by Garrett Bates Intro/Context/Background The Healthy People 2020 initiative hopes to achieve a seasonal influenza vaccine coverage of 70% among people older than 6 months of age. However, vaccination coverage for the 2017 – 2018 year was only 36% among the clinically active population, those with 2 doctor visits within the past 3 years served […]
by Preeti K. Pulluri Hello Everyone, I am half way through my internship at Generate Health!! In the next few weeks I participated in inter-organizational meetings at various locations like UNITED WAY, BJC Learning institute, Infant loss resources, Deaconess foundation. There were weekly meetings at Generate Health for Infant Mortality reduction. Participated in small group […]
by Alexandria Parra WellREP provides low cost exercise classes for seniors throughout Wichita and the surrounding areas. Background: WellREP is a physical fitness class designed for adults aged 60 years of age and older. Wichita State University (WSU) trained graduate student instructors conduct these one-hour long classes which currently serve nearly 400 seniors in […]
by Emily Blanchard I have completed and presented the needs assessment for the LCCSO staff, and they have been given digital copies of the PowerPoint presentation and products 1 and 2 (the parent questionnaire and needs assessment, respectively). These items were developed with the help and cooperation of the Learning Community Center of South Omaha’s […]
Building Leadership Capacity In November, eighteen public health professionals from across the state completed a 44-hour in-person Local Public Health Leadership Series (LPHLS) conducted over four-months led by the Wichita State University Community Engagement Institute (CEI). CEI is a Kansas MPHTC key partner and they provide subject matter expertise on leadership and training design for […]
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. […]
