A Reflection on GATHER
Ezekiel Melquist, MD, WCAAP Equity Committee Member As a new member of the WCAAP’s Equity Committee, I was excited to join the cohort of GATHER participants. I’ve been interested in […]
Advocating for children, adolescents, families, and all who care for kids
Ezekiel Melquist, MD, WCAAP Equity Committee Member As a new member of the WCAAP’s Equity Committee, I was excited to join the cohort of GATHER participants. I’ve been interested in […]
Susan Stacey, Providence Chief Executive for the Inland Northwest At just four days old, Elliott Naftzger underwent her first open-heart surgery. Born with a type of congenital heart disease known […]
Colleen McCarty, MPH and Sarah Nau, MSW On June 21 and 22, WCAAP hosted two meetings in Spokane: a listening session at the home of WCAAP(now Immediate Past-)President, Mike Barsotti, […]
Sarah Nau, MSW Late this spring WCAAP solicited feedback from our members and partners to help us strategize and make decisions for the year ahead about how best to serve […]
Sarah Rafton, MSW WCAAP is a longstanding and active member in many coalitions and workgroups, most notably the Health Coalition for Children & Youth, the Prevention Alliance, and the Children […]
Amber Ulvenes, WCAAP Legislative Liaison The pressures of a fifteen-minute appointment are familiar to most of you. It can be a challenge to cover everything that needs to be said […]
Sophia O’Hara, Program Manager This year, WCAAP partnered with two, ninth-grade Foss High School biology classes to promote vaccine literacy and vaccination rates among adolescents. Students completed a unit on […]
Dr. Mike Barsotti Where does the time go? Between the Covid pandemic, the unprecedented triple respiratory season, and the crisis of medical financing, I am lifting my head to realize […]
A Rapid and Practical Quality Improvement Project, Sponsored by the Washington Chapter of the American Academy of Pediatrics “HPV Vax at 9” works in rural communities! Our first cohort of […]
Sarah Rafton In 2021, two groups that WCAAP helps lead, the First Year Families Steering Committee and the State’s Behavioral Health Integration Subgroup both proposed a new workforce be put […]