Giving Back to My Urban Indian Community
Today we’re sharing the experience of Christina Haswood who completed an internship from by MPHTC in the spring of 2020. In the fall of 2020, she was elected to the […]
Public Health: Always the Bridesmaid
by Taylor Mitchell Carter What seems like a decade ago, I was at a friend’s house for a movie night. My husband kept telling me to put my phone away, […]
Qualitative Analysis for American Indian College Students’ Alternative Tobacco Use
by Christina Haswood The halfway point was around the first week of April where we were coming back from Spring Break. This year, we were all faced with COVID-19 and […]
Giving Back to my Urban Indian Community
by Christina Haswood The Center for American Indian Community Health (CAICH) here at the University of Kansas Medical Center (KUMC), goes far back to my middle school days. Back when […]
Exploring Public Health Accreditation’s Impact on Health Equity
by Ashlyn Lipnicky, University of Kansas Medical Center As I looked at my internship mentor and a patient as they discussed diabetes management at a free clinic in downtown Kansas […]
Writing a Health Department’s First Health Equity Policy
by Cora Burgoyne Writing the Health Equity Policy The Unified Government Public Health Department conducted a health equity self-assessment in the fall of 2018. The tool used was the Local […]
Quality Improvement in Kansas
by Kat Barrow As a part of my MPH program for the University of Nebraska Medical Center, I am excited to be working as an intern for the Kansas Department […]
Party for Parkinson’s 5K
by Alexandria Parra Background The 7th annual Party for Parkinson’s 5K is an event hosted by the Catholic Care Center (CCC) which took place on their expansive campus on April […]
Identifying the Demographics of Sexually Transmitted Infection Test Seekers at the Unified Government Public Health Department in Wyandotte County, Kansas
by H. Marlene Johnson Background: Sexually Transmitted Diseases (STDs) and Infections (STIs) are very common in the United States. It is estimated that one in two sexually active people will […]
Model College Vaccine Policy
by Elena Aronson Background College campuses, due to group living and close contact through classes, athletics and social settings, are at risk for outbreaks of vaccine-preventable diseases. Campus outbreaks are […]