Recent graduate Love Odetola (MPH 2016) is passionate about eliminating inequities in maternal and child health (MCH). In this Student Spotlight, Odetola–who won the 2016 President’s Student Leadership and Service Award for her local and international leadership and philanthropic work–discusses her pathway to the UMN’s MCH Program and her work with the World Health Organization (WHO). In […]
Category: MCH Leadership
Audio: MCH Topics from MN Experts
The Center for Leadership Education in Maternal and Child Public Health helped identify local MCH speakers to be featured on Community Health Dialogue, a weekly public health program on KMOJ-FM (89.9 FM) hosted by Clarence Jones. Special MCH guests include MCH Center director Dr. Wendy Hellerstedt, several MCH Program graduates and Minnesota Health Commissioner Ed Ehlinger. There is audio available on […]
5-Minute MCH: MCH Leadership Competencies
The MCH Navigator designed a program to improve students’ and professionals’ knowledge and skills of the 12 MCH Leadership Competencies. The 5-Minute MCH: Master the MCH Leadership Competencies in 5-Minutes per Week explores each competency through learning opportunities and implementation strategies, culminating in an interactive learning session with an expert from the field. http://mchnavigator.org/5min/competency-1-1.php
11th Annual Women’s Health Research Conference: Updates on Women’s Cancer Research
Since its inception, the Center for Maternal and Child Public Health has been a co-sponsor of the Women’s Health Research Conference at the University of Minnesota. It attracts a regional audience of public health, medicine, and nursing providers and students. The conference will be held on Monday, September 29, 2014 in the McNamara Alumni Center, […]
CDC’s Recommendations on Quality Family Planning Services
On April 25, 2014, CDC released recommendations on providing quality family planning services. The report acknowledges the substantial challenges in reproductive health in the US, including the fact that almost half of pregnancies are unintended and, relative to other industrialized countries, our high rates of adolescent childbearing, preterm birth, and infant mortality. The recommendations are […]
Pediatric Care Coordination Request for Proposals Due March 21, 2014
The Minnesota Department of Health is seeking proposals from nonprofit organizations, Institutes of Higher Education, clinics or hospitals that will manage and implement the care coordination project. The goal of this project is to test, evaluate and plan for the spread of successful care coordination model(s) for Children and Youth with Special Health Needs (CYSHN). […]
A Resource about the Affordable Care Act for the Hmong Population
We developed a factsheet for Hmong readers that describes the goals of the Affordable Care Act (ACA) and its potential impact on individual and public health. Unlike other materials about the ACA developed for Hmong readers, this factsheet provides more than just enrollment information. It also discusses the philosophy and intent of the ACA relative […]
Partners in Health Co-Founders Release New Book on Global Health
Partners in Health (PIH) co-founders Dr. Paul Farmer and Dr. Jim Yong Kim have edited a book entitled Reimagining Global Health. This book employs an interdisciplinary approach to global health and can be useful to f public health, nursing, medicine, anthropology, history, and sociology professionals and students. Drawing from years of experience in the field, […]
An AIDS-Free Generation: Is it Possible?
By Sonja Ausen-Anifrani In the last several decades, HIV/AIDS has plagued populations, disrupted economic and family structures, and highlighted underserved groups. Since the first reported cases of HIV/AIDS, more than 25 million people have died as a result of complications from the illness. The disease has been particularly devastating in certain portions of Africa: out […]
What is the role of Public Health? Reflections following the Newtown Tragedy
By Sonja Ausen-Anifrani Following the tragedy in Newtown, Connecticut on 14 December 2012 much has been discussed and debated surrounding the need and efficacy of stricter gun control laws. Worth discussion, certainly, given the magnitude of loss – all preventable. Proposals have begun to surface across the nation and they will most definitely make appearances […]
Conference Opportunity for Current and Former MCH Trainees
Are you a current or former Maternal and Child Health Bureau MCH Trainee? The following conference opportunity may interest you: Dear current and former MCHB trainees, We would like you to participate in a unique opportunity to build leadership skills and meet other MCHB current and former trainees. We hope you will consider joining us […]
Language of Leadership Workshop – September 7, 2012
I’m hoping that you’ll be able to join us for this Art of Communication | The Language of Leadership Workshop on Friday, September 7, 2012 at the Center for Changing Lives in Minneapolis, MN. Please share/re-post this invitation as appropriate! About this workshop: Awakening to Symphonic Truth: Bringing together the Melody of Skillful Communication with […]
AUCD Resources on the Life course
The Association of University Centers on Disabilities (AUCD) funded through the Health Resources and Services Administration’s Maternal and Child Health Bureau (MCHB), has released resources on the life course model for students, teachers, and others for use in professional development or to aid in presenting. This site includes a health equity quiz, case studies on […]
2012 SPH Research Day
On April 2, 2012, students from the University of Minnesota (UMN) were given the chance to present research they have been working on, bridging their training with producing and presenting original work. School of Public Health Student Research Day includes Master’s thesis and other projects students may have worked on throughout their career. Research Day […]
Picturing the Future of MCH
Take a look at this chat between Association of Maternal and Child Health Programs (AMCHP) Executive Director Michael Fraser, AMCHP President Stephanie Birch, and Aimee Eden, PhD candidate and MCH trainee at University of South Florida. They discuss the future of Maternal and Child Health in state leadership positions, from the perspectives of Ms. Birch […]