Department of Maternal and Child Health (MHCH)
HERBERT PETERSON, Chair
Professors
Janice M. Dodds (36) Leadership Development in Public Health Nutrition, Childhood Hunger, Community-Based Public Health
E. Michael Foster (07) Social Services for Children and Families and Research (Statistical) Methodology
Jonathan Kotch (17) Injury Prevention, Child Abuse and Neglect, Health and Safety in Child Care
Sandra L. Martin (40) Violence, Behavioral and Emotional Health of Children and Families, Substance Use, Prison Health
Herbert Peterson (01) International Health, Reproductive Health
John Thorp Jr., Preterm Birth, Birth Asphyxia, Episiotomy, Community Child Health
Associate Professors
Trude A. Bennett (48) Women's Health and Maternal Morbidity; Intersection of Race, Class and Gender in Maternal and Child Health (MCH); Reproductive Health and Social Welfare Policy
Carolyn Halpern (32) Adolescent Health and Development, Sexual Health and Research, Methodology
Lewis Margolis (43) Child Health Policy, Injury Epidemiology, Community-Based Public Health
Anna Maria Siega-Riz (41) Maternal and Child Nutrition, Reproductive Epidemiology, Dietary Trends among Minorities in the United States
Clinical Professors
Alan Cross (42) Pediatrics, Adolescent Health, School Health and Infant Mortality Prevention
Anita M. Farel (33) Program and Policy Development for Children with Special Health Care Needs, Public Health Practice, Professor of the Practice
Miriam Labbok (13), Infant Feeding, Health Outcomes
Research Professor
J. Richard Udry (14) Population, Demography, Sexual Behavior, Gender Roles, Program Evaluation
Research Associate Professors
Sian Curtis (49) Contraceptive Use Dynamics, International Reproductive and Maternal Health, Monitoring and Evaluation Methods for Population and Health Programs, Multilevel Models, Statistical Demography
Cathy L. Melvin (18) Reproductive Health, Smoking during Pregnancy, Program and Policy Development
Ruth Petersen (09) Violence in Pregnancy, Unintended Pregnancies, Adolescent Health
Ilene Speizer (15) Unintended Pregnancy Prevention, Evaluation of Reproductive Health Programs in Developing Countries, Adolescent Health, Male/Couple Involvement, Gender-Based Violence
Assistant Professors
Gustavo Angeles (75) Research Methods, Program Evaluation Health Economics, International Health
Julie Daniels (71) Epidemiology of Reproductive Health, Infant and Child Growth and Development, Autism and Developmental Disabilities, Environmental Exposures Related to Reproductive and Developmental Outcomes
Andrea Weathers (77) Health Care Utilization/Access, Children in Poverty, Ethnic/Cultural Minorities, Immigrant Children
Clinical Associate Professor
Vijaya Hogan (76) Perinatal Epidemiology, Preterm Delivery, Infant Mortality, Health Disparities
Research Assistant Professors
Shelah Bloom (73) HIV/AIDS, Reproductive Health, Maternal Mortality and Morbidity, Gender Context of Reproductive Health
Claudia Fernandez (31) Leadership Development, Leadership Issues in Healthcare and Related Fields
Jon M. Hussey (34) Child Abuse and Neglect, Child and Adolescent Health, Injury Prevention, Population
Tamar Ringel-Kulka (41) Functional Foods, Probiotics, Obesity, Breastfeeding, Children and Adolescents Health Promotion and Disease Prevention.
Kavita Singh (10) Child Survival, Displaced Populations and HIV/AIDS Orphans
Adjunct Professors
Bruce Barron
Jose Belizan, International Maternal and Child Health, Maternal Mortality and Morbidity
Pouru Bhiwandiwalla, Obstetrics and Gynecology, International Women's Health, Maternal and Child Health
Gerard L. Breart, Perinatal Epidemiology, Epidemiology of Osteoporosis, Evaluation of Preventive Interventions, Clinical Epidemiology
Paul A. Buescher, MCH Infant Health, Poverty and Health, MCH Program Evaluation
Judith Fortney, Maternal Morbidity and Mortality in Developing Countries
Marcia Herman-Giddens, Child Abuse, Child Fatalities, Alternative Healing
Denise Hallfors, Adolescent Health, Community Prevention Programs, Substance Abuse Prevention, Child and Adolescent Mental Health
Roy Jacobstein
Marian Johnson-Thompson
Michael Kafrissen, Clinical Reproductive Health
Lynn Knauff, International Family Planning (FP) and Maternal Health, Training of FP/MCH Health Personnel, MCH/FP Program Development and Evaluation
Robert Meyer, Reproductive and Perinatal Epidemiology, Birth Defects Surveillance, Program Evaluations
Roland E. Mhlanga, Obstetrics and Gynecology
Merry-K Moos, Prenatal Care, Women's Preventive Health, Fertility Decision Making
Kevin J. Ryan, Statewide Delivery of Women's Health Services, Prenatal Health, Health Care Ethics
Katherine Shea
Amy O. Tsui, International Family Planning, Reproductive Health, Research Methods
Thomas Vitaglione, Early Childhood Programming, Health Care Financing
Adjunct Associate Professors
Patsy Bailey, International Maternal and Child Health
Priscilla Guild, MCH and Primary Care Health Services Planning and Evaluation
Deborah Billings, International Family Health
Joseph DeGraft-Johnson, International Reproductive Health
Abigail English, Adolescent Health Law
Alfredo Fort, International Reproductive Health in Latin America, Program Research and Evaluation
Kathryn E. (Beth) Moracco, Women's Health, Violence against Women, Program Planning and Evaluation
Robert Murphy
Susan Spalt, School Health, Adolescent Substance Abuse, HIV
John Stanback, International Family Health
Jane Stein, Women's Health in Developing Countries, Social Determinants of Health, Evaluation
Mary Rose Tully, Lactation
Adjunct Assistant Professors
Joy Baumgartner
Mary Benson
Colleen Bridger
Cecilia Casanueva
Dorothy Cilenti
Caroline Whitehead Doherty, Primary Health Care for Farm Workers, Health, Hispanic Health, Reproductive Health
Cyril Engmann
Norma Gavin
Elaine Hart-Brothers, Women's Health, Cardiovascular Epidemiology, Education and Prevention
Heidi Bart Johnston, Reproductive Health
Eileen Kugler, Community Health Programs
Wendy Lam
Li-Ching Lee
Jack Leiss, MCH Research
Kara McGee
Denise Nadeau, Family Planning, Reproductive Health
Savithri Nageswaren
Heidi Reynolds
Susan Rogers, Demography, Sexually Transmitted Disease (STD)
Catherine Rohweder
Jo Shackelford, Children with Special Needs, Special Education Legislation
Lucille Siegel, Pregnant Women and Infants
Stephanie Triantafillou
Sarah Verbiest
Lecturers
Kathryn Clark, Biostatistics
Jacqueline Resnick, Research Training, Proposal Development
Professors Emeriti
Jaroslav Fabian Hulka
Howard Jacobson
C. Arden Miller
Earl Schaefer
Elizabeth Watkins
Associate Professors Emeritae
Dorothy C. Browne
Geraldine Gourley
Courses
605 (001) SURVEY COURSE ON OPTIMAL INFANT AND YOUNG CHILD FEEDING (3). This survey course will briefly cover the principal topics in this broad field of knowledge, including domestic and global issues. Teaching methods will be primarily lecture with discussion and student presentations. The topics will include relevant maternal and infant anatomy, physiology and endocrinology; complementary feeding; immunology and disease; pathology, pharmacology and exposures; psychology, sociology and anthropology; growth and development; research issues; ethics, Code of Marketing and other legal issues; breastfeeding support skills; counseling, communication and advocacy; and programming and policy. Grading will be based on participation, presentations and a mid-term test and final exam. Spring. Labbok, Tully.
610 [200] ISSUES IN MATERNAL AND CHILD HEALTH (3). Prerequisite, permission of the instructor. For students outside the department of MCH who desire a survey of current issues and programs in maternal and child health. Three lecture hours per week. Spring. Benett.
611 [111] NUTRITION OF CHILDREN AND MOTHERS (NUTR 611) (3). Prerequisite, NUTR 400 or equivalent. Biological bases for nutrient requirements and dietary recommendations as they vary throughout the life cycle. Covers the nutritional needs of women during childbearing years, infants, children and adolescents. Fall. Adair.
664 (140) GLOBALIZATION AND HEALTH (HPAA 664) (3). The course examines multiple dimensions of globalization and explores their direct and indirect effects on determinants of health through presentations, case studies, class discussions, small group seminars, readings, weekly short written assignments, a critical book review and a final paper and poster session. An expected outcome of the course is that students will gain a deeper understanding of how the changes and transformations of globalization and development affect health, and will have examined responses and approaches to current global patterns that contribute to positive and adverse health effects and health inequalities. This course is an alternative core course to Interdisciplinary Perspectives in Global Health, taught in the fall semester, for students enrolled in the Global Health Certificate Program. Spring. B. Fried and L. Knauff.
701 FOUNDATIONS OF MATERNAL AND CHILD HEALTH (4). This course introduces the major issues affecting the health and well-being of women during the reproductive years, infants, children and adolescents in domestic and international settings. First semester of a two-semester course. Permission required for nonmajors. Fall. Margolis, Kotch.
702 FOUNDATIONS OF MATERNAL AND CHILD HEALTH (4). Second part of a two-part course that introduces the major issues affecting the health and well-being of women during the reproductive years, infants, children and adolescents in domestic and international settings. Second semester of a two semester course. Permission required for nonmajors. Spring. Margolis, Kotch.
704 (740) CRITICAL REVIEW OF AN INFANT FEEDING ISSUE (3). This independent study will include selection of a research area that would allow preparation of a coauthored paper for peer-review publication on an approved subject related to infant and young child feeding and care and associated maternal health and nutrition issues. Students will meet biweekly for two hours to discuss progress and related "current events" to help shape approaches to evidence-based advocacy. Additional individual sessions will be held biweekly. Fall. Labbok.
705 [205] INTERNATIONAL FAMILY PLANNING (3). Permission required. Prerequisite, graduate study in MHCH. Analysis of the family planning movement, its policies, operations and research, with emphasis on developing countries. Three lecture hours a week. Fall. Curtis.
712 [315] PROGRAM ASSESSMENT IN MATERNAL AND CHILD HEALTH (3). Nonmajors must have permission of the instructor. Offers an opportunity for students to explore in greater depth a selected MCH practice topic. Students will learn how to provide consultation about a selected program activity. Spring. Farel.
713 [213] RESEARCH METHODS IN MATERNAL AND CHILD HEALTH (3). Permission required for non-MCH majors. The art and science of MCH research, with an emphasis on applied survey research. Student groups will design and carry out a small survey, and present their findings in a poster presentation. Focuses on assessment of MCH population characteristics, secondary data analysis and the evaluation of MCH programs. A practicum-based course. Three lecture hours per week. Fall. Hussey.
713L [213L] RESEARCH AND EVALUATION METHODS IN MATERNAL AND CHILD HEALTH LAB (1). Corequisite, MHCH 713. Permission required for nonmajors. The MHCH 713 Lab, which is a companion course to MHCH 713, introduces students to statistical analysis using SPSS-PC and microcomputers. Two lab hours per week. Fall. Hussey.
714 [246] MATERNAL AND CHILD HEALTH PROGRAM PLANNING AND EVALUATION (3). Permission required for nonmajors in SPH. Students will develop research skills related to needs assessment, conceptualization of MCH problems, selection of effective program setting measurable objectives, implementation and evaluation. Final product will be a proposal for funding an MCH program. Fall. Dodds.
715 [215] MATERNAL AND CHILD HEALTH MANAGEMENT (3). Permission of the instructor required for nonmajors. Students become familiar with organizational processes, management principles and tools required for effective management of health programs and facilities. A variety of learning techniques will be used. Three lecture hours a week. Fall. Melvin.
716 [216] INTERNATIONAL FAMILY PLANNING AND REPRODUCTIVE HEALTH (3). Permission required for nonmajors. Course provides overview of critical issues including major theoretical frameworks, patterns and trends over time, and overview of history of family planning and reproductive health policy development. Three lecture hours per week. Spring. Bloom.
717 [214] FIELD TRAINING IN MATERNAL AND CHILD HEALTH (2–8). A faculty-supervised field experience in maternal and child health research, community practice, program planning and evaluation. Students are supervised on-site by department-approved field instructor. An additional field fee of $350 is assessed. Fall, spring and summer. Minimum of six weeks. Staff.
718 [208] CONCURRENT FIELD TRAINING IN MATERNAL AND CHILD HEALTH (1–4). Prerequisite, MHCH major. An elective, faculty-supervised field experience in maternal and child health research, community practice, program planning and evaluation. Students are supervised on-site by department-approved field instructor. Students choosing this elective are not exempt from MHCH 717. Variable number of hours. Fall, spring and summer. Staff.
721 [221] MATERNAL AND CHILD HEALTH ISSUES FOR IMMIGRANT POPULATIONS (3). Prerequisites, BIOS 600, EPID 600, MHCH 701/702. Course covers the new pattern of immigration in the United States, not only in social, economical and political landscapes, but in the health services arena as well. Spring. Weathers.
722 [222] ISSUES IN INTERNATIONAL MATERNAL AND CHILD HEALTH (3). Permission required for nonmajors. The course focuses on key issues concerning the health status and needs of mothers and children, primarily but not exclusively in the developing world. Topics include primary health care; measurement and indicators of health status; levels and patterns of maternal and child morbidity and mortality; major programmatic intervention; oral rehydration therapy; and national policy orientations towards the health needs of these two groups. Three lecture hours per week. Fall. Singh.
725 [125] INJURY AS A PUBLIC HEALTH PROBLEM (HBHE 725) (3). Prerequisite or corequisite, EPID 600. This course considers the causes and consequences of traumatic injury within developmental, social and economic contexts, including dilemmas in injury prevention. Injuries associated with transportation, violence and the home and occupational environments are included. Three lectures per week. Fall. Runyan, Kotch.
730 [230] REPRODUCTIVE HEALTH POLICY (3). Permission of the instructor required. Participants examine forces that shape social policy relating to reproduction and differential impact of policy based on age and other factors. Focus on global controversies in reproduction/reproductive health services in context of human/women's rights. Three lecture hours a week. Spring. Bennett.
740 [140] PROBLEMS IN MATERNAL AND CHILD HEALTH (1–3). Prerequisites to be arranged with departmental faculty in each individual case. Two to six hours a week. Fall, spring and summer. Staff.
753 [253] VIOLENCE AGAINST WOMEN (3). Permission required for non-MCH majors. Violence against women is examined as a public health problem. Areas investigated include definitional issues, prevalence of the problem, risk factors and outcomes, and community and medical interventions. Spring. Martin.
756 [256] UNDERSTANDING AND ADDRESSING HEALTH INEQUALITIES IN THE U.S. (PUBH 756) (3). Disparities in morbidity/mortality in subpopulations continue compared to other U.S. populations. Explore contributors to inequalities and identify strategies to counterbalance contributors to correct inequalities using public health resources. Three lecture hours per week. Spring. Hogan.
757 SPECIAL CHILD POPULATIONS (3). This course will focus on two populations that warrant special attention. By examining these populations in one course, students will be exposed to a range of contemporary issues that cut across childhood development. Both sections will emphasize the role of empirical research in understanding growth and development and formulating health services policies and programs. The first part of the course will focus on access to services for children with chronic conditions. Children with chronic conditions require not only primary and specialty care in the health services system, but also diverse nonmedical services. The second part of the course will focus on the developmental transitions of adolescence, and their implications for risk taking and health. Course participants will analyze current programs, interventions and public policies as they relate to these two special populations. Throughout the semester, students will examine their own attitudes toward and experience with children and youth with special needs. Fall. Farel, Halpern.
759 (001) CAUSAL INFERENCE IN PUBLIC HEALTH (3). This course will explore the latest statistical tools for exploring these issues and drawing on literature from economics, program evaluation and statistics. Building on a conceptual framework based in the Rubin/Roy model of causality, we will examine propensity scores, instrumental variables, G estimation, among others. The course will explore recent methods to examine the sensitivity of findings to unobserved confounding. Students will learn how to implement the relevant models in Stata or R. Prerequisite, an introductory graduate-level course in econometrics or biostatistics. Spring. Foster.
801 [301] DOCTORAL SEMINAR IN MATERNAL AND CHILD HEALTH (3). Permission required for nonmajors and master's students. Prerequisite, MHCH 701/L, 702/L or equivalents, or MPH in MHCH. This seminar explores the origins of and developments in major maternal and child health policies and programs in order to understand their effects on the health of mothers and children. Three lecture hours per week. Spring. Margolis.
802 [302] DOCTORAL SEMINAR IN MATERNAL AND CHILD HEALTH (1). Permission required for nonmajors and master's students. Prerequisite, enrollment in the MCH doctoral program. This seminar is the first semester of a one-year research skills colloquium for all new doctoral students. The course addresses research, problem definition, proposal design and development. One-hour seminar a week. Fall. Staff.
803 [303] DOCTORAL RESEARCH SKILLS COLLOQUIUM (1). Permission required for nonmajors and master's students. Prerequisite, enrollment in the MCH doctoral program. This seminar is the second semester of a one-year research skills colloquium for all new doctoral students. The course addresses research, problem definition, proposal design and development. One-hour seminar a week. Spring. Staff.
840 [340] MATERNAL AND CHILD HEALTH DOCTORAL INTERNSHIP (1). Prerequisite, enrollment in MCH doctoral program. MCH internship to enhance doctoral training in areas of Section 1: Teaching; Section 2: Practice; and Section 3: Research. Fall, spring and summer. Staff.
851 [219] PERINATAL EPIDEMIOLOGY (EPID 851) (3). Prerequisite, EPID 600, BIOS 600 or equivalents. Epidemiology of major reproductive health outcomes, including infertility, fetal loss, birthweight, congenital malformations, infant mortality. Current knowledge regarding epidemiology of these outcomes; discussion of methodologic issues specific to reproduction. Fall. Olshan, McMahon.
853 [350] ADVANCED TOPICS IN PERINATAL AND PEDIATRIC EPIDEMIOLOGY (EPID 853) (2). Permission of the instructor required for master's students. Critical review of current topics in and methods for perinatal and pediatric epidemiology. Prerequisites, EPID 710 and EPID/MHCH 851. Two lecture hours per week. Spring. Daniels.
859 [259] THEORETICAL PERSPECTIVES ON MATERNAL AND CHILD HEALTH (3). Prerequisites, doctoral students, permission of the instructor. A survey of theoretical models used in MCH research and program development, and how those models are used to guide the formulation of questions, hypothesis testing and evaluation. Fall. Halpern.
860 [260] CONCEPTUALIZATION, DESIGN, AND MEASUREMENT (3). Permission required of nonmajors and master's students. Prerequisite, MHCH 859. The course follows the research process from the formulation of a research question and the design of a research methodology to the addressing of the question through the design of an appropriate analysis strategy. Three lecture hours a week. Spring. Martin.
862 [262] MATERNAL AND CHILD HEALTH PROGRAM EVALUATION (3). Permission required for nonmajors and master's students. Prerequisite, knowledge of SAS or Stata, MHCH 713 or equivalent. Analytic skills seminar focusing on the theory and practice of MCH program evaluation. Through examples of MCH program evaluations and a student class project, students are exposed to all phases and issues surrounding MCH program evaluation (including conceptualization, negotiations, management operations, analytic strategies implementation, presentation, etc.). Three lecture hours a week. Spring. Angeles.
892 [306] SEMINAR IN HEALTH DISPARITIES (EPID 892) (1). This seminar will provide an opportunity for students to explore in greater depth selected topics/issues relating to the study of and intervention on health inequities. Select topics on theory, measurement or intervention will be discussed. Fall. Hogan, Hines.
992 [392] MASTER'S PAPER (Var.). Fall, spring and summer.
993 [393] MASTER'S THESIS (Var.). Fall and spring.
994 [394] DOCTORAL DISSERTATION (Var.). Fall, spring and summer.