What can I do after graduating with a degree in Child Health & Development?

Our students are in high demand, even before they graduate.  A commitment to scholarship, creativity, and independence prepares graduates of the program to assume leadership positions in academic, government and public health practice settings.

 
© 1998 CCP, Courtesy of Photoshare
Adolescent boys play the Safe Motherhood game in the Lilac Tent The Lilac Tent was the first, most visible, and most important project undertaken by the Bolivia National Rural Reproductive Health IEC Strategy.

What kind of students are we seeking?

Students who chose the Child Health & Development track are concerned with the fate of the world's children, from infancy through adolescence.  Our faculty teach students to carry out research and practice public health so as to address children's needs globally.

"A child is born in an utterly undemocratic way.  He cannot choose his father and mother.  He cannot pick his sex or color, his religion, nationality, or homeland.  Whether he is born in a manor or manger...his fate --to a large extent-- is decided by his nation's leaders.  It is they who decide whether he lives in comfort or despair, in security or fear.  His fate is given to us to resolve."
Yitzhak Rabin, Prime Minister of Israel, on accepting the Nobel Peace Prize, Oslo, December 10, 1994

© 1999 Patricia J. Hammer, Courtesy of Photoshare
Adolescent boys enrolled in school invent a game during Part II ("Games about Adolescent Concerns") of the fourth session ("Limitations and Possibilities in the Area of Adolescent Sexual and Reproductive Health") of the Autodiagnosis Workshop organized by PRIME in Peru.

Top Four Reasons to be a student in Child Health & Development

1. The multidisciplinary faculty have backgrounds in developmental psychology, pediatrics, behavioral sciences, communication, demography, economics, nutrition, nursing, public administration, and social work.

2. Research activities of faculty and students focus on advancing the understanding of factors that influence the health and development of infants, children, and adolescents, including children with special health care needs.

3. Our research program is enriched by faculty and student involvement in and collaboration with federal, state, and local health agencies, as well as international organizations whose efforts are directed at improving child health and development.

4. Situated in the #1 School of Public Health