Advocating for children, adolescents, families, and all who care for kids
Marina MartinezWCAAP Program Manager Our fifth cohort of the WA-CHIP Immunization Learning Collaborative kicked off last week including 12 clinics. Cohort 5 is unique because over half of the clinics […]
Ariana SalaizWCAAP Program Manager We are pleased to announce that the Washington Chapter of the American Academy of Pediatrics has been awarded the AAP Chronic Condition Management in Schools Community […]
Washington’s child health improvement partnership, WA-CHIP, which is led by WCAAP, is working on multiple fronts to improve child health. The First Year Families arm of the partnership focuses on […]
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 […]
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 […]
Tatiana Sarkhosh, MPHWCAAP Program Manager For the past year, seven clinics in Pierce and Yakima counties participated in our learning collaborative called “First Year Families,” which is part of WCAAP’s […]
Ariana Salaiz Program Manager, WCAAP WCAAP’s Champions for Youth Steering Committee, an integral component of our Child Health Improvement Partnership (WA-CHIP) has been a critical place for primary care providers, […]
Ariana Salaiz Program Manager, WCAAP WCAAP, in collaboration with WithinReach and DOH, created postcards, letters, and a social media toolkit to help clinics and schools raise awareness about the importance […]
Ariana Salaiz WCAAP Program Manager The second cohort of the WA-CHIP Adolescent Immunizations Learning Collaborative began March 2020 and wrapped-up January 2021. As adolescent immunizations were de-prioritized due to COVID-19, […]
Ariana Salaiz WCAAP Program Manager Vaccination rates have decreased 37% for 11-12 year olds and 35% for 13-17 year olds in our state this year. It is more important than […]
