Center for Leadership Education in
Maternal & Child Public Health

Listen to current students, faculty, and alumni share how the MCH MPH Program has impacted their work improving the health of women, children, birthing people, and families around the world in the video, "What is Maternal and Child Health?" created by the University of Minnesota School of Public Health.

What is Maternal & Child Health?

Our Bright Spots Mini Lab, a collaboration between The Center and the MCHB-funded Leadership Education and Training (LET) Program in MCH Nutrition, is in full swing for Fall 2024! This semester's theme is "Tips for Storytelling in Public Health" and will be a two-part series (Pt. 1 will be on September 19th, Pt. 2 will be on October 31st). Mini-Lab activities help build the qualitative and mixed methods skills of students and public health practitioners. Sessions are virtual, free and open to all! Register today.

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#UMNMCH student, Najma Dahir-Abdulla (she/her, MPH 2025), describes her deployment at the Innovations for Maternal Health Outcomes in Minnesota (I-MOM) program at the Minnesota Department of Health, managing program evaluations and communicating important maternal health updates. Najma hopes to use the skills she’s built at her deployment and as an MPH student to advance health equity using community-based solutions.

Student Spotlight: How is Najma Dahir-Abdulla Using Her Passion for Global Maternal Health to Have a Local Impact for Black Families?

Check out the latest Alumni Spotlight from recent #UMNMCH graduate Katie Lins (MPH 2024). Katie reflects on her deployment, where she helped increase awareness of community resources and improve understanding of their pediatric patient population. By developing needs assessments, creating newsletters, and highlighting resources, she worked to improve overall patient well-being.

How did Katie Lins’ Deployment with Leap Pediatric and Adolescent Care Facilitate Growth in her Community Engagement Skills and Enhance her Interest in Improving Health Outcomes in the St. Paul Community?

Blog co-editors from the UMN Center of Excellence, Estefanía Henríquez Luthje, and UAlbany’s Catalyst Program, Maha Mehmood, are the authors of the newest, MCH Leads blog post. In this editorial, Estefanía and Maha reflect on their backgrounds, interests in maternal and child public health, preferred MCH leadership competencies, and expectations as 2022-2023 co-editors for the National MCH Trainee Blog. In addition, they introduce the overarching theme that will shape MCH Leads blog posts for spring 2023: Health Equity.

MCH National Blog

The 2022 MN-WHRC is now available in English, Hmong, Spanish and Somali! The MNWHRC helps visualize and reflect the health indicators specific
to our state’s unique demographics.

2022 MN Women's Health Report Card (MN-WHRC)

Our UMN online MCH Program was ranked #7 out of all online MPH programs by the Master’s in Public Health Degrees website. Interested in earning your MPH online?
Visit our program page to learn more.

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