Southern Nevada Maternal Child Health Coalition
Date: February 10, 2014
Present:
Krisann Alvarez, DCFS
Gabrielle Amato, The Rape Crisis Center
Kim Amato, Baby’s Bounty
Margarita DeSantos, SNHD
Holly Lyman, Dignity Health, Statewide MCH Coalition
Jill Slaboda, HealthInsight
May Tang, Cooperative Extension
Steve Williams, Huntridge Teen Clinic
Lianne Costello, Senator Harry Reid’s Office
Janie Root, The Eyecare Center
Aga Pinkerton, Senator Harry Reid’s Office
Dr. Marsha Matsunega-Kirgan, University of Nevada School of Medicine
Fred Schultz, Positively Kids
Diana Williams, Sunrise Children’s Foundation
Dena Sargent, Amerigroup
Theresa Chevalier, First Med
Linda Lewis, Center for Progressive Policy & Practice, LLC
Tamera , Amerigroup
Michelle Gorelow, March of Dimes
Vickie Ives, Division of Public and Behavioral Health
Emily Ruzzine, Immunize Nevada
Cynthia Roybal, Children’s Hospital of Nevada at UMC
Ingrid Mburia, Division of Public and Behavioral Health
AGENDA ITEM
DISCUSSION SUMMARY
Welcome &
Introductions
Open
Announcements /
Informational
Items
Elizabeth Arbogast, Coalition Coordinator, called meeting to
order at 3:00pm. Everyone present introduced themselves.
 Holly Lyman – Center for breastfeeding out on June 26: Week long CLC training – certification at the end.
Fills up fast. For more information, visit
www.centerforbreastfeeding.org.
 Kim Amato – Baby’s Bounty Tea – at Mandarin
Oriental – For more information, visit
www.babysbounty.org
 Emily Ruzzine – starting of planning for 2014 Nevada
Health Conference – looking for people to join
planning committee – committee will meet on the first
Tuesday of each month – looking for more
involvement from committee members.
emily@immunizenevada.org. The conference will take
place in October, although a date has not yet been set.
 Gabrielle – The Rape Crisis Center is planning a youth
leadership summit focused on violence prevention.
Youth will be asked to brainstorm a project. Will take
place later in August (near back to school).
April 7-13. Members were provided a toolkit for National
Public Health Week with a breakdown for each day and
suggested activities to be involved. Elizabeth shared the
statewide coalition’s plan to create an OB/GYN mailing in
partnership with the Southern Nevada Immunization and
Health Coalition (SNIHC) and include materials which will
respond to each of our identified priority areas, especially as
they relate to prevention. It was also suggested that
membership contact their local legislator and ask that the
Nevada Clean Indoor Air Act be maintained and strengthened
at the next legislative session (February 2015).
Jill Slaboda, HealthInsight – QI Initiative to Reduce/Eliminate
Elective Deliveries
 HealthInsight is looking for opportunities to
share/spread information and a toolkit for helping
hospitals reduce/eliminate elective deliveries.
 Jill will provide data for Nevada at future meetings.
MCH Spring Symposium
National Public
Health Week
Guest Speaker
Statewide MCH
FURTHER ACTION
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Coalition Update
2014 Meetings
Treasurer’s Report
Next Meeting
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Held April 30th, 8am-4pm
Topics include:
o Cocooning
o Breastfeeding
o Maternal Mental Health
o Resources Available for CYSHCN
o Home Visiting
o Comprehensive Sex Ed
o Domestic Violence
 Volunteers needed the day of for Setup, registration,
lunch cleanup, cleanup following
Raising of America Documentary Screening
 Screening in partnership with the Urban Family
Engagement Network (PTA), followed by a public
discussion
Topic Brainstorm
 Epidemiologist – SNHD – Nevada data
 Home Visiting Program
 Social/Emotional Learning in Children: Can’t Make
Believe Kids – ES/MS
 Teen Suicide Prevention
o Suicide prevention coalition
 Priority Areas
 March of Dimes
 Text4baby
Steve reported no financial change to the coalition’s account
and provided background to the collection of the funds.
The next meeting will be held Monday, March 10, 2014 at
3:00pm at the Southern Nevada Health District.
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