The Association of Teachers of Maternal and Child Health (ATMCH) provides leadership in education, research, and service in the field of maternal and child health. ATMCH offers an interdisciplinary forum through which MCH faculty from schools of public health and other institutions of higher learning can share the knowledge, ideas, and skills essential to educating students, advancing MCH research, and applying research results to MCH policies, programs, and services.

Membership in ATMCH is open to all faculty teaching MCH or related subjects in schools of public health and other institutions of higher learning in the United States and other countries; faculty who formerly taught MCH or related subjects; staff of MCH teaching programs; and students of MCH or related subjects.

Benefits of membership include: collaboration and sharing of knowledge, teaching concepts, and skills through networking with academic MCH leaders; receiving the semi-annual electronic newsletter on items of importance to members; participation in the semi-annual meetings; listing and receiving the ATMCH membership directory; eligibility to vote in elections, hold an ATMCH office, and join an ATMCH committee; qualification for the annual Lacey Academic Leadership Award; free online subscription to MCH Journal; Free subscription to Public Health Reports; Discounted subscription for Journal of Obstetric, Gynecologic, & Neonatal Nursing; and discounted AMCHP annual meeting registration.

To join ATMCH, an application is available on our Web site at http://www.atmch.org/membership/Application.pdf , or by contacting Kalpana Ramiah at kramiah@asph.org.