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Practicum Placements

Summer 2012

Topic	Location
Food safety, environmental health	Shelby County Health Dept
Infectious Diseases	Shelby County Health Dept
Political Advocacy	Congressman Steve Cohen
Diabetes Management	Medco/Accredo
Asthma Management	Le Bonheur /Methodist
Early Childhood Advocacy	Urban Child Institute
Access to Healthcare	MS State Dept of Health
End of Life Care/Eldercare	Methodist Healthcare
Sickle Cell Education	Methodist Healthcare
Water Quality	Engineers without Borders-Bolivia
Infectious Diseases	St. Jude Children’s Res Hospital
HIV	Friends for Life
Adolescent Health	Planned Parenthood
Domestic Abuse	Family Safety Center
Latino Health	YMCA/LatinoMemphis

Summer 2011

Topic	Location
Emergency Preparedness	Shelby County Health Dept
Infant Mortality/HIV	Shelby County Health Dept
Childhood Oral Health	UTHSC
Oral Health in Schools	Shelby County Health Dept
Teen Reproductive Clinic	Planned Parenthood
Reproductive Health	Planned Parenthood
Community Mapping	Planned Parenthood
Reproductive Health	Planned Parenthood
Child Health Policy	Office Early Childhood & Youth
Prisoner Re-entry	Pathway to Dignity
Millington YMCA	Health Promotion
Biostatistics	Q-Source
Bioterrorism	UTHSC-Regional Containment Lab
Drowning Prevention	Le Bonheur Outreach
Safe Kids Seat Belts	Le Bonheur Outreach
Child Obesity Reduction	Mason YMCA
Sickle Cell Education	St. Jude Children’s Res Hosp
Infection Control	St. Jude Children’s Res Hosp
Infection Control	St. Jude Children’s Res Hosp
Program Development	Boys & Girls Club
Renal Transplant	UTHSC
Breastfeeding Advocacy	Shelby County Govt
HIV Prevention	SisterLove

2011 Fall Practicum Placements
Shelby County Health Dept.;
Shelby County Office of Early Childhood and Youth

Enhancing Recruitment of Organizations for Closed Point-of Dispensing Partnerships (Shelby County Health Dept)

Promoting Memphis Greenlines (Shelby Co Health Dept)

H1N1 and Seasonal Influenza Vaccination in Shelby County (Shelby County Health Dept)

The Effects of Policy and Outreach on Community Development in Shelby County, TN: (Shelby Co Office of Early Childhood and Youth)

Improving Child Well-Being across Shelby County: From Grassroots Efforts to Policy Change (Shelby Co Office of Early Childhood & Youth)

2010 Practicum Placements
Memphis and Shelby County Health Dept.;
Methodist Healthcare; YMCA; Planned Parenthood;
Le Bonheur Children’s Hospital; VA; Haiti

Surveillance of Maternal Mortality in Memphis and Shelby County: Proposal of a Pregnancy Checkbox/Question on Tennessee Certificate of Death

Evaluation of an Urban Fire Department Exposure Control Program

Evaluation of Infection Control Practices in Emergency Medical Services (EMS) Ambulances

Syphilis in Shelby County African American Communities

Strategies to Increase Breastfeeding Rates and Duration in Shelby County

Enhancing Outreach and Prenatal Services Provided by Healthy Start Initiative

Religious Health Asset Mapping and Data Analysis at the Intersection of Faith and Health (Methodist Healthcare)

The Health Smart Behaviors Program at the Mason YMCA (Latino health promotion)

Sexual and Reproductive Health Outreach for Marginalized Populations (Planned Parenthood)

Community Outreach at Le Bonheur Children’s Medical Center(Le Bonheur Hospital)

Spouse READI: Education Intervention (VA Hospital)

Successes and Challenges of an Innovative Health Initiative in Haiti

Facilitating Patient Education and Sustainable Systems for Community Development in Haiti

2009 Practicum Placements
Memphis and Shelby County Health Dept.

Gaining Competencies in Data Abstraction for Research Purposes and Assisting in H1N1 Surveillance for the Department of Epidemiology Operations

Enhancing Nutrition and Lactation Client Education in the Federal Nutrition Program for Women, Infants and Children (WIC)

Understanding the Legal Boundaries of Public Health

Designing a Mass Prophylaxis Point of Dispense (POD) Plan for the University of Memphis

Evaluation of the Riverview-Kansas Community Environmental Enhancement Grant Project

Assessing the Prevalence of Hepatitis C in Shelby County

Developing Hazards Mitigation Plans for Shelby County Area

Development of a Youth Council for the Tobacco Risk Reduction Program

2008 Practicum Placements
Memphis and Shelby County Health Dept.

Sustainable Neighborhoods Make Healthy People: Place Matters! Unnatural Causes: Community Development

Emergency Preparedness-Planning and Response at the Memphis and Shelby County Health Department

HIV/AIDS and Syphilis Testing among Inmates and the General Population

What Motivates Memphis Mothers to Breastfeed? A Needs Assessment for Future Breastfeeding Initiatives

Tuberculosis Surveillance with New Immigrants in Memphis/Shelby County Region

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