APE Opportunity, New American Pathways

Public Health Intern

Department: Resettlement & Resource Navigation

This internship requires a 200-hour commitment over 8 to 12 weeks in the New American Pathways’ office and/or remotely, as directed by guidance from NewAP, CDC, and local authorities. 

New American Pathways is a local 501(c)3 nonprofit that helps refugees from the moment of arrival in Georgia through their journey to citizenship. Our programs provide proven pathways for refugees and other immigrants to build new lives. Our comprehensive model is unique. We begin with resettlement services and offer steady guidance and advocacy for each family as they pursue jobs, education, cultural integration, and empowerment, on their pathway to succeed. By matching peoples’ unique assets with opportunities in the community, we ensure that each new American we serve can succeed, strengthen the American workforce, and help Georgia thrive.

  GENERAL DESCRIPTION 

The Public Health Intern serves within the Resettlement and Resource Navigation Department, to support provision of health services and health information to refugee families and individuals. Areas of focus include navigation of the US healthcare system, referral to health and medical services, addressing social determinants of health, and supporting health access, with particular emphasis on vulnerable populations including elderly, disabled, LGBTQI+, survivors of violence, and those with serious physical and/or mental health conditions. The Public Health Intern will provide one-on-one client services, will work in collaboration with our team of case managers and interns, and will serve a public facing role in liaising with community partners. 

  KEY RESPONSIBILITIES 

• Provide direct client services under remote work protocol, through calls and video calls with clients
• Assist clients with selection of Primary Care Physicians and navigation of Medicaid benefits. 
• Schedule medical appointments for refugee clients, including arranging transportation and interpretation services as needed. Organize telemedicine appointments as appropriate and available. 
• Assist clients to access health resources, through helping with SSI applications, Grady Assistance, and Medicaid. 
• Provide community resource referral and assist with remote applications, such as food and housing assistance. 
• Liaise with community partners including medical providers, pharmacies, insurers, public benefits offices, schools, community organizations, and employers to ensure access to health services
• Research community resource for health, social services, education, financial support, childcare, and other needs. 
• Maintain updated health education curriculum, ensuring availability of culturally appropriate public health information available to clients in-language with latest public health guidance
• Effective use of interpretation to ensure linguistically appropriate services for clients. 
• Follow NewAP guidance for safe(r) provision of in-person services and limited in-office work hours, when directed
• Complete case-related paperwork and documentation of services
• Attend all required meetings and trainings

PUBLIC HEALTH COMPETENCIES

• Discuss the means by which structural bias, social inequities and racism undermine health and create challenges to achieving health equity at organizational, community and societal levels
• Apply awareness of cultural values and practices to the design or implementation of public health policies or programs
• Apply principles of leadership, governance and management, which include creating a vision, empowering others, fostering collaboration and guiding decision making
• Communicate audience-appropriate public health content, both in writing and through oral presentation
• Describe the importance of cultural competence in communicating public health content
• Perform effectively on interprofessional teams
• Advocate for political, social or economic policies and programs that will improve health in diverse populations

  SKILLS AND QUALIFICATIONS

• Ability to communicate with people of various ethnic and cultural backgrounds; cultural sensitivity
• Strong organization skills; the ability to multitask and maintain focus in a fast-paced environment
• Willingness to gain understanding of basic refugee experience; sensitive to the refugees’ histories
• Bilingual skills in refugee languages are a plus, but not required 
• Strong communication and interpersonal skills
• Flexible and able to problem solve
• Ability to effectively work remotely and utilize technology platforms including Zoom
• Ability to work as a member of a team in a diverse, multicultural environment

TO APPLY:

Interested candidates may submit their application, resume and cover letter to at

c [dot] tiede [at] newamericanpathways [dot] org , no phone calls please. This is a non-paid internship. Students may receive school credit.

Maternal and Child Health Performance Measurement, Data Analysis, and Informatics Fellowship, Department of Health and Human Services

Research Project: HRSA’s Maternal and Child Health Bureau (MCHB) is seeking an ORISE Fellow to support the activities of MCHB and specifically the Office of Epidemiology and Research (OER).  The Fellow would be assigned to OER within the Division of Epidemiology (DE).  The mission of OER is to: 1) Build data capacity at the national, State and local levels; 2) Strengthen the present and future workforce in maternal and child health (MCH) epidemiology and research; 3) Support applied research to ensure that MCH initiatives are evidence-based and reflect the state-of-the-science; and 4) Disseminate information and strengthen the evidence base in MCH.

OER plays a central role in MCHB through its support for performance measurement, data analysis, research, and evaluation activities across the bureau. Specifically, OER/DE provides technical assistance and scientific consultation to all of MCHB’s divisions and offices across the life-course of program development, implementation, management, and performance assessment.

OER responsibilities associated with performance measurement and evaluation are varied and extensive, ranging from: oversight and management of the Discretionary Grants Information System which serves as the repository for performance data for all discretionary investments; analysis and reporting of program data to support program management and organizational goals; research, identification and specification of performance measures for investments throughout MCHB; data analysis, interpretation, and presentation of performance data for multiple audiences; oversight and technical guidance around the development of logic models; and expert review and support for evaluations throughout the Bureau.  The ORISE Fellow will be mentored by a team of scientists and analysts with expertise in data, informatics, performance measurement, program evaluation, and public health to observe, learn from, and apply analytic and methodological approaches within the parameters of “real life” programmatic and policy decision making processes.    

The ORISE Fellow will support MCHB and OER activities related to data management and analysis, performance measurement, and evaluation by providing technical assistance in three key areas:

1. Support the DGIS IT Investment Manager in building, testing, and improving self-service data access and analysis tools to more effectively display and communicate program impact across MCHB investments.
2. Support the MCHB Performance Measurement Lead, as well as staff throughout OER/DE, in the research, development, specification, and establishment of performance measures to support program tracking and evaluation for MCHB investments.
3. Provide technical assistance and data support to MCHB Divisions and Offices through data analysis, visualization, and related activities using software such as Tableau, SAS, and/or R.

Learning Objectives: The ORISE Fellow can expect to benefit from the following learning goals and objectives:

1. Gain first-hand exposure to and understanding of major maternal and child health investments supported by the Federal Maternal and Child Health Bureau.
2. Support research, analyses, and synthesis of performance measurement and/or evaluation data for major maternal and child health investments supported by the Federal Maternal and Child Health Bureau.
3. Gain experience in the day-to-day operation of a large IT system.
4. Refine data processing and analysis skills utilizing specialized software, to include Tableau, SAS, and/or R.
5. Gain first-hand exposure to and understanding of how Federal programs and policies are developed, implemented, and evaluated.
6. Refine and expand written and oral communicative skills and competencies.

Mentor(s): The mentor for this opportunity is Lydie Lebrun-Harris (lharris2 [at] hrsa [dot] gov). If you have questions about the nature of the research please contact the mentor(s).

For more information and to apply, click here. 

Course Offering, BSHES 740 – Reducing Drug-Related Harms Using Internet-Based “Big Data”: Machine Learning and AI Methods

Pathways to Practice Opportunities, Region IV Public Health Training Center

The Region IV Public Health Training Center has several Pathways to Practice summer field placement positions open for this summer.  Although most are in-person, they are throughout the southeast and may be close to one of your homes.  For example, the Southwest GA Area Health Education Center is looking for a student to work in-person on the Ellenton Farmworker Project & 2023 Pathway to Medical School Program.  A couple of listed positions could be done remotely or as a hybrid experience.

The selected student will receive an award total of $3500 from the R-IV PHTC Central Office at Emory University. Interested students should apply as soon as possible.  Please refer to the Region IV PHTC Field Placement page (click on Upcoming Field Placements) for a list of positions and detailed application instructions for each. TO APPLY: Please submit the required documents (Unofficial transcript , writing sample, resume, and cover letter indicating the agency name and citizenship/visa status) to Elizabeth Kidwell (elkidwell [at] emory [dot] edu) and indicate in the subject line which position you are applying for (e.g., “Summer 2023 Applicant: GA – SOWEGA AHEC”)