Prestigious national maternal, child health award for UH professor emerita
Gigliola Baruffi was awarded the Maternal and Child Health Lifetime Achievement Award by the U.S. Health Resources and Services Administration.
Gigliola Baruffi was awarded the Maternal and Child Health Lifetime Achievement Award by the U.S. Health Resources and Services Administration.
The initiative will reach youth in their schools, communities and health care facilities, while improving the effectiveness of these systems.
The 2022 edition evaluates graduate schools on a variety of factors.
The award recognizes partnerships between community and academic institutions that work together to tackle health equity, systemic racism and economic collapse.
The report states that sustained intervention and system-level changes will be key.
The March 6 event is the first of several clinics to help the Filipino community get vaccinated.
Students provide valuable services including, vaccine syringe preparation, performing vaccinations and post-vaccination monitoring.
Nearly 150 students statewide will have earned their certification training through the UH online program by May 2021.
The team¡¯s efforts were featured in the February 2021 issue of the Âé¶¹´«Ã½ Journal of Health and Social Welfare.
For Native Hawaiians and other Pacific Islanders with chronic health conditions, health interventions should include their family members or close friends, according to UH research.