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!

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

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

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

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
  

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)

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

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

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

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

• The Status of Oral Health for Children and Youth
  Diane Benjamin, Outreach Director, Center for Leadership Education in Maternal and Child Health
• Dental Health Screening and Fluoride Varnish Application.
  Dr. Amos Deinard, Department of Pediatrics, University of Minnesota.
• Minnesota’s Early Head Start Oral Health Campaign.
  Gayle Kelly, Director, Minnesota Head Start Association. Tracy Wilcox, Arrowhead Community Action.
• Developing an Oral Health Coalition in Ramsey County – the Bright Smiles Project.
  Sharon Oswald, Greater Twin Cities United Way.
• Improving Children’s Oral Health: Healthy Vending in Schools.
  Patricia Glasrud, Minnesota Dental Association.

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

• Food Insecurity and Hunger, A Preventable Public Health Problem
  Diane Benjamin, Outreach Director, Center for Leadership Education in Maternal and Child Health, University of Minnesota School of Public Health.
• Building Food Security in North Minneapolis
  Angela Dawson, Director, Northside Food Project.
• Mapping Food Insecurity in Black Hawk County, Iowa
  Cathy Simmons, Project Director, Black Hawk County Food Security Study Group.

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

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

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

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

• 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

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

• 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

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

• 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

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

• Every Child Deserves a Health Start
  Patty Petite, M.Ed; Director of the Fond du Lac Reservation Head Start, Minnesota
• Children in TheirEarliest Years: Many Get a Poor Start
  Christopher Watson, MS MA
  Coordinator, Center for Early Education and Development (CEED) in the College of Education and Human Development at the University of Minnesota
• Early Childhood Development=Economic Development
  Rob Grunewald, Federal Reserve Bank of Minneapolis

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

• Baby Steps (965KB)
  Barbara Huus, MS, BSN
• Childhood Poverty’s Impact on Health & Development (941KB)
  Charles N.Oberg, MD, MPH
• How are the Children? Five Action Areas to Promote Healthy Communities(63KB)
  Luanne Nyberg, Senior Policy Analyst
  Hennepin County
  Minh Ta, Legislative Director
  Children’s Defense Fund Minnesota
• The Effects of Poverty on Child Development(261KB)
  Arturo Sesma, Jr., Ph.D.
  Applied Devlopmental Researcher
  Search Institute

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

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.

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

• Aligning Reproductive Health Policies with Reality and Research
  Nancy Nelson, Executive Director, MOAPPP Minnesota Organization on Adolescent Pregnancy, Prevention and Parenting
• ‘s Up: Peer Education In Action
  National Teen Pregnancy Prevention Research Center
  Div. General Pediatrics & Adolescent Health
  University of Minnesota
• Minnesota Center for Research in Health Statistics
  A long-term partnership between the University of Minnesota and the Minnesota Department of Health in developing advanced statistical methods which can be applied to high priority public health issues
• Who are the fathers of infants born to adolescents in Minnesota?
  Wendy L. Hellerstedt, MPH, PhD, Associate Professor, Maternal and Child Health Program

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

• Depression and Suicide
  Candy Kragthorpe
• Risk and Protective Factors Associated with Children's Mental Health
  Joän Patterson
• The Importance of Promoting Mental Health in Early Childhood
  Amy R. Susman-Stillman
• Good Mental Health Care Evolves from Good Public Policies
  Joan Sykora

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

• An Epidemic with Staying Power: Underage Drinking
  Carol 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
  Carolyn Williams, PhD

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

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

• Maternal Nutrition and Pregnancy Outcome
  Judy Brown, Ph.D.
• Social Determinants of Gender Differences in Health in the U.S.
  Wendy Hellerstedt, Ph.D.
• Using Data to Guide the Development and Implementation of a State Cancer Screening Program
  Jane E. Korn, MD, MPH & Annette Bar-Cohnen, MA, MPH
• Living with a Shrouded Legacy The History of the American Eugenics Movement
  Greta Bauer, MPH

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

• Current state of childhood obesity in America
  GEMS presentation from Video Conference
  Nancy Sherwood, Ph.D.
• The risk factors associated with childhood obesity
  Dianne Neumark-Stzainer, Ph.D.
• Current policies and programs that address childhood obesity
  Mary Story, Ph.D. and Marsha Davis, Ph.D.

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

• Tobacco Use Among College Students
  From Video Conference
  Ed Ehlinger, MD, MPH
• School-Based Adolescent Tobacco Use Prevention
  Cheryl Perry, PhD
• Policy Approaches to Reducing Adolescent Tobacco Use
  Jean Forster, PhD
• Risk Factors Associated with Adolescent Tobacco Use
  Kelli Komro, PhD