MCH Alert Weekly Newsletter: September 14, 2012

• Family Voices Updates Booklet on Partnerships, Families, and Title V
• Resources Focus on Antipsychotics for Children and Adolescents
• Fact Sheets Examine Lessons from Experimental Evaluations of Programs and Interventions
• Surgeon General Renews Call to Action to Prevent Suicide
• Article Assesses Relationship Between Early Maternal Psychosocial Factors and Dental Caries in Adolescents
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New Technologies Initiative: The MCH Library is researching and pilot testing new technologies that have applications in public health settings.

• New Media Primer for Health Professionals
• Social Media: Twitter | Facebook | RSS
• Customized/advanced database searching
• Presentations on Social Media and Technology

Designing More Effective Title V MCH/Medicaid Interagency Agreements: Technical Assistance Opportunity for State Programs.

New technical assistance program available to assist States in drafting more effective IAAs.  Read More...

News from the Field

The Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act provision effective August 1, 2012 requires free preventive services for women:

• Department of Health and Human Servcies news release
• AMCHP news release
• AMCHP fact sheets

Help youth showcase ways they are ‘being more than a bystander.’ Enter Bullying Challenge by Oct 14!

New from the Library

• Prematurity and Preterm Birth Resouce Brief. August 2012
• Nutrition in Children and Adolescents. Knowledge Path. Family Resource Brief. School Resource Brief. May 2012.
• Food Marketing. Resource Brief. May 2012.
• Food Safety. Resource Brief. May 2012.
• Food Security and Nutrition Assistance Program. Resource Brief. May 2012.
• Nutrition in Child Care. Resource Brief. May 2012.
• Community Services Locator. Knowledge Path. May 2012.
• Oral Health. Knowledge Path. March 2012.
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