Resources
The expertise of faculty and the experience of practitioners are combined through our world-class Healthy Generations publication and video conference series, which occurs 3 times/year. Each issue has a special focus on an important topic in maternal and child health, including children's health, adolescent health, and women's health (see below). For most topics there are newsletters, relevant websites, and PowerPoint presentations. Videoconferences are often conducted after the release of the newsletter.
December 2009 – Early Childhood Mental Health
September 2009 – Reproductive Health Surveillance Vol II: Sexual Health
What's inside?
- Reproductive Health Surveillance
- Abortion Surveillance
- Sexualy Transmitted Infections
- Adolescent Pregnancy and Childbearing
- Monitoring Youth Health Behaviors
- LGBT Reproductive and Sexual Health Surveillance
- Infertility Surveillance in the United States
- Preconception Health Surveillance
- Progarm profile: Minnesota International Health Volunteers
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March 2009 – Reproductive Health Surveillance Vol. I: Maternal and Infant
What's inside...
- Role of Surveillance
- Pregnancy Risk Assessment Monitoring
- Fetal Infant Mortality Review
- Infant Mortality: A Social Mirror
- Assessing Tragedy: Maternal Morbidity Surveillance
- Birth Defects
- MCH Leaders Reflect on Surveillance Data
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December 2008 – Disaster Mental Health
What's inside...
- From Conflict to the US: Refugee Mental Health
- Waite House: We Are Family
- Sow the Seeds: Co-ops, Shoppers, and Community Unite to Assist Farmers
- Public Health and the Media: An Uneasy Partnership During Disasters
- The Cost of Caring: Healers’ Healing and Resiliency in the Aftermath of Disaster
- The Return to Work Post-Disaster: What Can Employers do to Support Employees?
- Virtual Disaster Exposure and Children’s Mental Health
- Children and the Media: What Happens When Disasters Unfold in Our Homes?
- Anticipating the Unthinkable: Emergency Preparedness Online Training
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March 2008 – Fatherhood
What's inside...
- Fathering in Diverse Social Contexts
- Promoting the Importance of Healthy Fatherhood
- Family Structure and Father Involvement in Low-income Families
- Dad-Daughter Disconnect: Do Fathers Matter to Girls?
- The Case of Biology: Hormones and Fathering
- Fathering Programs
- Empowering Boys to Become Men of Integrity
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September 2007 – Adolescent Alcohol Abuse
- An Epidemic with Staying Power: Underage Drinking Carol L. Falkowski
- Youth Substance Use Prevention - A Focus on Protective Factors Laurie L. Meschke, Ph.D. and Joan Patterson, Ph.D.
- Reducing Youth Access to Alcohol Traci Toomey, Ph.D.
- Selecting and Designing an Effective Prevention Program: Lessons from Project Northland Carolyn L. Williams, Ph.D.
- Minnesota Join Together Coalition to Reduce Underage Drinking Jeff Nachbar
April 2007 – War and Public Health
What's inside...
- Effects of War on Children's Mental Health
- Gender-based Violence During Military Conflict
- Coming Home From War: The Challenges for Service Members and Their Families
- Reproductive Health and War
- The Long-lasting Impact of War on the Environment
- New Neighbors/Hidden Scars Program of the Center for Victims of Torture
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February 2007 – American Indian Health
What's inside...
- Disparity and Dispossession, Hope and Healing: Health in American Indian Communities
- Historical Trauma: American Indians Recovering from Abuses of the Past
- The Challenge of Infant Mortality
- Health Research in American Indian Communities
- Indian Parents Program Helps Raise a New Generation
- Understanding Infant Deaths: The Aberdeen Area Perinatal Infant Mortality Review Committee
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October 2006 – Oral Health
What's inside...
- Can Improving Maternal Oral Health Reduce Preterm Birth?*
- Changing Policies, Improving Dental Health: Reducing Soft Drink Sales at School
- Low Income Children Have Difficulty Accessing Dental Care
- Minnesota Head Start Takes Action for Oral Health
- Bringing Smiles to Children in St. Paul and Ramsey County
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*Updated article on peridontal disease and preterm birth from November 2, 2006 NEJM
Powerpoints
July 2006 – Food Insecurity and Hunger
February 2006 – Job Stress
What's inside...
- Job Stress: Desk Rage on the Road to Burnout
Wendy L. Hellerstedt, MPH, PhD
- Strategies for Transforming the Workplace
Gillian Lawrence
- Reducing Workplace Stress: Structure, Benefits, and People
Heidi Culbert
- Stress and Efficiency: A Little is Good, A Lot is Not
Heidi Culbert
- Stress Reduction Strategy: Walk Across Minnesota Challenge
Gillian Lawrence
- New Report Measures Work Environment State by State
Diane Benjamin, MPH
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June 2005 – School Environment and Health
What's inside...
- The School Environment and Health: Public Health Challenges and Achievements
Jeanne Rogge Steele, PhD
- Bullying in Schools: Definition, Prevalence, and Prevention Strategies
Marla Eisenberg, ScD, MPH and Elizabeth Ralston, BA
- Relational Aggression: Girls Can be Mean, Too
- The Olweus Bullying Prevention Program
- Division of Epidemiology and Community Health Faculty: Developing School-Based Interventions to Create Better World for Youth
- Working in Schools: Insight and Advice from Veteran Researchers
Konopka Institute Launches Minnesota Youth Community Learning Initiative
- The Narrow Focus of No Child Left Behind: No Focus on Special Education or Health
Minnesota State Senator Steve Kelley
- North Dakota Contemplates How to Measure Height and Weight in Schools
- Sexuality Education for Students with Disabilities
- Working with the Legislature to Promote Teen Sexual Health
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February 2005 – Immigrant and Refugee Health
What's inside...
- The "Healthy Migrant" Effect
Katherine Fennelly, PhD
- Healing by Heart
Kathleen A. Culhane-Pera, MD, MA, Dorothy E. Vawter, PhD, Phua Xiong, MD, Barbara Babbitt, BSN, RN, MA, Mary Solberg, PhD, MSW
- Impact of Welfare Reform on Immigrants
Audrey Singer, PhD
- Will Minnesota Continue to be a National Leader in Health Care for Low-Income Pregnant Immigrant Women?
Kathleen McDonough, JD
- Recommendations from the Minnesota Commissioners' Task Force on Immigrant Health
Patricia Ohmans, MPH
- UMOS Inc. Hispanic and Migrant Cultural Competence
Mary Ann Borman, PhD
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October 2004 – Mental Health of CYSHCN
What's inside...
- Integrating Public Health, Mental Health and Special Education Perspectives to Address the Mental Helath Needs of CYSHCN
Glenace E. Edwall, PsyD, LP, Cindy Shevlin-Woodcock, MA and Sarah Thorson, BSW
- Risk and Protective Factors for Mental Health Problems Among CYSHCN
Joän M. Patterson, PhD, LP
- Seamless Mental Health Services in a School Setting
Michael Quesnell, PhD
- Early Childhood Mental Health Initiative Within Minnesota Head Start
Catherine Wright, MS and Ann W. Garwick, RN, PhD, LP
- The Minnesota Individual Interagency Intervention Plan (IIIP)
John Hurley, MHA and Barbara Leonard, RN, PhD, FAAN
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Powerpoints
- Mental Health of CYSHNC
Joän Patterson, PhD; Maternal and Child Health Program, School of Public Health, University of Minnesota
- Risk and Protective Factors for Mental Health Problems among CYSHCN
Joän Patterson, PhD; Maternal and Child Health Program, School of Public Health, University of Minnesota
- School-Based Mental Health Consultative and Collaborative Series: The St. Cloud Model of Mental Health Triage and Mobile Wellness
Michael D. Quesnell, PhD; Safe Schools/Healthy Students, St. Cloud
- Children and Youth with Special Health Care Needs
Sarah Thorson; BSW, Minnesota Children with Special Health Care Needs, Minnesota Department of Health.
- Children’s Mental Health: Systems of Care
Glenace E. Edwall, Psy.D., Ph.D., LP; Director, Children’s Mental Health Division, Minnesota Department of Human Services
- The Special Education Perspective
Cindy Shevlin-Woodcock, Interagency/Mental Health Specialist,Minnesota Department of Education
June 2004 – Family Planning
What's inside...
- Pregnancy Intention: Why do we measure it and can we measure it?
Wendy Hellerstedt, MPH, PhD
- Family Planning and Environmental Health: Six Billion and Counting
Liz Radel and Wendy Hellerstedt, MPH, PhD
- The Dynamics of Contraceptive Vigilance
Carolyne Swain, MS and Cathleen Conway-Johnson, PhD
- Family Planning: The Policies and Politics
Amy K. Brugh, MPH
- Planned Parenthood of Wicsconsin and City of Milwaukee Health Department Collaboration Benefits City's Underserved
RoseMary Oliveira
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Powerpoints
- The Dynamics of Contraceptive Vigilance or Compliance
Carolyne Swain, MS and Cathy Conway-Johnson, PhD, Midwestern Professional Research and Education Services, Inc. (Title X/Region V Family Planning Training Program)
- Family Planning: The Policies and Politics
Amy K. Brugh, MPH, Planned Parenthood of Minnesota/South Dakota
- Pregnancy Intention
Wendy L. Hellerstedt, MPH, PhD, Associate Professor, MCH Program, Division of Epidemiology, School of Public Health, University of Minnesota
February 2004 – Children's Environmental Health
What's inside...
- Children's Special Vulnerability to Environmental Health Risks
Amy Lockheart
- Children Living in a Perilous Environment
William Toscano, Jr., PhD
- Preventing Pollution Protects Children
Kathleen Schuler, MPH
- Keeping Children Safe from Toxic Substances
Marjorie Vigoren, BS
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Powerpoints
- Children's Special Vulnerability to Environmental Health Risks
Amy Lockheart, Minnesota Department of Health
- Children Living in a Perilous Environment
William Toscano, Jr, PhD, Professor and Head, Division of Environmental Health Sciences, University of Minnesota School of Public Health
- Children Living in a Perilous Environment--presented March 2, 2004
William Toscano, Jr, PhD, Professor and Head, Division of Environmental Health Sciences, University of Minnesota School of Public Health
- Preventing Pollution Protects Children
Kathleen Schuler, MPH, Environmental Scientist, Children's Environmental Health Project for IATP
- Keeping Children Safe from Toxic Substances: Tools for Parents
Marjorie Vigoren, BS, Solid Waste and Environmental Education Coordinator, City of Plymouth, MN
November 2003 – Early Childhood
What's inside...
- Children in Their Earliest Years: Many Get a Poor Start
Joän Patterson, PhD and Christopher Watson, MS, MA
- Fetal Origins: Are Adult Diseases Programmed in Utero?
Wendy L. Hellerstedt, MPH, PhD
- Healthy Children: Research to Resiliency
Terrie Rose, PhD
- Early Childhood = Economic Development
Rob Grunewald and Art Rolnick, PhD
- The International Adoption Project: A First Look at the Early Life Experiences of Internationally Adopted Children
Wendy L. Hellerstedt, MPH, PhD
- Promoting Health and Wellness Through Early Childhood Programs: Fond du Lac Reservation
Patty Petite, MEd
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Powerpoints
June 2003 – Childhood Poverty
What's inside...
- The Impact of Childhood Poverty on Health and Development
Charles Oberg, M.D., MPH
- How is Poverty Defined in America? Diane Benjamin, MPH
- Childhood Poverty: Pathways and Programs
Arturo Sesma, Jr., Ph.D.
- Who Will Care for the Kids? Child Poverty on the Great Plains
Kerstin Gorham, MA
- How are the Children? Five Action Areas to Promote Healthy Communities
Luanne Nyberg, MPA
- Baby Steps: Helping Children in Poverty Get Off to a Strong Start
Barbara Huus, MS, BSN
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Powerpoints
February 2003 – Childhood Asthma
What's inside...
- The Epidemiology of Asthma Among Children in the U.S.
Joãn Patterson, Ph.D.
- Risk and Protective Factors Associated for Childhood Asthma
Paul Kubic, M.D.
- Children with Asthma and Welfare Reform
Deborah Schlick
- Health Policy and Pediatric Asthma in Minnesota
Gail Brottman, M.D.
- Working Together: Schools, Clinics, and Families Help Control Kids' Asthma
Stephanie Bisson Belseth, RN, MAN, LSN, CPNP
- Institute of Medicine Report on Environmental Exposures Associated with Asthma
- Minnesota Targets Inner-City Asthma
- News from MDH on Implementation of the Asthma State Plan
Powerpoints
- Epidemiology of Asthma Among Children in the U.S. (89KB)
Joän Patterson, Ph.D., Maternal and Child Health Program, University of Minnesota
- Childhood Asthma: Risk and Protective Factors (63KB)
Paul Kubic, M.D.
- Healthy Learners Asthma Initiative: Helping kids to breathe, learn and play better...(14.7MB)
Stephanie Bisson Belseth RN, MAN, LSN, CPNP
Cecelia DuPlessis Erickson RN, LSN, MPH
Char Jensen, RN, LSN, MA
Sara Mullett RN, MPH
Pat Skirka RN, LSN, MA
Patricia Splett, PhD
- Asthma, children and welfare reform (101KB)
Deborah Schlick and Rahel Tekle, Ramsey County Human Services
- Health Policy and Pediatric Asthma (112KB)
Gail Brottman MD, Director, Pediatric Pulmonary Medicine, Hennepin County Medical Center, Minneapolis, MN
September 2002 – Physical Inactivity
What's inside...
- The Epidemiology of Physical Activity Among Americans
Jamie Stang, Ph.D., MPH, RD
- Risk and Protective Factors Associated with Physical Activity
Nancy E. Sherwood, PhD
- Physical Inactivity, Land Use Patterns, and Public Policy
Kathryn H. Schmitz, Ph.D., MPH
- "Partners in Health" - Promoting Physical Activity with Pedometers. Does it Work?
Rebecca Lindberg, MPH, RD, LD
- Successful Minnesota Programs Increase Physical Activity
- Research on Girls & Women in Sport
- News from MDH on Physical Activity Promotion
Powerpoints
- Promoting Physical Activity with Pedometers. Does it work? (20.2MB)
Rebecca Lindberg, MPH, RD, LD, Center for Health Promotion
- Highlights: Minnesota efforts to promote physical activity
Chris Kimber, MS, RD, H/FI, Physical Activity Promotion Coordinator, Minnesota Department of Health.
- Physical activity, Environment and Policy: The link between physical inactivity, land use patterns, and transportation (416K) or larger version with pictures (20.7 MB)
Kathryn H. Schmitz, PhD, MPH, Assistant Professor, Division of Epidemiology, University of Minnesota.
- Epidemiology of Physical Activity and Inactivity
Jamie Stang, PhD, MPH, RD, University of Minnesota, Division of Epidemiology.
May 2002 – Adolescent Pregnancy and Prevention
What's Inside...
- Health and Environmental Risks Associated with Early Childbearing
Wendy Hellerstedt, MPH, Ph.D.
- Beyond Disparities: Nurturing Our Young People
Michael D. Resnick, Ph.D.
- Aligning Reproductive Health Policies with Reality and Research
Nancy Nelson
- "Partners in Health" - What's Up?
Wendy Hellerstedt, MPH, Ph.D.
Powerpoints
May 2002 – Adolescent Pregnancy and Prevention
What's inside...
- Health and Environmental Risks Associated with Early Childbearing
Wendy Hellerstedt, MPH, Ph.D.
- Beyond Disparities: Nurturing Our Young People
Michael D. Resnick, Ph.D.
- Aligning Reproductive Health Policies with Reality and Research
Nancy Nelson
- "Partners in Health" - What's Up?
Wendy Hellerstedt, MPH, Ph.D.
Powerpoints
January 2002 – Mental Health
What's inside...
- Depression and Suicide: Treatable and Preventable Community Mental Health Indicators
Candy Kragthorpe, MSW, LGSW
- Risk and Protective Factors Associated with Children’s Mental Health
Joän M. Patterson, Ph.D.
- The Importance of Promoting Mental Health in Early Childhood
Amy R. Susman-Stillman, Ph.D.
- Good Mental Health Care Evolves from Good Public Policies
Joan Sykora, Ph.D.
- Health Realization: The Vehicle That Brings You to the Heart of Your Community
Alice L. Poulter
Powerpoints
September 2001 – Adolescent Alcohol Abuse
What's inside...
- An Epidemic with Staying Power: Underage Drinking
Carol L. Falkowski
- Youth Substance Use Prevention - A Focus on Protective Factors
Laurie L. Meschke, Ph.D. and Joan Patterson, Ph.D.
- Reducing Youth Access to Alcohol
Traci Toomey, Ph.D.
- Selecting and Designing an Effective Prevention Program: Lessons from Project Northland
Carolyn L. Williams, Ph.D.
- Minnesota Join Together Coalition to Reduce Underage Drinking
Jeff Nachbar
Powerpoints
May 2001 – Child Abuse
What's inside...
- An Overview of Child Abuse
Terrie Rose, Ph.D
- Protective Factors, Resilience and Child Abuse and Neglect
Jane F. Gilgun, Ph.D., LICSW
- Child Abuse Preventions- Programmatic Interventions
Charles Oberg, M.D., MPH
- Developing a Collective Voice for Children
Sheila Wellstone
- "Partners in Health" --Greater Minneapolis Crisis Nursery
Carrie Crook
Powerpoints
- An Overview of Child Abuse
Terrie Rose, Ph.D.
- Protective Factors, Resilience, and Child Abuse and Neglect
Jane F. Gilgun, Ph.D., LICSW
- Child Abuse Preventions -- Programmatic Interventions
Charles Oberg, M.D., MPH
- Child Maltreatment Among Children with Chronic Illnesses & Disabilities
Joän M. Patterson, PhD and Barbara Kratz, MS, CPNP
March 2001 – Women's Reproductive Health
What's inside...
- Exploring Myths about Nutrition and Pregnancy Outcome
Judith E. Brown, Ph.D.
Maureen A. Murtaugh, Ph.D.
- Social Determinants and Women's Reproductive Health
Wendy Hellerstedt, MPH, Ph.D.
- Using Data to Guide the Development and Implementation of a State Cancer Screening Program
Jane E. Korn, MD, MPH & Annette Bar-Cohen, MA, MPH
- Family Planning and Reproductive Health Services
Michael Vaughn
- "Partners in Health" --Caring for Women and Their Families: WIC and its Partners in Dakota County, MN
Debra Thingstad Boe, RN, PHN, BAN
- Supplement: Shrouded Legacy: The History of the American Eugenics Movement
Greta Bauer, MPH
Powerpoints
September 2000 – Childhood Obesity
What's inside...
- Epidemiology of Obesity
Nancy E. Sherwood, Ph.D.
- Risk Factors for Childhood and Adolescent Obesity
Dianne Newmark-Sztainer, PhD, MPH, RD
- Programs and Policies to Prevent Child and Adolescent Obesity
Mary Story, PhD and Marsha Davis, PhD
- "Partners in Health"-Eau Claire Area Childhood Nutrition Coalition
Cheryl Yarrington, MS, RD, CD
Powerpoints
May 2000 – Adolescent Tobacco Use
What's inside...
- Tobacco Use Among College Students
Edward P. Ehlinger MD, MSPH
- Risk Factors Associated with Cigarette Use Among Adolescents
Kelli Komro, Ph.D.
- School-Based Adolescent Tobacco Use Prevention
Cheryl Perry, Ph.D.
- Policy Approaches to Reducing Adolescent Tobacco Use
Jean Forster, PhD
- "Partners in Health" - Center for 4-H Youth Development
Nikki Sigler Andrews, M.Ed
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Powerpoints
This publication is produced with support from the Maternal and Child Health Bureau, Health Resources and Services Administration , U.S. Department of Health and Human Services (grant number T76 MC00005-55)
