Janaye Matthews and Jaila Coleman, MPH students at the University of Illinois Chicago Center of Excellence in MCH (MCH), are April’s featured co-authors of MCH Leads. In their blog entry, Janaye and Jaila apply MCH Competency 7 (Creating Responsive and Effective MCH Systems) and Competency 10 (Interdisciplinary/Interprofessional Team Building) to their time in MCH research.
In this post, Janaye shared, “practicing reflexivity is a necessary, dynamic process to map out the MCH ecosystem and situate myself and my work within it.” For Jalia, “bringing together different thought processes and life experiences makes for effective problem solving and an array of approaches for a public health problem.”
Learn more about Janaye and Jaila’s contributions here!