Advocating for children, adolescents, families, and all who care for kids
Mary Simock School-Based Health Center Program Coordinator Office of Family and Community Health Improvement Prevention and Community Health, Washington State Department of Health The Washington State Department of Health (DOH) […]
Tatiana Sarkhosh, MPH Program Manager, WCAAP Child and adolescent vaccines are down 20% month over month. We all collectively want to overcome these gaps and we also know how busy […]
The Equitable Care Workgroup was founded in the Summer of 2020. Since then, EWG has compiled a toolkit, accompanied by a series of quarterly webinars, to serve as a reference […]
Krystle Perez, MD, MPH, FAAPAssistant Professor of Pediatrics, Division of NeonatologyAssistant Adjunct Professor, Global HealthUniversity of Washington School of Medicine I Seattle Children’s Hospital Despite the well-known short and long-term benefits […]
Happy Sine Die! For those who are not knee-deep in legislature lingo, that’s Latin for “without a day” and signifies the end of the legislative session. Once again, this year […]
Jennifer Donahue & Sarah Rafton What if pediatric well-care was re-designed to support early relational health or social and emotional health and development, particularly for families of color, via the […]
Peter Asante, MD, FAAP Trustee, Washington Chapter of the American Academy of PediatricsCo-Chair, WCAAP Equitable Care Work Group “Growth is uncomfortable, because if it were comfortable, we wouldn’t move! Transitions […]
WCAAP’s executive director, Sarah Rafton, president, Dr. Michael Barsotti, and members Dr. Breanna Barger-Kamate and Dr. Tony Woodward all spoke with Hannah Furfaro at the Seattle Times about our state’s […]
Along with COVID-19, we are concurrently experiencing a behavioral health epidemic with the capacity to devastate a generation. Behavioral health, often used interchangeably with mental health, encompasses a broad range […]
“We urgently need a system of care for children and families, an intentional and cohesive system that knits together support for families from the start, that provides quick access to […]
