Areas of Emphasis

Students are required to complete an "area of emphasis" taking a minimum of five courses or 15 credits in specialized theory or methods courses.

Students may choose one of the defined areas, or they may design an area of emphasis of their own with courses selected in conjunction with his/her mentor, based on past course work, experience, proposed dissertation topic, and career goals.

 

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Maternal and Child Health

An emphasis in Maternal and Child Health (MCH) provides students with a historical framework and introduction to current topics and problems in assuring the health and well-being of a large segment of the nation's most vulnerable citizens. Maternal and Child Health, within Public Health, takes a population-based perspective on research, education, advocacy, and administration. Typically, MCH practitioners are involved with infrastructure building (e.g., needs assessment, information systems, standards development), population health monitoring (e.g., percent of very low birth weight births, percent of children without health insurance, incidence of adolescent suicide) and applied prevention research (e.g., program planning and evaluation). MCH works at a systems level to complement direct services provided by clinical practice providers.

Course requirements:
16 credits total. (See Required and approved Elective courses below.)   Students are encouraged to expand the list of approved electives by requesting a review of candidate courses (contact Dr. Huebner).

An interview with the MCH Program Director, Colleen Huebner, is strongly recommended. Contact Dr. Huebner at: colleenh@u.washington.edu

And one of the following:

Additional Courses: (Minimum of 3 additional courses with mentor or dissertation committee guidance)