2011 AMCHP and Family Voices National Conference ... - HRSA

2011 AMCHP and Family Voices National Conference: Welcome Plenary and
MacQueen Memorial Lecture
02/13/2011 Omni Shoreham, Washington, D.C.
>> What I find rewarding in maternal and child health is working with mommies and babies and
making sure that they're healthy early on, prenataly, and postnataly, and
just everything, the bond. It just really lights me up to see a mommy and
baby together. That nourishing.
>> What's challenging about the work you do?
>> Lack of funds. In the social agency world, there is a lot of maternal and child health services
that are being cut off. Everyone is having to face challenges in providing
this service, especially the extended ones, to low income. Where we
come from, there is a lot of poverty in different areas. We really need the
funds. It's really lack of funds that really hinder our work. The reason
that I love what I do is because I am actually a member of the community
that I serve. I see the importance of health, and the lack of health that
there is. It really drives me when I'm in front of people having chats or
being in Laundromats or in churches talking about the importance of
heath, and being that link to the health care system.
>> Great.
>> Hi, my name is Lori Hasket and I am the Director of Injury Prevention in the Kansas
Department of Health and Environment.
>> In your work, what do you find gratifying?
>> The work that we do is so gratifying because we can see results related to preventing injuries
with kids.
>> And what are the challenges in trying to do that work?
>> I think one of our program partners says it best when we talk about challenges related to our
work. We have new parents that are born every day, so our jobs will
never end. Parents have different kids, different ages, and injury