Maternal and Child Health/Children, Youth, and Families

The goal of the concentration is to improve the health of children and theirfamilies through educating leaders in maternaland child health/children, youth, andfamilies (MCH/CYF). This interdepartmentalconcentration is geared toward studentswho desire careers in public health programsfor children and their families, andthose interested in research and/or teachingin this area. The curriculum focuses onthe health problems of the target population,programmatic and policy responses,appropriate research techniques, and specificleadership skills in courses in the fourparticipating departments: Society, HumanDevelopment, and Health, Global Healthand Population, Nutrition, and Epidem -iology. The MCH/CYF concentration consistsof four areas of study: MCH/CYF andhuman development, MCH/CYF and nutrition,child rights and global health, andcharacterizing the health problems of childrenand their families. As the concentrationdoes not offer a degree, prospectivestudents must apply to a department-baseddegree program and must complete therequirements for both the academic programand the concentration. The number ofrequired credits for the concentrationranges from 7.5 to 10 credits, depending onthe student’s degree program.

Contact Information 

For more information about research andtraining in maternal and child health/children, youth, and families, please contact: 

Trish Lavoie
Program Administrator,
Department of Society, Human Development, and Health
665 Huntington Avenue
Boston, MA 02115
Phone: (617) 432-0964
Fax: (617) 432-3755
Email: tlavoie@hsph.harvard.edu
Web: http://www.hsph.harvard.edu/mch-concentration/