Winter 2008
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• 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
  

• 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

• 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

• 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
  

• 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
  

February 2006
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
  
  

June 2005
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• 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

February 2005
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
  

October 2004
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• 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

Family Planning

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June 2004
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• 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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February 2004
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• 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

Early Childhood

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• 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

Childhood Poverty

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June 2003
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• 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

Childhood Asthma

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February 2003
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• 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

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• 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

Physical Inactivity

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September 2002
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• 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

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• Successful Minnesota Programs Increase Physical Activity
• Research on Girls & Women in Sport
• News from MDH on Physical Activity Promotion

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May 2002
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• 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.

Mental Health

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January 2002
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• 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

Adolescent Alcohol Abuse

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September 2001
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• 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

Child Abuse

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• 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

Women's Reproductive Health

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March 2001
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• 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

Childhood Obesity

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September 2000
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• 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

Adolescent Tobacco Use

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May 2000
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