Race

As part of NYAM’s 175th anniversary celebration in 2022, we’re introducing Then & Now, a new event series that looks back in order to look forward. Then & Now will explore historical roots of critical and timely issues to both understand how we got to where we are today, and to also explore bold new […]

Addressing Black Maternal Health Disparities in Kansas

The Kansas Department of Health and Environment (KDHE) and Wichita State University will share results from a collaborative project focused on non-Hispanic Black mothers’ birth experiences (services, treatment, and health priorities), including strategies to improve maternal care of Black mothers. KDHE will also discuss the Maternal Anti-Violence Innovation and Sharing (MAVIS) Project, a cross-sector initiative […]

Black Maternal Health Week Webinar

In honor of Black Maternal Health Week, this is a presentation about my own personal birth experience and the difficulties I had with the health care system throughout my pregnancy, during my birth, and after delivering my daughter. During this presentation, I will discuss how my work with WIC helped me to advocate for myself […]

Impact of the School Meals Waivers on American Families

With an extension of critical school meals waivers excluded from the fiscal year 2022 omnibus package, millions of children may lose access to nutritious foods. Join this webinar to hear from school meals advocates about how the end of these waivers will disrupt program operations and jeopardize access to nutritious foods for school-age children. The […]