Graduate Minor in Maternal and Child Health
About the Graduate Minor
The Maternal and Child Health (MCH) graduate minor is designed to prepare students for work to improve the health of women, children, adolescents, and families. The minor takes a life-course perspective and focuses on areas such as MCH policy and advocacy, global health, cultural competency, women's reproductive health, perinatal epidemiology, children and youth with special health care needs, family-centered maternal and pediatric care, breast feeding, nutrition, health communication, program evaluation, and health disparities.
Students in this minor program will be assigned a faculty advisor from the school’s MCH program, a multidisciplinary coalition of faculty, community partners, and students with backgrounds in community health and prevention, health management and policy, epidemiology, environmental and occupational health, nursing, nutrition, social work, and medicine based on mutual student and faculty interest. Students in the MCH graduate minor program are designated as MCH Catalyst Trainees as the MCH minor is a component of the HRSA/MCHB MCH Public Health Catalyst Training Program at the Dornsife School of Public Health. Opportunities for MCH Trainees include student leadership positions in the MCH student groups, participation in national MCH internships and conferences, networking opportunities with MCH trainees across the country, and an array of MCH-focused events including MCH Speaker Series, Journal Clubs, Leadership Workshops/Projects, and Symposia.
Students develop skills in critical thinking, application, and analysis of maternal and child health issues through achieving nationally recognized MCH Leadership Competencies. As MCH Catalyst Trainees, students in this program will also be afforded additional MCH opportunities both within Drexel and nationally through HRSA/MCHB. Graduates of this training program are poised for entry into the MCH workforce or related doctoral programs.
Admission Requirements
Graduate minors are designed to complement students' training by providing basic knowledge in topics outside their primary discipline. All matriculated graduate students in quarter programs are eligible to enroll.
Students must receive approval from their home program and the Dornsife School of Public Health and complete the minor form with all signatures.
Program Requirements
| Required Courses: * | ||
| CHP 517 | Overview of Maternal and Child Health | 3.0 |
| Selective (Choose 1) | 3.0 | |
| Global Issues in Maternal and Child Health | ||
| Maternal & Child Health Policy | ||
| Electives (students must select two courses from the list below): | 6.0 | |
| Community Engagement in Public Health Practice & Research | ||
| Global Issues in Maternal and Child Health | ||
| Multicultural Competence in Community Health and Prevention | ||
| Community Organizing and Community Assessment for Health and Wellness | ||
| Theory and Practice in Health Communication | ||
| Process Monitoring and Outcomes Evaluation for Community Health Programs | ||
| Research with Rare, Stigmatized and Hidden Populations | ||
| LGBT Health Disparities | ||
| Intersectional Perspectives | ||
| Overview of Issues in Global Health | ||
| Healthy Housing & Built Environment | ||
| Environmental Health in Vulnerable Populations | ||
| Epidemiology for Public Health Practice | ||
| Perinatal Epidemiology | ||
| Design and Analysis of Epidemiological Studies | ||
| Evolution of United States Health Policy | ||
| Legal Aspects of Public Health | ||
| Maternal & Child Health Policy | ||
| Health Disparities: Systemic, Structural, Environmental & Economic | ||
| Historical and Contemporary Developments in Social Justice | ||
| Perspectives on Gender, Race, Ethnicity, and Social Class | ||
| Issues in United States Health Policy | ||
| Violence, Trauma and Adversity in Public Health | ||
| Public Health Advocacy and Activism | ||
| Management of Healthcare Outcomes | ||
| Change Management in Public Health | ||
| Public Health Funding & Program Development | ||
| Coordinating a Population's Care | ||
| Reproductive Women's Health Across the Life Cycle | ||
| Nutrition of the Schoolchild | ||
| Total Credits | 12.0 | |
Additional Information
For more information about this graduate minor, please contact:
DSPH Academic Advising Team
Office of Education
dsphadvising@drexel.edu
Additional information can be found on the Dornsife School of Public Health website and the MCH Program webpage.
