Abstract
Introduction:
The Department of Population, Family and Reproductive Health (PFRH) at the Johns Hopkins Bloomberg School of Public Health (BSPH) will addresses the need for leadership education in MCH Epidemiology and MCH-related research in Baltimore City, Maryland, Region III and nationally drawing on a history of strong relationships of BSPH and PFRH with MCH professionals in local and state MCH health agencies and nationally.
Problem:
Successful development, monitoring, and evaluation of public health initiatives and MCH programs requires professionals trained in evidence-based research and the use of valid and reliable information for making programmatic decisions.
Methodology:
OBJECTIVE 1: provide financial support to doctoral students who conduct state or local level analyses on a topic important to MCH.
OBJECTIVE 2: educate doctoral students in current and emergent emerging topics in MCH epidemiology, data collection, surveillance systems, advanced applied and quantitative analytic methods, and frameworks relevant to state and local MCH populations and programs.
OBJECTIVE 3: strengthen the evidence base in MCH through publication of dissertation research in peer-reviewed journals.