#UMNMCH student Aarin Urevig (MPH 2025) reflects on her journey to Maternal and Child Health, her deployment with the Minnesota Breastfeeding Coalition and the Minnesota Department of Health, and her work analyzing breastfeeding support, perceived unfair practices, and barriers for Black women in urban communities. With a background in public health nursing, lactation support, and […]
Tag: MCH Leadership
Student Spotlight: How did Bella Mualem’s Deployment with the Minnesota Vision Health Task Force Shape Her Interests in Health Organizational Leadership?
#UMNMCH student, Bella Mualem (MPH 2025), describes her deployment with the Minneapolis Public Schools Early Childhood Screening Department and the Vision Health Task Force. As a part of her deployment, Bella helped create awareness campaign materials to improve vision screening in Minnesota children. She also actively developed leadership skills to formalize training processes and create […]
Student Spotlight: How did Katya Ivanchuk Identify Family-Centered Supports in St. Paul?
#UMNMCH student Katya Ivanchuk (MCH 2025) reflects on her deployment with Leap Pediatric and Adolescent Care in St. Paul, where she worked on a community needs assessment, literature review, and resource outreach campaign. Her work focused on enhancing the health and wellness of families by researching local organizations and promoting family-centered support. Leap Pediatric and […]
Student Spotlight: How is Kelly Gill Supporting Maternal Wellbeing through Birth Care and Perinatal Peer Support?
#UMNMCH student Kelly Gill (MPH 2025) wrote this reflection on her deployment at the Minnesota Department of Health’s Women’s Health Unit. As a part of her position, Kelly created multiple briefs to improve the availability of resources that would improve maternal outcomes. Kelly hopes that maternal mental health continues gaining visibility as a key issue […]
Student Spotlight: How is Najma Dahir-Abdulla’s Passion for Global Maternal Health Making a Local Impact for Black Families?
#UMNMCH student Najma Dahir-Abdulla (MPH 2025) describes her deployment at the Innovations for Maternal Health Outcomes in Minnesota (I-MOM) program at the Minnesota Department of Health. As a part of her deployment, she played a key role in managing evaluations for perinatal health improvement initiatives and communicating important maternal health program updates across the state. […]
Student Spotlight: How did Vivian Pham’s Deployment with the Minnesota Department of Health’s Pregnancy Risk Assessment Monitoring System (PRAMS) Project Influence Her Drive for Health Advocacy?
#UMNMCH student, Vivian Pham (MPH 2024), wrote this reflection on how her deployment with Minnesota PRAMS has contributed to her transformative journey in MCH, shaping her into a steadfast advocate for the well-being of families and children worldwide. PRAMS: Unveiling the Foundation of Maternal and Child Health Surveillance I had the great honor of being […]
Student Spotlight: How has Munira Salad’s Deployment shaped her Perspectives on Maternal Mental Well-being and Postpartum Support?
#UMNMCH student, Munira Salad (MPH 2024), describes how her passion for community health and engagement introduced her to community-based participatory research (CBPR) approaches and deepened her interest in programs focused on underserved communities. In this Student Spotlight, Munira describes her deployment with the 40-Day Project, which aims to improve postpartum mental well-being in the Somali-Minnesotan […]
Student Spotlight: How did Laurel Cederberg Address Vision Health in Native American Children and Youth in Minnesota??
#UMNMCH student and pediatrician, Dr. Laurel Cederberg (MPH 2024), wrote this reflection detailing her involvement with the Vision Health Task Force. The task force is dedicated to addressing vision health, particularly through their “Little Eyes, Big Eyes” project for Native American children and families in Minnesota. Drawing from her hands-on experience, Laurel conducted an extensive […]
Want to Expand Your MCH Education? Opportunities are Available with MCH Navigator
The MCH Navigator has created the Learning Program resource as they recognize that there is no “one-size-fits-all” approach to learning, so it offers a growing selection of learning programs to match participants’ educational needs and time requirements. Participants have access to both (1) focused and fast micro-learning (and micro-reflection) programs for when they need to […]
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 […]
So you want to be a leader… but how?
Leadership Competencies are complicated and difficult to assess. How do you measure critical thinking? How do you know if someone has successfully reflected on personal goals, strengths or limitations? If this type of growth is ongoing and subjective, how do we know if an individual is where they should be in their development or training? […]
MCH Student Elisabeth Seburg ‘LEND’s an ear at AMCHP
Elisabeth Seburg is a second year MPH student at the University of Minnesota School Of Public Health. She is in the Maternal and Child Health program as well as a fellow in the University of Minnesota Leadership Education in Neurodevelopmental and Related Disabilities (LEND) Program. As a trainee in two MCHB funded programs, Elisabeth tells […]