David Y. Ige | DOH News Release: Department of Health’s Patricia Heu receives federal lifetime achievement award for improving maternal & child health

HONOLULU – The Hawai‘i Point out Division of Health’s (DOH) Patricia Heu, MD, MPH, was just lately awarded the Title V Life span Achievement Award from the federal Health and fitness Methods and Companies Administration, Maternal and Boy or girl Health Bureau for her outstanding contributions in the area of maternal and boy or girl well being above the earlier 40 years. This award acknowledges her shown management in positively impacting the youngsters and youth with specific health wants population at the federal, state, and community degrees.

The Title V (Maternal and Child Wellbeing Products and services Block Grant Program) is a essential source of assist for selling and increasing the wellness and effectively-currently being of the nation’s moms, young children, which include these with unique requires, and their people.

“My journey begun as a young pediatrician in a rural Title V clinic, and I’ve been with Title V at any time because,” mentioned Dr. Heu. “We proceed doing work towards the optimal wellbeing, progress, and nicely-getting of youngsters and youth with special health and fitness treatment wants and their households by family-professional partnership, healthcare household, health coverage, screening, group-centered services, and changeover to grownup existence.”

Dr. Heu has served as the Chief of DOH’s Little ones with Exclusive Well being Requires Department (CSHNB) because 1996 and has been with the DOH given that 1982. As a leader in public health, she has a record of utilizing plans and products and services into CSHNB and inspiring workers and colleagues to pursue leadership in the industry of maternal and kid overall health/small children with distinctive health treatment demands.

Dr. Heu created the Little ones and Youth with Exclusive Overall health Wants Method, which offers access to care whilst also which includes courses that assistance statewide units-developing initiatives. This features the Childhood Guide Poisoning Avoidance Plan and the Balanced Youngster Care Hawaii program, which supports child treatment well being and safety initiatives. She worked with Dr. Calvin Sia and other leaders to create the Health-related Home model, concentrating on individual-centered main treatment that is comprehensive and successful.

“Dr. Heu was instrumental in transitioning the CSHNB from immediate products and services in direction of a community health and fitness approach, while retaining a basic safety web for kids to be certain entry to specialty treatment,” reported Matthew Shim, Title V Director for the Condition of Hawai‘i. “This award recognizes her unwavering perseverance to our family members and in particular children with distinctive overall health treatment requirements through the point out.”

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