Translations for the 2024 MN-WHRC are now available in Hmong, Spanish and Somali! 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)
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?
Please join us for the February 19th Mini-Lab, Digital Storytelling with Dr. Abby Lohr, where Dr. Lohr will guide participants through the method of digital storytelling and its potential for public health application and beyond. We’ll learn how this creative method has proved useful in Dr. Lohr’s community-based chronic disease research. We will also explore best practices surrounding ethical implementation, how to strengthen community partnership, and how to get the most out of this technique. Free, virtual, & open to all!
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This month, #UMNMCH student Ruth Dele-Oni (MPH 2026), shares how her deployment with Hennepin County’s Baby Tracks Team has enabled critical research regarding vaccine hesitancy among the Somali population in Minnesota. In this piece, Ruth shares her drive for closing BIPOC maternal and child health (MCH) equity gaps. Also highlighted this month is #UMNMCH student Kara Cowell (MPH 2026). Read her reflection on how her work co-leading the Minnesota Menstrual Equity Toolkit Project has connected her previous policy and health research work to public health practice.
Student Spotlights: How did Ruth Dele-Oni’s Passions Inform her Hennepin County Internship and How is Kara Cowell Advancing Menstrual Equity?
Check out the latest State Policy Brief from the National University-Based Collaborative on Justice-Involved Women & Children (JIWC). Learn about policies and menstrual product legislation in "State Laws on Access to Menstrual Products for People who are Pregnant while Incarcerated."
Fall 2025 JIWCC Brief: State Laws on Access to Menstrual Products for People who are Pregnant while Incarcerated
Mahek Zaveri MPH student from the University of Pittsburgh School of Public Health, is the December feature of MCH Leads. In her blog entry, titled “The Mothers Who Shaped My Public Health Future,” Mahek applies MCH Competency 5 (Communication) and 7 (Creating Responsive and Effective MCH Systems) to her experiences as a dentist in India.
MCH National Blog
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.