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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.
 

May 2012 – MCH Potpourri - Hot Issues in MCH

October 2011 – MCH in a New Era of HIV

In this issue:

  • Epidemiology of HIV and AIDS Surveillance in the U.S.
  • HIV prevention: Promising Technology in Microbicides
  • Family Planning and HIV Services: A Review of the Evidence
  • Mass Media Campaigns and Prevention Education: New Opportunities in Teen Health
  • Is Breast Always Best? Breastfeeding and HIV
  • Interview with Minnesota's Former Perinatal HIV Coordinator
  • Program Profile: Supporting Women Living with HIV Through Pregnancy and Birth - The Ilythia Project
  • Workforce Development: Helping Providers Remain Current - MATEC
  • Interested in Making a Difference - How an MPH in MCH might be right for you!
Download October 2011 – MCH in a New Era of HIV (PDF Format)

June 2010 – Health of Military Families

What's inside....

  • Military Families: Diverse and Unique
  • The Health of Women in the U.S. Military
  • Homeless on the Homefront: Who Are Our Homeless Veterans?
  • Post-traumatic Stress Disorder: Uncertain
  •  Estimates of Prevalence Medical Benefits for Service Members and Their Families
  • Sexual Stressors among Military Personnel
  • What’s Love Got to Do with It? Sexual Orientation and Military Service
  • New Perspectives: Changing Policies for Military Families
  • Stigma and Service-related Traumatic Brain Injuries: Experiences of Caregivers
Download June 2010 – Health of Military Families (PDF Format)

December 2009 – Early Childhood Mental Health

What's inside....

  • Screening of Young Children
  • Evidence-based Practice
  • Systems of Care
  • Early Childhood Family Education
  • Mental Health Disparities in Early Childhood
  • Early Childhood Interventions
  • Traumatized Young children
  • Building Ingrastructure to Meet Developmental Needs
  • Family Home Visiting
  • Competency-based Training and Endorsement
  • Experts and Resources
Download December 2009 – Early Childhood Mental Health (PDF Format)

September 2009 – Reproductive Health Surveillance Vol II: Sexual Health

What's inside?

  • Reproductive Health Surveillance
  • Abortion Surveillance
  • Sexually 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
  • Program profile: Minnesota International Health Volunteers
Download September 2009 – Reproductive Health Surveillance Vol II: Sexual Health (PDF Format)

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
Download March 2009 – Reproductive Health Surveillance Vol. I: Maternal and Infant (PDF Format)

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

 

Download March 2008 - Fatherhood (Pdf format)

December 2007 – 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

 

Download December 2007 – Disaster Mental Health (PDF Format)

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

 

Download April 2007 – War and Public Health (PDF Format)

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

 

Download February 2007 – American Indian Health (PDF Format)

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

 

*Updated article on peridontal disease and preterm birth from November 2, 2006 NEJM

Powerpoints

Download October 2006 – Oral Health (PDF Format)

July 2006 – Food Insecurity and Hunger

What's inside...

  • Hunger Solutions Minnesota 2005 Survey
  • Holes in the Hunger Safety Net
  • The Hunger-Obestiy Paradox
  • WIC Food Packages May Change
  • Building Food Security in North Minneapolis
  • Mapping Food Insecurity


Additional article about the University and the Northside Food Project

Powerpoints

 

Download July 2006 – Food Insecurity and Hunger (PDF Format)

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

 

Download February 2006 – Job Stress (PDF Format)

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

 

Download June 2005 – School Environment and Health (PDF Format)

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

 

Download February 2005 – Immigrant and Refugee Health (PDF Format)

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

 

Powerpoints

Download October 2004 – Mental Health of CYSHCN (PDF Format)

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

 

Powerpoints

Download June 2004 – Family Planning (PDF Format)

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

 

Powerpoints

Download February 2004 – Children's Environmental Health (PDF Format)

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

 

Powerpoints

Download November 2003 – Early Childhood (PDF Format)

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

 

Powerpoints

Download June 2003 – Childhood Poverty (PDF Format)

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

Download February 2003 – Childhood Asthma (PDF Format)

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

Download September 2002 – Physical Inactivity (PDF Format)

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

Download May 2002 – Adolescent Pregnancy and Prevention (PDF Format)

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

Download January 2002 – Mental Health (PDF Format)

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

Download September 2001 – Adolescent Alcohol Abuse (PDF Format)

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

Download May 2001 – Child Abuse (PDF Format)

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

Download March 2001 – Women's Reproductive Health (PDF Format)

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

Download September 2000 – Childhood Obesity (PDF Format)

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

 

Powerpoints

Download May 2000 – Adolescent Tobacco Use (PDF Format)
 

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)