Pictured L-R are Kri Korte (mom with lived experience) and UMKC-IHD Maternal and Child Health team members Bryce Starr and Danielle Chiang, Ph.D.
Two members of the Maternal and Child Health Team at the University of Missouri-Kansas City’s Institute for Human Development recently joined a mother with lived experiences at the Association of Maternal and Child Health Programs’ national conference in Oakland, Ca. Danielle Chiang, Ph.D., Bryce Starr – both from UMKC-IHD – joined Kri Korte, a mom with lived experience, to present a session titled, “Beyond Stories: Integrated Lived Experience to Drive Systems Change.”
The UMKC Institute for Human Development’s Maternal Health Action Network set an example for other states for partnering with those with lived experiences and demonstrated how important it was to include their voices in changing statewide systems.
Chiang also recently presented at the 2024 Missouri Children’s Trauma Network Training Summit in Columbia, Mo., where she discussed how maternal health relates to behavioral health (mental health and substance use) and trauma to both the mother and child. She also included resources and system updates about the Children’s Division and the Prison Nursery Program, and the work with Missouri Maternal Health Action Network.
