by Preeti K. Pulluri Hello everyone, I am Preeti K. Pulluri, an MPH second year student with Concentration Maternal Child Health and Epidemiology at College of Public Health and Social justice, Saint Louis University, MO. My field placement is at Generate Health, a non profit community organization. Setting: Generate Health is committed to building a […]
by Emily Blanchard Public Health Competencies I have completed parent interviews at the Learning Community Center of South Omaha, and will be working on developing and presenting a needs assessment. Additionally, I am observing some of their parenting workshops. As part of my project, I have worked towards the following public health competencies: Discuss […]
by Emily Blanchard Setting My field placement site is the Learning Community Center of South Omaha. The LCCSO works to challenge the opportunity gap through early childhood education, family engagement and educational preparation programs. Their clients are children and their families (a two generation approach), and their partners are school districts and community organizations. The […]
Each year, the Midwestern Public Health Training Centers offers about twenty internships throughout our region of Missouri, Iowa, Nebraska and Kansas. Each state coordinates opportunities within their state for students to gain more experience in public health. In the past, students have completed placements with state health departments, sexual health initiatives, state associations and more. […]
Chronic Disease Prevention and Self-Management Year-long Webinar Series http://www.nwrpca.org/events/event_details.asp?legacy=1&id=1037720#featured-videos/?legacy=1&id=1037720 January 31, 2018 to December 19, 2018 2:00-3:00pm CST Role of Community Health Workers in the Prevention of Diabetes Series http://www.nephtc.org/enrol/index.php?id=72 Part 1: Thursday, January 25, 2018, 08:00 – 9:00 am ET Part 2: Friday, February 2, 2018, 12:00-1:00 pm ET MINK Meeting […]
Johnson County Public Health Promotes Inclusion of Electronic Cigarettes in Smoke-Free Ordinances. Johnson County Public Health works with community partners to further these goals and increase awareness of the tobacco use epidemic. Community coalitions that address tobacco use are currently active in Johnson, Iowa, and Poweshiek Counties. Read an article by Susan Vileta, Tobacco Health […]
Kansas Health Matters Made Easier with Simplified Tools Track Your Impact on Community Health Improvement. The web-based tool Kansas Health Matters, powered by Healthy Communities Institute (HCI), has redesigned and enhanced its community dashboard. Kansas Health Matters now provides faster and more visual tools to compare demographic and secondary data on health, health determinants, and […]
University of Iowa CPH is now accepting nominations for the Iowa Public Health Heroes Awards. Public health accomplishes its mission of “assuring conditions in which people can be healthy” through the organized and collaborative efforts of individuals working in a wide variety of settings and situations. Too frequently these contributions are overlooked or taken […]
PHLN featured in Public Health Reports “Executive Perspective” Dr. Mary Beth Bigley, Director of the Division of Nursing and Public Health, Bureau of Health Workforce, at the Health Resources and Services Administration (HRSA), wrote about the history and updates to the public health training center program and how the PHTCs work to strengthen the public […]
