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.
Wisconsin Emergency Medical Services for Children celebrates National Rural Health Day
Written by Brittany Farrell National Rural Health Day is Thursday, November 16, 2023! Established in 2011 by the National Organization of State Offices of Rural Health (NOSORH), the day highlights [...]
A bright new beginning: A Sauk County Seal-A-Smile story
In February 2022, a quiet, hesitant second-grade boy visited the Public Health Sauk County Seal-A-Smile program at his rural elementary school. Before he could even open wide for the [...]
Outdoor air quality monitoring to support children’s health and educational outcomes
Written by Carissa Hoium & Sarah Kroening Asthma and outdoor air quality have major impacts on children’s health and educational achievement. Children’s Health Alliance of Wisconsin’s (the Alliance) environmental [...]
Data driven approach to building partnerships
Written by Geeta Wadhwani This summer, Children’s Health Alliance of Wisconsin’s (the Alliance) food security initiative and partners had the opportunity to share the work of our collaborative with [...]
A team approach: HSHS St. Vincent Hospital takes extra steps to enhance pediatric care
Kids are not just small adults and they require different care tactics, measuring techniques and equipment. During times of pediatric surges such as Respiratory Syncytial Virus (RSV) and influenza, [...]
Worth the Weight Campaign
Please join Children’s Health Alliance of Wisconsin (the Alliance) and Wisconsin Emergency Medical Services for Children (WI EMSC), in improving pediatric safety in emergency department (ED) settings. In order [...]
Partnering to enroll families in FoodShare
Written by Geeta WadhwaniThere are many people working every day to improve and sustain community health, including food pantries, food banks, clinics, nurses, doctors, health departments and many others. All are [...]
Increasing access to oral health care in Milwaukee County
Written by: Lindsay Deinhammer, RN, BSN, Project Manager - Oral Health In 2022, the Milwaukee Oral Health Coalition (MOHC), with support from the Milwaukee Health Care Partnership, created the [...]
Lead levels and Wisconsin’s kids
Written by: Morgan Conti, Project Manager – Medical Home High blood lead levels impact development of Wisconsin children The medical home initiative and Department of Health Services (DHS) Childhood [...]
Keeping Kids Alive improves child death scene investigations across Wisconsin
The death of a child is a tragedy that should invoke a community response. Each year, more than 350 children, ages 0 to 17, die in Wisconsin for various [...]
Worth the Weight
Written by: Ben Mulick Weighing children in kilograms in the emergency department (ED) is critical, something Dr. Lorin Browne, associate professor of pediatrics and emergency medicine at Children’s Wisconsin [...]
Keeping Kids Alive in Wisconsin 2023 Conference
Join child death review (CDR) and fetal infant mortality review (FIMR) team members from across Wisconsin to explore trends in child death at the local, state and national level. [...]
