<aside> 💡 Achieving optimal health outcomes in Maternal, Child, and Adolescent Health (MCAH) requires a representative workforce that is prepared to address the complex needs of increasingly diverse MCAH populations and trained to lead evidence-based, innovative efforts to reduce health disparities and promote health equity. With this in mind, the goal of the UCB MCAH Leadership, Education, and Advancement in Undergraduate Pathways (LEAP) Training Program is to develop and equip the next generation of MCAH leaders and professionals to solve the health challenges of the 21st century facing women, children and families.
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<aside> ⚖️ The UCB MCAH LEAP Training Program is designed to prepare diverse future leaders who are family-centered, culturally responsive, and successful in navigating interprofessional systems of care in the service of MCAH populations to reduce health inequities. The program seeks to provide MCAH support for undergraduate students who identify with underrepresented groups, including but not limited to first-generation college students, formerly incarcerated, experiencing homelessness/unstable housing, and/or racial and ethnic groups underrepresented in the field.
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<aside> 🐣 LEAP is federally funded by the Health Resources and Services Administration (HRSA) Maternal and Child Health Bureau (MCHB). Program activities during the academic year include outreach and engagement events, MCAH panels/film screenings, MCAH academic advising open to all undergraduate students. LEAP activities are conducted in collaboration with academic centers, scholar programs, and student groups serving diverse and underrepresented students, including UCSF’s academic medical school and Leadership and Education in Adolescent Health program.
To learn more about HRSA MCHB and other federally funded programs, visit https://mchb.hrsa.gov/.
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