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MHCH
45 courses with the subject MHCH, each shown exactly as we captured it from the college's catalog, with every element we hold. Where the wording looks broken, that is our reading of the catalog, not the college's text.
MHCH 150IWomen, Children, and Nations: Global Perspectives on Health and Society3
In this course, students will examine how the health of women, children and families shapes and is shaped by nations, cultures, and global systems. Students will apply anthropological, economic, political science, and population health lenses to examine the history of maternal mortality and child survival, global concepts of motherhood/parenthood and childhood, national approaches to family planning and demographic transitions, and the intersections of today's pressing issues, including migration, climate change, and reproductive rights.
Permission of the instructor. For students outside the department of MCH who desire a survey of current issues and programs in maternal and child health. Three lecture hours per week.
This course covers nutrition during the life cycle. Units include women during preconception, pregnancy, and lactation; infancy; childhood; adolescence; and older adults (65+). Nutrient and energy needs, assessment of nutritional status, and cultural and socioeconomic barriers are discussed for each phase.
This course examines unintentional injuries from a public health perspective. The course covers core concepts in injury prevention and control, including the epidemiology of unintentional injury, prevention strategies, behavioral models, child and adolescent injury, messaging framing, the Haddon matrix, and injury surveillance.
This course covers core concepts in violence prevention and control, including the epidemiology of violence, prevention strategies for inter-personal and intra-personal violence, behavioral models that describe power structures that reinforce personal and societal factors affecting self-harm and violence towards others, and violence directed towards children and adolescents.
Globalization--its economic, environmental, political, technological, institutional, and sociocultural dimensions--historically and currently contributes to beneficial and adverse effects on population, community, and family and individual health.
MHCH 665Introduction to Racial and Ethnic Health Disparities1
Eliminating health disparities is a national goal for improving the health of Americans. Little to no progress has been made on eliminating disparities among racial/ethnic subpopulations compared to the population of the United States. This course treats basic concepts about the origins of and contributing factors for health disparities.
Featuring international experts from UNC-Chapel Hill and Triangle-based nongovernmental organizations, this course will offer a series of lectures, panel discussions, and debates to inform students' critical thinking on key public health issues in global sexual and reproductive health.
Through lectures and panel discussions this course will use a life span framework to examine selected aspects of sexual development, including perspectives on sexuality; the physical self; sexual attraction, behavior, and relationships; and the implications of these factors for physical and mental health. No prerequisites; all students are welcome.
MHCH 701Foundations of Maternal and Child Health I3
This course introduces the major issues affecting the health and well-being of women during the reproductive years, infants, children, and adolescents in domestic and international settings. First semester of a two-semester course. Permission of the instructor for non-majors.
MHCH 702Foundations of Maternal and Child Health II2
Permission of the instructor for nonmajors. Second part of a two-part course that introduces the major issues affecting the health and well-being of women during the reproductive years, infants, children and adolescents in domestic and international settings. Second semester of a two-semester course.
MHCH 703Foundations of Maternal, Child, and Family Health3
This course introduces the major issues affecting the health and well-being of women during the reproductive years, infants, children, and adolescents in domestic and international settings. This is an elective course for non-Maternal, Child, and Family Health Concentration students enrolled in MPH@UNC.
MHCH 704Critical Review of an Infant Feeding Issue3
This independent study will include selection of a research area that would allow preparation of a coauthored paper for peer-review publication on an approved subject related to infant and young child feeding and care and associated maternal health and nutrition issues.
This course is designed to integrate the theory, research literature, and evidence-supported practices related to leadership in maternal and child health. Students will consider each of the twelve core MCH Leadership Competencies within the spheres of influence that leaders experience as they advance in their careers. Students will hear from public health professionals in the field, consider perspectives of various stakeholders and examine/apply new skills.
MHCH 713Research Methods in Maternal and Child Health3
The art and science of MCH research, with an emphasis on the critical evaluation of research design and findings. Focuses on the principles of strong quantitative and qualitative study designs, analytic approaches, and secondary data analysis. A practice-based course. Three lecture hours per week. Permission of the instructor for nonmajors.
MHCH 713LResearch and Evaluation Methods in Maternal and Child Health Lab1
Permission of the instructor for nonmajors. The MHCH 713 lab, which is a companion course to MHCH 713, introduces students to statistical analysis using Stata. One hour and 15 minutes of lab per week.
MHCH 716International Family Planning and Reproductive Health3
Permission of the instructor for nonmajors. Course provides overview of critical issues including major theoretical frameworks, patterns and trends over time, and overview of history of family planning and reproductive health policy development. Three lecture hours per week.
MHCH 720Services for Children with Chronic Conditions3
Permission of the instructor. This course focuses on the design, organization, and delivery of services for children with special needs and their families, and examines current program development and public policies. Participants analyze the range of services needed by these children.
This course covers the main causes of maternal and under-five morbidity and mortality in low- and middle-income countries and also the interventions, policies, and research which address these causes. Emphasis is placed on social, biological and environmental determinants, measurement and conceptual frameworks. Lectures, class discussions and in-class activities are used to delve into the material. Emphasis is placed on both country-driven and global initiatives to improve maternal and child health outcomes.
MHCH 723Monitoring and Evaluation of Global Health Programs3
This course provides students with the basic concepts and methodologies needed to monitor and evaluate health programs. The course covers M&E systems, conceptual frameworks/logic models, indicators, information sources, evaluation designs, and other related topics for health programs in domestic and global settings. This course is a requirement for the MCFH and GH concentrations. The course format consists of a seminar-style class that meets biweekly.
This course will provide an overview of the critical issues in abortion care and policy, both in the US and globally. We will cover the epidemiology of abortion globally and nationally and will explore the historical, legal, cultural, bioethical and clinical dimensions of abortion care and policy.
Topics covered include the epidemiology of health problems, developmental issues, health services, and psychosocial influences on adolescent problem behaviors. Course materials are useful for research generation and practical application. Three seminar hours per week.
MHCH 728Introduction to Implementation Research and Practice in Maternal, Child and Family Health3
Permission of the instructor for nonmajors. Implementation research and practice addresses the gap between the development of innovations in public health and their delivery in routine practice. Course provides an overview of core theories/methods in implementation research and practice plus implementation determinants and strategies at the intervention, individual, organizational, and policy levels.
MHCH 729Advanced Topics in Implementation Science for Global Health3
MPH students need MHCH 728 or an equivalent. BSPH students should have completed EPID 600 and BIOS 600. There are no strict prerequisites for Doctoral students, though graduate research courses are recommended. This course explores cutting-edge topics in implementation science, including: evidence-based implementation; implementation strategies and mechanisms; fidelity and adaptation; evidence typologies and hierarchies; and use of AI - and examines their contributions toward addressing pressing implementation challenges in global and local public health, including scalability and sustainability. Building on foundational knowledge from MHCH 728 or similar introductory courses, it highlights the development and use of research evidence for successful, scalable, and sustainable implementation, as we seek to achieve health and wellbeing for all. Evolving theories, models, frameworks, and methods for implementation research are emphasized, along with key controversies in the science.
The MHCH Gender-Based Violence (GBV) course provides a forum for students to explore contemporary issues in GBV from both a research and practice standpoint. Students will be introduced to a myriad of domestic and international GBV issues, such as intimate partner violence and campus sexual assault.
Master's or clinical four-year degree required. This two-semester clinical course is structured to provide supervised breastfeeding support education in the context of clinical lactation services and public health practice.
Master's or clinical four-year degree required. This two-semester clinical course is structured to provide supervised breastfeeding support education in the context of clinical lactation services and public health practice.
MHCH 775Introduction to Qualitative Methods in Public Health Research3
This introductory qualitative research methods course focuses on understanding the meaning, purpose, and basic concepts of qualitative research for public health practice. Through applied work, students will learn how to formulate qualitative research questions, develop interview guides, collect data, analyze data, and report findings.
Cultural Humility is part of the required training sequence for first-year MPH students in the Global Health concentration. This course provides students with the skills to work in culturally complex settings and to apply cultural humility when engaging in global health research and practice. This course is also designed to give students the skills to identify and effectively address ethical issues that arise in global health research and practice. MPH Global Health Concentration students only.
MHCH 785Decolonizing MCH: Theory and Qualitative Methods3
This graduate seminar provides Maternal and Child Health (MCH) students with an opportunity to examine key theories and qualitative methodologies that advance anti-racist, abolitionist, intersectional feminist, and emancipatory scholarship for health equity and reproductive justice. Students gain a deeper understanding of the intellectual foundations of research justice. And learn to design research questions, data collection strategies, and analytic techniques that decolonize knowledge production. Preference given to students enrolled in the MCH department or MCFH concentration.
MHCH 786Seminar on Black Maternal and Child Health and Well-being3
Broad objectives for the course are: (1) to gain insights into specific topics in Black maternal and child health and well-being--from the root causes and solutions stemming from research, practice, and policy, and (2) to build an interdisciplinary dialogue and course of action situated clearly in work about and by those who study maternal and child health well-being broadly defined; practitioners and programs; and policies designed to increase access and opportunity. Priority given to 2nd-year MPH students and doctoral students.
The MCH Doctoral Seminar provides a forum for first year MCH doctoral students to hone their skills in developing research questions, searching scientific literature, and preparing comprehensive literature reviews for publication. It introduces students to several types of literature reviews used to inform health practices, programs and policies. MCH doctoral students only.
MHCH 841Maternal and Child Health Doctoral Research Internship1
Enrollment in MCH doctoral program required. This MCH internship is to enhance doctoral training in research through exposure to and participation in various stages of research.
Epidemiology of reproductive and perinatal health outcomes, including infertility, fetal loss, preterm birth, birthweight, congenital malformations, and infant mortality. Includes current knowledge regarding epidemiology of these outcomes and discussion of methodologic issues. Three lecture hours per week.
MHCH 859Proposal Development for Maternal and Child Health3
A course in the development and preparation of a research proposal of high public health significance and methodological rigor, following the format of an NIH application. Students will also be introduced to the NIH review process and engage in critical evaluation of peer assignments. This is a required course for doctoral students. Permission required for non-majors, masters & 1st year doctoral students.
MHCH 860Conceptualization, Design, and Measurement3
The course follows the research process from the formulation of a research question and the design of a research methodology to the addressing of the question through the design of an appropriate analysis strategy. Three lecture hours a week.
Required preparation, basic knowledge of Stata; proficiency in inferential statistics and multiple regression analysis. Instructor permission required for non-second year MCH doctoral students. Program impact evaluation analytic skills seminar. Topics: selectivity, research designs, instrumental variables, difference-in-differences, fixed and random effects, regression discontinuity, matching, and selection models.
For MCH doctoral students in their dissertation phase. Doctoral students must have passed the Doctoral Written Comprehensive Exams before registering for this course. Please sign up under your faculty advisor's section number.
