News
We work to help all people who touch the lives of families and children. From educational support staff to medical professionals and everyone in between, our goal is to help all people stay up-to-date on the latest news and events affecting children’s health and well-being across Wisconsin. Use the categories along the right side to select an initiative of interest or scroll through our posts to read all Alliance news.
Delta Dental of Wisconsin receives 2018 Warren LeMay Oral Health Champion Award
The Wisconsin Oral Health Coalition presented Delta Dental of Wisconsin with the Warren LeMay Oral Health Champion Award at the 2018 Wisconsin Oral Health Conference. This award is given [...]
Emergency departments focus on pediatric readiness
The EMSC Innovation and Improvement Center is spearheading a n ationwide quality improvement collaborative to improve pediatric readiness in emergency departments. Fourteen Wisconsin emergency departments have joined the Pediatric [...]
10 Tips for pediatric emergency care
By Carly Baumann, Certified Child Life Specialist The hospital can be a frightening place for children. Child Life Specialists help to make the hospital less scary for kids by normalizing [...]
CDC renews funding for SUID and SDY work
Children’s Health Alliance of Wisconsin was refunded by the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention to continue participation in the Sudden Unexpected Infant Death (SUID) and Sudden Death in [...]
Sending a grieving child back to school
Going back to school is always a transition, but grieving a death can make the changes even more difficult. It is often easier for families to gather around each [...]
Alliance recognized nationally as children’s health quality improvement leader
Children’s Health Alliance of Wisconsin has been recognized by the National Improvement Partnership Network as an Improvement Partnership (IP) program for the state of Wisconsin. An IP is a [...]
Wisconsin Seal-A-Smile announces grant recipients for the 2018-19 school year
The Wisconsin Seal-A-Smile (SAS) program is pleased to announce 38 Wisconsin programs will receive funding to provide care in nearly 900 Wisconsin schools. This year, the competitive grant application [...]
What’s lost and what’s left for bereaved parents
After a death occurs, the bereaved often struggle with what is lost and what is left. The loss of a child is terribly painful. Secondary losses, such as the [...]
Sleep Baby Safe program presents research at international conference
Amanda Bagin, Injury Prevention and Death Review project manager, had the opportunity to attend the International Conference on Stillbirth, SIDS and Baby Survival in Glasgow, Scotland with our partner [...]
The Black-White gap in infant mortality
By Jason Jarzembowski, MD, PhD One of the largest health crises in the United States is the high infant mortality rate, which exceeds that of many European nations we [...]
Injury prevention success story: Racine County drowning prevention
When a traumatic incident happens, people come together. When there is a sudden increase in child drownings, a community comes together. In September 2017, the Racine County Fetal, Infant [...]
Diversity matters: Improving diversity in patient and family advisory councils
Working with patients and families as advisors is a critical part of improving health care system quality and safety. Patient and family advisors are valuable partners. It’s important to [...]
