title: Professional public health training in international health: the six-year experience of the international public health internship in latin america and the Caribbean.
abstract: Since 1986, the MCH International Public Health Internship Program (IPHI Program) at the Center for Population and Family Health at Columbia University has provided short-term technical assistance to MCH/FP agencies in Latin America and the Caribbean while at the same time offering substantive field experience to masters level public health students. Agencies submit project proposals in the area of utilization of health and family services, reproductive health education, AIDS prevention and education and the status of women. IPHI Program faculty visit agencies and selected interns are matched to agency needs. Interns participate in a one-week orientation and training prior to their six-week field assignment; the program provides round-trip transportation and a modest per diem. They are supervised in data analysis and report writing for agencies. Interns collaborate with agency personnel to submit abstracts for presentation at professional meetings. Agencies, interns and faculty evaluate the program favorably.
authors.affiliation: Columbia University School of Public Health, New York.
authors.forename: R
authors.initials: R
authors.lastname: Barber-Madden
authors.forename: P M
authors.initials: PM
authors.lastname: Gass
authors.forename: S G
authors.initials: SG
authors.lastname: Dallari