"My interests lie in working with low income Latina women who do not have regular access to care. Particularly, I plan to work with women before, during, and after pregnancy in order to improve birth outcomes in this population. The maternal and child health curriculum has lent itself perfectly to my future aspirations, emphasizing the need for not only prenatal health, but most importantly, preconception care. I have most enjoyed learning about the life course perspective and the theory that a woman's entire life and maybe beyond can affect the birth outcomes of her baby."AREAS OF CONCENTRATION
Maternal & Child Health
The Maternal and Child Health Program has provided superior graduate training, continuing education, research, and service since its founding in 1953. The program has more than 1000 alumni across the country and around the world. It is our mission to promote and protect the health status and well-being of women, infants, children, adolescents and their families through excellence in training, research, continuing education, service, and advocacy. All of the program's activities are designed to be interdisciplinary and responsive to newly emerging issues in maternal and child health and to the unique needs of the diverse communities and cultures of the San Francisco Bay area, state of California, and internationally.
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