{"id":1893,"date":"2016-01-13T11:40:18","date_gmt":"2016-01-13T17:40:18","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/mchtulane.wordpress.com\/?p=1893"},"modified":"2016-01-13T11:40:18","modified_gmt":"2016-01-13T17:40:18","slug":"bfh-gift-program-practicum-position-open","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/thatscourtney.space\/blueprint\/bfh-gift-program-practicum-position-open\/","title":{"rendered":"BFH Gift Program – Practicum position open"},"content":{"rendered":"

Spring\/Summer\/Fall 2016 – The Louisiana Office of Public Health, Bureau of Family Health (BFH) is the recipient of the Title V Maternal and Child Block Grant funds and the Title X Family Planning Grant funds for the State of Louisiana.With these funds, the Bureau manages family planning services, pregnancy prevention, mortality surveillance (Fetal, infant, child, and maternal), pregnancy and maternal child health educational initiatives, as well as domestic violence prevention.<\/p>\n

The 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<\/em>) with a focus on evaluation and data collection\/analysis.<\/p>\n

The purpose of the Bureau of Family Health Gift <\/em>Program internship is to foster skilled public health professionals and advocates for maternal and child public health issues, specifically breastfeeding.\u00a0 Students will learn how social, behavioral, environmental and biological factors contribute to breastfeeding outcomes and specific strategies to address policy, community, organizational barriers to breastfeeding.\u00a0 The Practicum Student\/Intern will be embedded within the Data Action team and his\/her primary purpose will be to work with The Gift<\/em> Program Manager and Data to Action Team Leader on the evaluation of The Gift <\/em>program.<\/p>\n

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Detailed description of the internship<\/strong><\/p>\n

Purpose(s):\u00a0 Primary Purpose:\u00a0 To measure The Gift<\/em> program\u2019s impact on breastfeeding initiation, exclusivity and duration among women delivering in Gift <\/em>designated hospitals. Secondary Purpose:\u00a0 To evaluate the success of The Gift<\/em> model in aiding participating hospitals in improvement in the Ten Steps to achieving The Gift<\/em> and\/or the Baby-Friendly Hospital designation.<\/p>\n

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  1. Gain experience in program evaluation in the \u201creal world.\u201d<\/li>\n
  2. Practice database design skills.<\/li>\n
  3. Analyze, summarize and present data.<\/li>\n
  4. Develop skills related to public health project management, implementation and evaluation.<\/li>\n<\/ol>\n

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    Objectives<\/strong><\/p>\n

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    1. Explore literature on the evaluation of the breastfeeding initiatives targeting delivery hospitals and health care providers.<\/li>\n
    2. Describe design considerations for controlling for confounding factors in real world evaluation of programs which exist in communities with multiple efforts aimed at influencing breastfeeding practices.<\/li>\n
    3. Apply statistical methods to self-assessment data and pre and post training data<\/li>\n
    4. Transcribe qualitative interview data from hospital staff.<\/li>\n
    5. Summarize, write up and present aggregate and hospital specific results to The Gift<\/em><\/li>\n
    6. Apply theory and strategy based communication principles across different settings and audiences.<\/li>\n
    7. Demonstrate effective written and oral skills for communication in the process of design, implementation and evaluation of public health programs.<\/li>\n
    8. Develop\/improve a contacts\/outreach management system for the program.<\/li>\n<\/ol>\n

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      Main Responsibilities\/Activities <\/strong><\/p>\n

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      Data and Analytic Tasks<\/u><\/p>\n

      The Gift<\/em>-collected application, assessment, training and interview data and Louisiana PRAMS (2011) data, will be used for all analyses.\u00a0 Monitoring hospital improvements in the Ten Step process will include data entry, management and analysis of application, assessment and survey data.\u00a0 Analyses will include calculation of totals and percentages.\u00a0 The internship is within the Data Action Team and the Community, Innovation and Action (CIA) Team.\u00a0 A large part of the assignment is the preparation and communication of the findings\/results and project management.\u00a0 The intern will be expected to prepare the results in easy to understand format and summarize what the data are \u201ctelling\u201d us in terms of what \u201caction\u201d The Gift<\/em> staff and participating hospitals can take to further refine their efforts.<\/p>\n

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