{"id":1901,"date":"2016-01-13T11:45:29","date_gmt":"2016-01-13T17:45:29","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/mchtulane.wordpress.com\/?p=1901"},"modified":"2016-01-13T11:45:29","modified_gmt":"2016-01-13T17:45:29","slug":"nap-sacc-internshippracticum-position-open","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/thatscourtney.space\/blueprint\/nap-sacc-internshippracticum-position-open\/","title":{"rendered":"NAP SACC – Internship\/practicum position open"},"content":{"rendered":"

Spring 2016 – The Louisiana Office of Public Health, Bureau of Family Health (BFH) 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 <\/strong>provides qualified public health students with a rewarding practicum\/internship. Students will gain valuable public health experience, specific to maternal and child health\/childhood obesity prevention. Students will provide programmatic support to a statewide childhood obesity prevention initiative targeting LA child care facilities (NAP SACC) with a focus on evaluation and data collection\/analysis. \u00a0The purpose of the Bureau of Family Health NAPSACC Program internship is to foster skilled public health professional s and advocates for maternal and child public health issues, specifically childhood obesity prevention.\u00a0 Students will learn how nutritional and physical activity practices contribute to obesity outcomes and specific strategies to address policy, community, organizational barriers to best practices.\u00a0 The Practicum Student\/Intern will be embedded within the Data Action team and his\/her primary purpose will be to work with the NAPSACC Program Manager and Data to Action Team Leader on the evaluation of The NAPSACC program.<\/p>\n

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

Purpose(s):\u00a0 Primary Purpose:\u00a0 To measure NAP SACC program\u2019s impact on best practices in participating child care centers.\u00a0<\/strong><\/p>\n

Goals<\/strong><\/p>\n

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  1. Gain experience in program evaluation in the \u201creal world.\u201d<\/li>\n
  2. Practice database management skills.<\/li>\n
  3. Analyze, summarize and present data.<\/li>\n<\/ol>\n

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

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    1. Conduct literature reviews on the evaluation of the NAPSACC initiatives.<\/li>\n
    2. Apply statistical methods to self-assessment data and observer data (repeat measures).<\/li>\n
    3. Transcribe qualitative interview data from child care health consultant staff.<\/li>\n
    4. Summarize, write up and present aggregate and center specific results to the NAPSACC staff.<\/li>\n
    5. Apply theory and strategy based communication principles across different settings and audiences<\/li>\n
    6. Demonstrate effective written and oral skills for communication in the process of design, implementation and evaluation of public health programs.<\/li>\n<\/ol>\n

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

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

      NAPSACC-collected self-assessment, observer and action plan data will be used for all analyses.\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 Monitoring center improvements will include data entry, management and analysis of data.\u00a0 Analyses will include calculation of totals, frequencies, and multiple variable associations.\u00a0 The internship is within the Data Action Team.\u00a0 In addition to data management and analyses, a part of the assignment is the preparation and communication of the findings\/results.\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 NAPSACC staff can take to further refine their efforts.<\/p>\n

      Administrative Function & Other<\/u><\/p>\n