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Ian Buchta Welcome to a collaborative episode of From the Front Row and Share Public Health, two podcasts produced from the University of Iowa College of Public Health. I am Ian Buchta, a host and producer for From the Front Row, a podcast produced by University of Iowa College of Public Health students, to share…
by Allyssa Stevens Background Children’s Hospital and Medical Center (CH&MC) is a 145-bed nonprofit facility located in the heart of Omaha, NE. The first Children’s hospital was built in 1948 and set out with a mission to improve the life of every child, while never turning a child in need of medical care away due…
by Louise Hyneman This past week I had the opportunity to work more directly with some of the community members the Saint Louis Area Foodbank serves. On Tuesday I assisted with a food fair in one of the cities in St. Louis County. The food fair started at 11, but when we arrived to set…
by Allyssa Stevens Background Children’s Hospital and Medical Center (CH&MC) is a 145-bed nonprofit facility located in the heart of Omaha, NE. The first Children’s hospital was built in 1948 and set out with a mission to improve the life of every child, while never turning a child in need of medical care away due…
by Preeti K. Pulluri Hello everyone, I am done with my internship on May 7th 2019 at Generate Health. Let me tell you about the activities I did in the last few weeks of my internship!! Most interesting was Participating in child advocacy day with Deaconess foundation. We all travelled as a big group to…
by Louise Hyneman This past week I continued to work on the SNAP grant to increase the number of eligible seniors who apply for SNAP. One of my responsibilities was ordering the prizes for the events. The prizes had previously been chosen by seniors during a focus group. One of the items cost more than…
by Allyssa Stevens Background Children’s Hospital and Medical Center is a 145-bed nonprofit facility located in the heart of Omaha, NE. Children’s was built in 1948 and set out with a mission to improve the life of every child, while never turning a child in need of medical care away due to an inability to…
by Louise Hyneman This summer I am interning at the Saint Louis Area Foodbank in the Programs Department. The foodbank serves 26 counties across Missouri and Illinois. The foodbank serves communities by operating as a middleman between large donors, like Sam’s Club and Target, and smaller food pantries that either can’t coordinate those relationships or…
by A’Keisha Lee June 10 was the last day of my field experience. My preceptor and I met to discuss how my tasks fit within the larger mission of Better Family Life. Currently, my preceptor is realigning projects within the cultural arts department to center around the same goal. The goal is to prevent intergenerational…
by A’Keisha Lee I’ve been at my internship for about two months. I’ve been progressing on my projects pretty well so far. Since my last blog post, my preceptor has given me an additional joint project with the other summer intern. Together we are planning several community conversations to Empower, Educate, and Entertain the community…
by Preeti K. Pulluri Hello Everyone, I am half way through my internship at Generate Health!! In the next few weeks I participated in inter-organizational meetings at various locations like UNITED WAY, BJC Learning institute, Infant loss resources, Deaconess foundation. There were weekly meetings at Generate Health for Infant Mortality reduction. Participated in small group…