Students
Showcasing their passion, TIPH Student Ambassadors raise awareness about public health issues, careers, and education
2019-2020 TIPH Student Ambassadors
ASPPH Member Student Spotlight
Students at ASPPH member institutions are already impacting public health.
Today’s #HealthDistrictHighlight is the WIC program. WIC is a national special supplemental nutrition program for women, infants, and children (WIC), and serves half of all infants born in the United States. The WIC program offers free one-on-one nutrition counseling, recipes and cooking demonstrations, breastfeeding support, and community resource referrals to all participants.
Have you ever gone into the grocery store and seen “WIC approved item” next to the price sticker? Participants in the program receive a benefit card which allows them to purchase pre-approved grocery items. Benefit cards can be re-loaded every three months according to your local program’s requirements, like participating in free online nutrition education courses. See our story for an example of qualifying food items!
We had the privilege of sitting down with our local Nutrition Program Manager, Dr. Linda Raines. One aspect of the national WIC program she highlighted in our interview was that many people qualify, regardless of your background, education status, or legal status. If you have questions about the program, go to www.fns.usda.gov/wic for more information!
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Hi everyone! Our names are Emily Bradford and Pranav Kapoor, and we are current MPH students at Baylor University (@baylorpublichealth ,@bayloruniversity ). We have been working at the Waco-McLennan County Public Health District (@wacohealthdistrict ) as graduate assistants in the Epidemiology department for the past year.
This week we will be taking over the #thisispublichealth social media accounts to talk about the various roles of a health department and how broad of an impact they have on the community. There are so many hats a health district wears, and it could not happen without some amazing people, so we interviewed some of our colleagues as well!! We can’t wait to hear them speak and provide insight into their roles and why they chose public health.
We are the first takeover for the new 2021-2022 TIPH Ambassador Cohort. Stay tuned each week to see more from our cohort!
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Hello everyone! We are excited to announce our TIPH Book Club selection for August-September. We will be reading 'The Ten Year War' by Jonathan Cohn.
'The Ten Year War' details how the Affordable Care Act came into being. It has multiple viewpoints from both Democrats and Republicans and gives us sort of a journalistic account of American healthcare: How did we arrive at what we have today?
This book is divided into three parts and for each part we will have Goodreads discussion and video. We also hope to have a live Zoom session for the last part (more details to follow).
Please join us on Goodreads tiph.co/TIPHBookClub for our first discussion on August 16th.
We look forward to having a fun and insightful discussion with you.
-- TIPH Ambassadors Nikita Wagle and Laura Bryson.
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