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MCH Student eNewsletter

December 2022

MCH StudenteNewsletter December 2022

Announcements

We know this is an extra busy time of year for everyone so we want to wish you best of luck as you wrap up the fall semester!


Please note the CDC Fellowship listed under “Opportunities,” and look for an upcoming announcement this January/February about MCHB Title V Internships, which are offered every summer.


From all of us at the Center, take care and see you in 2023!

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Student Spotlight: How is Marielynn Herrera’s Interest in Maternal Immigrant Health Inspiring her Pursuit of Health Equity?

#UMNMCH student Marielynn Herrera (she/her/ella), MPH 2023, wrote this reflection on how her deployment at Centro Tyrone Guzman and background working with family home visiting programs contributed to her career in MCH.
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Blog Post: Meet the 2022-2023 Co-Editors and Learn About the Upcoming Health Equity Edition of the Blog

Blog co-editors from the UMN Center of Excellence, Estefanía Henríquez Luthje, and UAlbany’s Catalyst Program, Maha Mehmood, are the authors of the newest MCH Leads blog post. In this editorial, Estefanía and Maha reflect on their backgrounds, interests in maternal and child public health, preferred MCH leadership competencies, and expectations as 2022-2023 co-editors for the National MCH Trainee Blog. In addition, they introduce the overarching theme that will shape MCH Leads blog posts for spring 2023: Health Equity. “We look forward to highlighting trainees’ experiences supporting the health and well-being of vulnerable and underserved populations and communities. Also, their work assessing and addressing the underlying causes of health disparities–and their efforts to promote diversity, equity, and inclusion–ultimately improving MCH outcomes.”

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Recording: JIWC in Evidence-Based Home Visiting Programs–Insights from Frontline Staff

Watch the recording of the most recent JIWC webinar hosted by Johns Hopkins University and the Hopkins Center of Excellence in Maternal and Child Health. This is the fourth and final webinar in a series focused on “Support through Separation: Coping with Physical and Emotional Separation.” This series aimed to provide a trauma-informed, welcoming, inclusive, and healing experience, especially for those with lived experience. Find recordings of the first three webinars here.

Add to your Résumé–Student Facilitator Wanted!

We are looking for a student facilitator for our next MCH Leaders Skills Institute Workshop on February 8, 2023, from 5:30 PM - 7:00 PM CDT. We are excited to welcome back Dr. Drissa Toure as he presents “MCH Epidemiology: Monitoring and Evaluation of MCH Programs.” The student facilitator's role is to introduce the presenters, help the presenters engage students (make sure discussion is flowing, facilitate activities or breakouts, etc.), moderate questions and discussions, and close the training. We’ll help prepare you by setting up a 15-minute technology check a week prior to the event to review the presentation materials and needs, supplying you with notes and an internal agenda, and answering any questions you may have. The facilitator will need to log on 15 minutes early on the night of the event. If you are interested, please email mch@umn.edu attn: Briana by January 17, 2023.


Big thanks to Dr. Laurel Cederberg and MacKenzie O’Kane for facilitating the first two Workshops!!

Center Events

The Center is proud to co-sponsor the following events:

1. Mini Lab: Parenting Practices and Childhood Obesity–A Positive Deviance Approach with Dr. Junia N. de Brito

February 2, 2023 | 11:00 AM-12:00 PM CST


2. Skills Institute: MCH Epidemiology–Monitoring and Evaluation of MCH Programs with Dr. Drissa Toure

February 8, 2023 | 5:30 PM-7:00 PM CDT


3. Save the Date: Reproductive Justice Book Club

February 21, 2023 | 6:00 PM-7:15 PM CST


4. Save the Date: Reproductive Justice Book Club

March 21, 2023 | 6:00 PM-7:15 PM CST


5. Save the Date: Reproductive Justice Book Club

April 18, 2023 | 6:00 PM-7:15 PM CST


6. Mini Lab: Digital Storytelling with Allison Myers from the StoryCenter

April 27, 2023 11:00 AM-12:00 PM CST

Events

MCH Competency Corner

MCH Competency #1: MCH Base/Public Health Context

Each month we highlight MCH Leadership competencies for our students to learn more about. This month’s competency focuses on general MCH knowledge such as prevention, life course theory, cultural competence, and health equity. At a foundational level, MCH students will gain skills including but not limited to: describing MCH populations and programs, using data to identify key MCH issues, evaluating evidence-based programs, describing health disparities, and more

-Learn more about MCH competencies

Publications and News

Center Faculty, Staff, and Students in the News

Resources

Opportunities

National Observances

The aims of the Center include providing continuing professional education in maternal and child health (MCH) and support for students in online and in-person MCH graduate programs at the University of Minnesota. Center and MCH Program faculty are involved in research and training in infant and child health, adolescent health, family health, health disparities, reproductive health, and women's health.


The Center for Leadership Education in Maternal and Child Public Health is supported by the Health Resources and Services Administration (HRSA) of the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services (HHS) under grant number T76MC00005 for Leadership Education in Maternal and Child Public Health in the amount of $1,725,000. This information or content and conclusions of our outreach products are those of the authors and should not be construed as the official position or policy of, nor should any endorsements be inferred by HRSA, HHS or the U.S. Government.





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