January 29, 2018. In this MCH webinar, Yolanda Evans, MD, MPH and Cari McCarty, PhD will discuss healthcare strategies for screening and intervention of substance use among teens.

November 21, 2016. In this MCH webinar, experts from Idaho discuss ways to implement medical home best practices and facilitate pediatric health care quality improvement.

March 18, 2016. In this Maternal and Child Health webinar, Kirsten Frandsen will review e-cigarettes, the truths behind industry messaging, how we can use lessons learned from working with Big Tobacco, and what public health partners are doing to protect the public.

December 8, 2015. In this maternal and child health webinar, Thomas Benedetti, MD, and Mara Zabari review the new Safe Deliveries Roadmap, a quality improvement plan for advancing prenatal care in the Pacific Northwest.

October 30, 2014. In this one-hour webinar, Carolyn McCarty, PhD, and Ashley Maliken, PhD, describe current research on the behavioral and neurological factors that contribute to vulnerability in adolescence.


June 27, 2014. In this one-hour webinar, Erin Kinavey, Carol Prentice, and Jillian Lush present their experience implementing the Ages and Stages Questionnaire (ASQ-3) Online as part of a coordinated, statewide system to achieve universal developmental screening for children, birth to five years, in Alaska. This innovative Child Find initiative is built on a partnership with medical providers and early care and learning agencies.


December 12, 2013. This webinar examines lessons learned from Oregon's MIECHV experience and principles that can be used for selection and use of performance measures.


May 29, 2012. In this one-hour Maternal and Child Public Health series webinar, Lyle Fagnan, MD, presents the results of a pilot study to assess the use of a standardized process to screen children for developmental and psychosocial risks at family medicine practices in rural areas.


January 20, 2012. In this one-hour webinar, part of the Maternal and Child Health series, Christopher Blodgett, PhD, and Quen Zorrah, PHN, MSN, describe current work in adverse childhood experiences in Washington State.

October 28, 2011. In this one-hour Maternal and Child Public Health series webinar, Therese Grant, PhD, provides an overview of the teratogenic effects of prenatal alcohol exposure and the adverse long-term consequences of fetal alcohol spectrum disorders.


June 16, 2011. In this one-hour Maternal and Child Public Health series webinar, Laura Porter and Kathy Carson present information on new scientific discoveries about the lifelong impacts of adverse childhood experiences shed light on the benefits of home visiting.


October 13, 2010. In this one-hour Maternal and Child Public Health series webinar, Ronald G. Barr, MDCM, FRCPC describes the development, testing, and implementation of Period of PURPLE Crying(r).

May 21, 2010. In this one-hour Maternal and Child Public Health webinar, Julia Richman, DDS, MSD, MPH addresses infant and child oral health topics.



November 6, 2009. In this one-hour Maternal and Child Public Health series webinar, Melissa Schiff, MD, MPH, discusses the scope of the teen suicide issue in the Northwest.