scholarly journals Developing a Public Health Maternal and Child Health Training Program: Lessons Learned from Five Schools of Public Health

2022 ◽  
Author(s):  
Christine T. Bozlak ◽  
Qiana L. Brown ◽  
Renee Davis ◽  
Rachel de Long ◽  
Melissa M. Howard ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
Public Health ◽  
Child Health ◽  
Workforce Development ◽  
Maternal And Child Health ◽  
Health Resources ◽  
The United States ◽  
Lessons Learned ◽  
Public Health Workforce ◽  
Schools Of Public Health ◽  
And Child Health

AbstractMaternal and child health (MCH), as a core sub-field of public health, continues to be an essential area in which additional workforce development and investment are needed. Recent public health workforce assessments in the United States reveal there will be a significant number of vacancies in MCH public health positions in the near future, creating the need for a well-trained and skilled public health MCH workforce. In order to address this potential critical workforce gap, the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services, Health Resources and Services Administration’s Maternal and Child Health Bureau initiated the Maternal and Child Health Public Health Catalyst Program in 2015 to support the creation of MCH training programs in accredited schools of public health that previously did not have a MCH concentration. This article details the accomplishments and lessons learned from the first five MCH Catalyst Program grantees: Drexel University; Florida International University; Rutgers, The State University of New Jersey; Texas A&M University; and the University at Albany.

Maternal and Child Health Bureau: Roots

PEDIATRICS ◽  
1994 ◽  
Vol 94 (5) ◽  
pp. 695-699
Author(s):  
Vince L. Hutchins
Keyword(s):  
Public Health ◽  
New York ◽  
Child Health ◽  
Child Labor ◽  
Maternal And Child Health ◽  
School Attendance ◽  
Communicable Disease ◽  
The United States ◽  
Child Life ◽  
And Child Health

The Maternal and Child Health Bureau has roots that go back over 80 years to the creation of the United States Children's Bureau on April 9, 1912, when President William Howard Taft approved an Act of Congress that created the Children's Bureau and directed it "to investigate and report on all matters pertaining to the welfare of children and child life among all classes of our people." This was the federal government's first recognition that it has a responsibility to promote the welfare of our nation's children. The Bureau's Chief was to be appointed by the President with the advice and consent of the Senate. Originally placed in the Department of Commerce and Labor, it was transferred to the newly formed Department of Labor in March, 1913. The Children's Bureau was a logical sequel to several child-oriented social and public health activities of the late 19th century: the establishment of milk stations; concern with the spread of communicable disease after compulsory school attendance laws were passed; the movement to outlaw child labor; and, the opening of Settlement Houses. Lillian Wald, organizer of public health nursing, an ardent fighter against child labor, and the founder of the Henry Street Settlement in New York City, was the person who first suggested a federal Children's Bureau. A bill, with the support of President Theodore Roosevelt, was introduced in both houses of Congress in 1906 and annually during the next 6 years. It met with fierce opposition both from states which felt that the federal government was usurping their responsibility for the welfare of children and from those who feared that it would give federal employees the right to enter and regulate the homes of private citizens.

Nomination for Martha May Eliot Award for 1967

PEDIATRICS ◽  
1966 ◽  
Vol 37 (5) ◽  
pp. 793-793
Keyword(s):  
Public Health ◽  
New York ◽  
Child Health ◽  
Maternal And Child Health ◽  
The United States ◽  
American Public Health Association ◽  
The Public ◽  
Professional Workers ◽  
Health Association ◽  
And Child Health

The American Public Health Association announces that the Martha May Eliot Award Committee is receiving nominations for the 1967 recipient. Former recipients have been Harold Coe Stuart, M.D., and Arthur J. Lesser, M.D. The 1966 recipient has been selected and will be announced in June. The award is a handsome plaque bearing a bas relief of Dr. Eliot and a purse of $1,000, made possible by Ross Laboratories. The nominees must be professional workers from the field of maternal and child health; they need not be members and fellows of APHA. Preferably they should be workers in the United States, Canada, and Mexico, but selection is not limited geographically. Preferably, too, nominees should still be active in their fields, and achievements indicating high quality and originality of contributions rather than longevity should be emphasized. Nominations are sought of persons who have made unusual contributions to education, administration or research in the field of maternal and child health. The purpose of the award is to honor unusual achievement in the field of maternal and child health, to bring such achievement to the eyes of related professional people and the public, to stimulate young people in the field to emulate the efforts resulting in such recognition, and to add within the profession and in the eyes of the public to the stature of professional workers in the field of maternal and child health. Nominations should be sent before August 15 to the American Public Health Association, 1790 Broadway, New York 10019. The name of the nominee should be accompanied by a clear succinct statement of the unusual achievement in the field of Maternal and Child Health which the nominator believes is worthy of the Martha May Eliot Award.

NEWS AND ANNOUNCEMENTS

PEDIATRICS ◽  
1963 ◽  
Vol 31 (5) ◽  
pp. 886-889
Keyword(s):  
Public Health ◽  
Child Health ◽  
Maternal And Child Health ◽  
Health Workers ◽  
The United States ◽  
Health It ◽  
School Of Public Health ◽  
Public Health Workers ◽  
The University ◽  
And Child Health

The University of California School of Public Health at Berkeley announces the first Annual Jessie M. Bierman Lecture on maternal and child health on May 10, 1963 at 8:00 p.m. at the School of Public Health. It will be held in honor of Dr. Jessie M. Bierman, retiring Professor of Maternal and Child Health at the School of Public Health. It will be given by Dr. Arthur Lesser of the United States Children's Bureau. Dr. Lesser will discuss current trends in maternal and child health. Public health workers, pediatricians, and obstetricians are cordially invited.

scholarly journals Public Health and Epidemiology Informatics: Recent Research and Trends in the United States

2015 ◽  
Vol 24 (01) ◽  
pp. 199-206 ◽  
Author(s):  
B. E. Dixon ◽  
H. Kharrazi ◽  
H. P. Lehmann
Keyword(s):  
Public Health ◽  
Workforce Development ◽  
Health Informatics ◽  
English Language ◽  
Health Management ◽  
Public Health Practice ◽  
The United States ◽  
Public Health Workforce ◽  
Public Health Informatics ◽  
Essential Services

Summary Objectives: To survey advances in public health and epidemiology informatics over the past three years. Methods: We conducted a review of English-language research works conducted in the domain of public health informatics (PHI), and published in MEDLINE between January 2012 and December 2014, where information and communication technology (ICT) was a primary subject, or a main component of the study methodology. Selected articles were synthesized using a thematic analysis using the Essential Services of Public Health as a typology. Results: Based on themes that emerged, we organized the advances into a model where applications that support the Essential Services are, in turn, supported by a socio-technical infrastructure that relies on government policies and ethical principles. That infrastructure, in turn, depends upon education and training of the public health workforce, development that creates novel or adapts existing infrastructure, and research that evaluates the success of the infrastructure. Finally, the persistence and growth of infrastructure depends on financial sustainability. Conclusions: Public health informatics is a field that is growing in breadth, depth, and complexity. Several Essential Services have benefited from informatics, notably, “Monitor Health,” “Diagnose & Investigate,” and “Evaluate.” Yet many Essential Services still have not yet benefited from advances such as maturing electronic health record systems, interoperability amongst health information systems, analytics for population health management, use of social media among consumers, and educational certification in clinical informatics. There is much work to be done to further advance the science of PHI as well as its impact on public health practice.

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