MHCH 605  Survey Course on Optimal Infant and Young Child Feeding  (3 credits). 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. Labbok, Wednesday 9:30am-12:20pm, ROS101

MHCH 664 (140) Globalization and Health (crosslisted with HPAA 664) (3 credits). 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.  B. Fried, Tuesdays, 12:30-3:00pm, ROS228

MHCH 702 Foundations in MCH (4 credits). Second semester of this year-long course introduces the major issues that affect the health and well-being of women during the reproductive years, infants, children and adolescents in domestic and international settings. Kotch, Monday and Wednesday 1:00-2:15pm, ROS228

MHCH 712 (315) Program Assessment in Maternal and Child Health (3 credits). This seminar offers an opportunity for students to develop assessment skills in the context of a consultative relationship with a local public health program. Three-member student teams will learn about effective team development and practice, make site visits, collect and analyze program data, conduct literature reviews, prepare a written report with recommendations, and make an oral presentation to the agency staff, MCH Department faculty and students. Permission required for non-majors. A. Farel, Monday 9:00-11:50am, McG1304

MHCH 716 (216) International Family Planning and Reproductive Health (3 credits). This course will provide an overview of the critical issues in international family planning and reproductive health, including the major theoretical frameworks, patterns and trends over time, and an overview of the history of family planning and reproductive health policy development. We will trace the evolution of the field from its demographic roots through to the current expansion to a broader reproductive health perspective.  The main theoretical models to explain the determinants of fertility and reproductive mortality and morbidity will be presented. Demographic data will be used to describe the trends and patterns of family planning and reproductive health within the global context.  The development of population, family planning and reproductive health policy through the last three decades, along with the more recent focus on the field within the context of health and human rights, will be discussed. S Bloom & S Curtis, Thursday 11:00am-1:50pm, McG1303

MHCH 717 (214)  Field Training in Maternal and Child Health A faculty-supervised field experience in maternal and child health research, community practice, program planning, and evaluation. Students are supervised on-site by a department-approved field instructor. An additional fee of $350 is assessed. Staff

MHCH 718 (208) Concurrent Field Training in Maternal and Child Health (Var). An elective, faculty-supervised field experience in maternal and child health research, community practice, or program planning and evaluation. Students are supervised on-site by department-approved field instructors. Students choosing this elective are not exempt from MHCH 717. Staff

MHCH 740 (025)  Qualitative Research Methods for Maternal and Child Health (3 credits) This introductory course in qualitative research methods is designed to assist students to develop basic skills for critiquing qualitative research and for designing qualitative research studies; for collecting, managing, and analyzing qualitative data; and for presenting research findings. Through class exercises and assignments, graduate students will develop basic qualitative research and data analysis skills and will explore different approaches to qualitative research and how these might apply to maternal and child health. Prerequisite: MCH graduate student or permission of the instructor. Green, Tuesday, 4-6:40pm, McG2305

MHCH 740 (032) Maternal and Child Health Services Research Methods II Abbreviated title: MCH Methods II (3 credits) This continuation of MHCH 740a examines basic components of the research process, including research designs, analytical issues, qualitative research methods, primary data collection, and secondary data analysis, and provides in-depth analysis of research applications that are relevant to maternal and child health services researchers. Prerequisite, MHCH 740a. Weinberger, Monday and Wednesday 2:00-3:15pm, McG2305

MHCH 756 (256) Understanding and Addressing Health Inequalities in the US (crosslisted with PUBH 756) (3 credits). This course is being taught to provide the knowledge, skills and abilities to conduct needs assessment, critical appraisal and measurement of the distribution, causes and consequences of health inequalities, to evaluate or design intervention with respect to clinical practice, allocation of resources, health, medical care and/or social policy, and to design appropriate etiologic, health services or clinical research, targeted toward understanding, reducing and ultimately eliminating health disparities of various types and across varying vulnerable populations. Prerequisites: EPID 600 or BIOS 600, Minimum of one content course in area of interest. V Hogan, Tuesday and Thursday, 2-3:15pm, MHRC0003

MHCH 765 Clinical Support for Breastfeeding (3 credits). This two-semester clinic course is structured to provide supervised breastfeeding support education in the context of clinical lactation services and public health practice.  This course provides the student with 300 hours of direct supervision by an IBCLC faculty member who has re-certified at least once, along with additional patient contact with re-certified non-faculty IBCLCs.  This course includes direct supervision following a gradual process which begins with student observation of well couplet care, followed by clinical practice experience under direct supervision until the competencies are mastered, and then culminates in independent practice with the mentor nearby to assist and offer advice and support. Due to the nature and intensity of this course, this experience is limited to five registrants; students must have approval from the instructor prior to beginning. Labbok, Friday 8-5pm, McG1302

MHCH 802  Doctoral Seminar  (1 credit). This two-semester doctoral seminar  is conceptually and thematically linked to the Masters core course.  The overall goal of the seminar is to provide a forum for deeper discussion of the major issues that affect the health and well-being of women during their reproductive years, infants, children, and adolescents in domestic and international settings.  Activities center on critical evidence review and policy implications, with an eye toward skill building. Ringel-Kulka, Monday, 2:30-5:20pm, McG1303

MHCH 840 (340) Doctoral Internship (1 credit). MCH internship to enhance doctoral training in areas of research, teaching, and practice. (Staff). TBA.

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