 | Training Health Promotion Practicum Program Each semester, the PRC offers practicum opportunities for exceptional students. Past internships have been hosted by the East Jefferson Parish YMCA, Second Harvest Foodbank of Greater New Orleans and Acadiana, Office of Recovery and Development Administration, Steps to a Healthier LA/New Orleans, the Renaissance Project, YMCA of Greater New Orleans, Women with a Vision, the New Orleans Food and Farm Network, and KaBOOM! Currently, the program requires students to work a total of 300 hours, which can fulfill both the 200-hour practicum and 100-hour culminating experience requirements. Students are encouraged to check with their advisor and their department requirements before applying. For more information on how the program works in the department of Community Health Sciences, please click here. PRC Practicum Interns have been successful in their positions. Learn how four interns were rewarded for their hard work. The program is generally announced at the end of each semester for the following semester. The program is also announced via Tulane SPHTM listservs and through elevator notices.
Seminar Series
Each month during the spring and fall semesters, the Prevention Research Center offers seminars on topics relating to our mission. For fall 2009, we look forward to the following seminar presentations: October 9, 2009
| Karen Glanz, PhD, MPH,
Penn Integrates Knowledge (PIK) Professor of Medicine and Nursing
University of Pennsylvania
12 p.m. to 1 p.m.
Tidewater, Room 1208 | Topic:Effects of relocation to a mixed-use development on physical activity
| http://www.sph.emory.edu/eprc/
http://www.upenn.edu/pennnews/current/latestnews/060909.html
| October 23, 2009
| Marice Ashe, JD, MPH
Director, Public Health Law and Policy
12 p.m. to 1 p.m.
Tidewater, Room 1825
| Topic: The power of policy: How incentives and penalties can change the food environment
| http://www.phlpnet.org/nplan/staff/ashe
| December 4, 2009
| Leslie Mikkelson, MPH
Managing Director, Prevention Institute
11 a.m. to 12 p.m.
Tidewater, Room 1208 | Topic: Building the national movement for healthy food and activity environments
| http://www.preventioninstitute.org/leslie.html
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Communication Series
Together with the Maternal and Child Public Health Leadership Training Program, the PRC provides a series of communications workshops for public health students. The series presents material on communications topics such as newsletters, websites, policy briefs, fact sheets, and new media. Through the series, we expose students to the types of communications they will be involved in as part of their public health career. The series is generally held one Friday per month during the fall and spring semesters. For fall 2009, we look forward to the following seminars:
| September 18, 2009 | Kathryn Parker-Karst, MPH
Assistant Director, Prevention Research Center at Tulane University
Philip Walker, MLIS
Research Librarian, Rudolph Matas Library
12 p.m. to 1 p.m.
Tidewater, Room 1208
| Topic: Making sense of searching: Creating comprehensive literature reviews | www.sph.tulane.edu/prc
http://www.tulane.edu/~matas/
| | | October 8, 2009 | Carrie Broussard, MPA
Program Manager, Policy and Advocacy
The Louisiana Campaign for Tobacco-Free Living
An affiliate of the Louisiana Public Health Institute
12 p.m. to 1 p.m.
Tidewater, Room 1825
| Topic: Writing an effective policy brief | http://tobaccofreeliving.org/home5/
| | | November 20, 2009 | Karis Schoellmann, MPH
Project Director, Partners for Healthy Babies
Clinical Assistant Professor, Tulane School of Public Health and Tropical Medicine, Department of Community Health Sciences
Jenny Dalton
Brand Design Producer, Trumpet Advertising
12 p.m. to 1 p.m.
Tidewater, Room 1825
| Topic: Spreading the word: Viral media tools for health promotion
| http://www.1800251baby.org/index.php
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