MN Women's Health Report Card
Events

The 2024 MN-WHRC is now available! The MNWHRC helps visualize and reflect the health indicators specific
to our state’s unique demographics.

2024 MN Women's Health Report Card (MN-WHRC)

What is Maternal and Child Health?

Listen to current students, faculty, and alumni share how the MCH MPH Program has impacted their work improving the health of women, children, fathers 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?

Upcoming Events

Please join us for the May 13th webinar, Minnesota's Healthy Start Act. This virtual event is hosted by the UMN Center for Leadership Education in Maternal & Child Public Health & the National Cross-Center Collaboration on the Health of Justice-Involved Women & Children (JIWC).

Upcoming Events

Student Spotlight

#UMNMCH student Karina Mendoza (MPH 2026), shares how her work as an Infant and Child Health Unit Intern at the Minnesota Department of Health empowers doulas and birth workers in the community through enhancing the communication of essential education and critical updates.

Student Spotlight: How is Karina Mendoza ​Centering ​D​oula ​Needs and ​Voices in ​Maternal ​Health ​Policy and ​Programs​?

Alumni Spotlight

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 St. Paul?

National MCH Student Blog
Niju Khoteja, a St. Louis University MPH Epidemiology student, is the latest featured author in MCHLeads. In her Health Equity Edition entry, titled “Promoting Exclusive Breastfeeding,” Niju reflects on her experiences and advocacy work with the Rotaract Club of Kathmandu Mid-Town.

Mary Kenny MPH student from the University of Minnesota School of Public Health, is the September feature of MCH Leads. In her blog entry, titled “The Power of MCH Teams,” Mary applies MCH Competency 10 (Interdisciplinary/Interprofessional Team Building) to three distinct experiences from her first year in the MCH program.

MCH National Blog

Our Online MPH Program Ranked #7!

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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