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). […]
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The Affordable Care Act: How Will it Work and How Will it Affect Maternal and Child Health Populations?
What are the goals of the Affordable Care Act (ACA)? What are the primary mechanisms through which the ACA will meet its goals? What is the potential impact of the ACA on women, children, adolescents, and immigrant families? We just released a 36-page publication that addresses these questions.To read our Healthy Generations volume about the ACA, […]
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, […]
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 […]
Help for storm victims in Alabama
Recent tornadoes throughout the south have left hundreds dead and thousands displaced. If you are looking for a way to help, the Greater Birmingham Ministries is a good place to start. Donate health kits clothing, underwear, and socks non-perishable food bottled water prepaid VISA cards Items can be sent to: Greater Birmingham Ministries 2304 12th […]
Guest Post: MCH Student Andrea Aga – Reflections on AMCHP
This year, I was sponsored by the Center for Leadership Education in Maternal and Child Public Health at the University of Minnesota to attend the 2011 AMCHP Annual Conference in Washington, DC. As a master’s student nearing the completion of my MPH training, I knew the conference would offer four days of intensive learning opportunities, […]
Guest post: Ellen Gormican on AMCHP and graduation
Guest blogger: Ellen Gormican My experiences at the Association of Maternal and Child Health Programs (AMCHP) annual conference in Washington D.C. have compelled me to confront some of the many dualities that I feel are particular to a student’s perspective in the world of Public Health. On the one hand, I have spent almost two […]
Performance Improvement: Balancing Act?
Can we improve our performance (or that of our organizations) AND achieve better public health outcomes by establishing (practicing?) better work/life balance? Could a culture of better ‘balance’ help us to develop increased capacity or competency in the long run? There is a lot to be said for making small, mindful investments in the right […]
Health care reform: a quick video from the Kaiser Family Foundation
A highly entertaining, highly informative (and, at 9 minutes, relatively short) video on the new health care bill:
Camel No. 9
A study published online in Pediatrics this week again demonstrated the persuasive power of big tobacco’s marketing campaigns. In 2007, R.J. Reynolds introduced Camel No. 9, and their branding effort came complete with pink packaging as well as a name mimicking perfume. Advertisements for Camel No. 9 were run in magazines such as Glamour and […]
Health ads from the past
These health-related ads from the previous century provide a funny (crazy? depressing?) reminder of how far we’ve come in public health. A few of them might also remind us that advertisements are not always the best place to get health information…
Against All Odds
Englewood is not a place that usually attracts attention for its successes. Though located not far from the University of Chicago and the former Obama home, news about the South Side Chicago neighborhood is often grim, telling a story of striking poverty, crime, and gang violence. Against all odds, Urban Prep— the city’s only public […]
Utah criminalizes illegal abortions and some miscarriages
If signed into law, a bill passed by the Utah House and Senate last week would criminalize illegally induced abortions and some miscarriages. The bill was motivated by a recent case in Utah in which a 17-year-old girl, who was seven months pregnant, paid a man $150 to beat her in hopes that it would […]
Super Bowl Sunday: A Failed Opportunity to Redirect our Focus on Family Planning
In a break from the typically light-hearted ads promoting cars, soda, and beer, this year’s Super Bowl was the first in history to feature an advertisement from an advocacy organization. Created by Focus on the Family—an evangelical group opposed to abortion—the ad highlighted the story of Tim Tebow, a Heisman Trophy-winning quarterback for the Florida […]
NYT poll: nearly half of unemployed do not have health insurance
Nearly half of the unemployed Americans surveyed in a recent New York Times/CBS News poll indicate that they do not have health insurance. The survey, conducted in December via telephone interview, sampled 1,650 U.S. adults, 708 of whom are unemployed. Of those, more than half “have cut back on doctor visits or medical treatments,” 25% […]