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 […]
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Paving the Way for Pediatric Care: Providence Sacred Heart Children’s Hospital Celebrates 20th Birthday
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 […]
WCAAP Hosts Spokane Listening Session and Community Vaccine Discussion
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, […]
2023 WCAAP Member and Partner Survey Results
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 […]
Rafton’s Round Up: Strong Partners and Upstream Change
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 […]
Why Interim Meetings Matter
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 […]
“Trust the Facts, Get the Vax”-Lucy M., 2023
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 […]
A Heartfelt Thank You
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 […]
Opportunity to Increase HPV Vaccination in Rural Washington Starting at Age 9
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 […]
Pediatric Community Health Workers Improve Receipt of Preventive Services
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 […]