By Kathy Hodges – Co-Executive Director, Family Violence & Rape Crisis Services Violence in relationships is a reality for far too many women in our community, especially young women. The CDC estimates that at least one in every 3 women will be the victim of violence in a relationship at some point, and our history at […]
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Femme 6 – Aiming for Collective Impact
By Mallory Perez – Health Policy & Management Graduate Student Femme 6 is a student group of Health Policy & Management majors at the UNC Gillings School of Global Public Health. For the Spring 2014 semester, this team of six young women is assisting Every Women Southeast as the coalition grows and expands its network of resources. Mallory […]
Show Your Love: Thoughts from a Recent MCH Grad on Preconception Health
By Sarah Leff, MPH, Program Associate at the UNC Center for Maternal and Infant HealthIn May of last year, I graduated from the UNC Gillings School of Global Public Health with my MPH in Maternal and Child Health (MCH). I have been working at the UNC Center for Maternal and Infant Health, first as an […]
Parenthood as a Job vs Relationship: Ask Moxie Weighs in with “Free But Not Cheap”
By Erin McClain, MA, MPH, Research Associate at the UNC Center for Maternal & Infant Health My favorite parenting advice blogger, Magda Pecsenye, who writes the blog Ask Moxie, recently posted a response to Jessica Valenti’s book Why Have Kids?: A New Mom Explores the Truth About Parenting and Happiness and Valenti’s piece for Babble, […]
Every Woman Southeast makes a lasting impact: An intern’s experience
By Kendall Gurske, Graduate Intern, UNC Center for Maternal and Infant Health As a graduate student in both Social Work and Public Health, I’ve spent a lot of my academic career negotiating ways to bridge these two fields and become a leader in the broader arena of women’s health. Currently, an increasing emphasis on preventive […]
EWSE Meeting Reflections: Adaptive Leadership
By Carol Brady, Executive Director of the Northeast Florida Healthy Start Coalition, Inc. What a great kick-off for the Kellogg grant and Every Woman Southeast! There are so many opportunities and synergies with other initiatives focusing on poor outcomes among women and children in our region — ASTHO, AMCHP HRSA, CDC Consumer Work Group. Our […]
EWSE Meeting Reflections: Meeting of the Minds!
By Monica Murphy, MPH, Public Health Prevention Specialist, Metro Public Health Department Attending the EWSE Regional Meeting May 22-23, 2012, was a great experience. It was truly “a meeting of the minds!” Representatives from each of the 9 member states were in attendance and full of energy and enthusiasm. The two day meeting was jammed […]
EWSE Meeting Reflections: A Student’s Perspective
By Jessye Brick, Graduate Student at the UNC School of Public Health I chose to study public health because I was shocked that the United States, despite having higher health expenditures, lags behind most other developed countries in birth outcomes. Throughout my first year of courses we frequently discussed why this may be and how the […]