Exploring Seattle and CityMatCH
November 19, 2024
New Study: The “Adultification” of Black Girls
The Annie E. Casey Foundation funded a report called "Girlhood Interrupted: The Erasure of Black Girls’ Childhood" : Why are black girls treated more harshly by schools and the juvenile justice system than white girls who behave the same way? A new study from the Georgetown Law Center on Poverty and Inequality suggests a contributing cause: the…
Confronting the challenges
Many of the CEMCH Scholars attended this year’s meeting of the American Public Health Association (APHA), held in Denver, October 29 - November 2. We will be posting their reflections and highlights this month. By Grace Saul, BA A definite highlight of this year’s conference was when APHA President Dr. Camara Jones addressed the full…
Bureau of Family Health – Gift Program – Practicum Position
The Bureau of Family Health (BFH) provides qualified public health students with a rewarding practicum/internship. Students will gain valuable public health experience, specific to maternal and child health/breastfeeding. Students will provide programmatic support to a statewide breastfeeding initiative targeting LA maternity care facilities (The Gift) with a focus on evaluation and data collection/analysis. Primary Purpose:…
A Righteous Mind: Reflections on Health Advocacy at APHA
By Ashley Fehringer, BS As human beings we make snap judgments and later justify them. We view people who oppose our views as morally wrong. When we argue our point, we stay within our own moral confines and rarely attack our argument through the eyes of an opponent. We may argue that we are open-minded,…