Five graduate students in the USF College of Public Health have joined the Maternal and Child Health Leadership Training Program. The program, funded by the Health Resources and Services Administration, provides leadership training in maternal and child health with a focus on cultural competence, family-centered care and interdisciplinary practice. […]
The USF College of Public Health’s Maternal and Child Health Training Grant has been renewed for another five-year term with the new addition of a postdoctoral enhancement component. Within the Health Resources and Services Administration of the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services, the Bureau of Maternal and Child […]
The yearlong Community Engagement Initiative program that began in 2014 has come to an end, but its impact in the community is here to stay. Last year, the Florida Department of Health-Hillsborough County/USF College of Public Health Community Engagement Initiative was to fund exciting and innovative projects. The partnership made […]
Dr. Martha Coulter and COPH alumna Melissa Mercado-Crespo published “Co-occurrence of intimate partner violence and child maltreatment: Service providers perceptions.” The research appears in the February issue of the Journal of Family Violence. Coulter is a professor in the USF College of Public Health’s Department of Community and Family Health. […]
The USF College of Public Health and the Florida Department of Health-Hillsborough County have initiated an exciting joint project aimed at facilitating projects that are conducted jointly between community agencies and the COPH. Through a Department of Health grant, the college was able to fund five $10,000 community projects that […]
The public health field is a global entity by nature, touching everyone from our next-door neighbors to people in remote villages on the other side of the Earth. Acknowledging a burgeoning swarm of public health issues and needs everywhere, the USF College of Public Health answers the call by encouraging […]
Preliminary analysis of a Hillsborough County youth survey identifies a range of risk factors for violence, but also indicates that schools may be well positioned to help implement programs and strategies to prevent child abuse, substance abuse, crime and other types of violence. Martha Coulter, DrPH, professor and director of […]
The Harrell Center for the Study of Family Violence is collecting books for children in the Himalayans. In collaboration with the Research Institute of World’s Ancient Traditions Cultures and Heritage (RIWATCH), this effort promotes reading for children in rural areas. A community initiative program, RIWATCH organized “Joy of Reading” workshops […]