UNC School of Public Health - Student Information

Maternal and Child Health

Student information

Maternal and Child Health

Student Information

Laptop recommendations for students:

Beginning with academic year 2012-13, the School strongly recommends that all SPH students own a laptop that meets campus minimum requirements. The following academic year, 2013-14, owning a laptop will be required.
The university provides 24/7 computer support as well as on-site computer repair for PC and Mac computers purchased through the campus CCI program.
Our faculty members increasingly are incorporating a wide variety of computer-based technologies into course content.
Some courses include presentations on student laptops, use of laptops for taking notes or accessing the web, and use of social media tools, polling tools or other course-specific software during class.
Students also use laptops for sharing group projects and other assignments.

Student Life Students at the Department of Maternal and Child Health enjoy ongoing interaction with professors and experts in the MCH field due to small class sizes and an informal, collegial environment - where relationships are a valued component of academics.

A unique attribute of this department is the supportive environment created, sustained and enjoyed by all. MCH classes are primarily being conducted in the recently renovated Rosenau Hall and the Michael Hooker Research Center. These buildings in the School of Public Health complex offer state-of-the-art classrooms and a comfortable atmosphere for individual and group learning.

Graduate studies for MCH students extend beyond the classroom to leading MCH agencies, both domestic and international. Given the close proximity of many of these agencies, it's no wonder that many of our students decide to stay in the area to further their studies and careers.

Field Practicum The master's field practicum consists of individualized, experiential learning that provides students with opportunities to continue to progress in achievement of competencies and to apply their academic training to a Department-approved field site. The MCH Department has a long and successful history of placing students in health related agencies and organizations all over the world for internships that have engaged them in activities such as program assessment, monitoring and evaluation, literature reviews, community planning and program development, focus group work, research, survey development and dissemination, advocacy activities, policy analysis, and direct patient care. [Read more]

Taylor Snyder, Talene Ghazarian, Jessye Brick

Students conclude Program Assessment course with poster session presentations

Katy Donohue, Kat Tedford, Florence Masese-Amadi, Lew Margolis

Students in MHCH 712, Program Assessment in MCH, presented their work in a poster session at the conclusion of the semester. This seminar offers

Courtney Latta

students the opportunity to explore a selected MCH practice topic. Using a request from a local health agency, student learn how to provide consultation about a selected program activity in child health, women's health and global health. Student teams make site visits, collect and analyze program data, prepare reports, conduct literature reviews, prepare a written report with recommendations and make an oral presentation to the agency staff, MCH faculty and students.[Read more]

Last updated May 07, 2012