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Health Student Puts Policy to Music “One really amazing thing about NH and specifically Manchester is the accessibility of state politicians and leaders,” said Childs. “There is a good mix of conservatives and liberals here. It’s a great place to be able to test your ideas.” He got together with some of his peers to create an innovative way to reach young Americans with his message. The group, “Robert Childs and the Health Policy,” has been working on “raps” set to music about issues of public health affecting young people. He believes that by developing personal awareness, young citizens will become active members of the community with the ability to create social change. Courses in media relations, event planning, policy interpretation and statistics have proven useful with his community advocacy work. Other students in the program, which consist of health practitioners, policy makers and advocates from surrounding communities, have brought a new dimension to classroom learning. “The great thing about taking classes in Manchester is that the students in my class are other health professionals,” said Childs. “If I have a question about something, I can ask someone from HHS [Health & Human Services] that is sitting next to me.” Childs is a prevention education and test counselor for AIDS Response-Seacoast (ARS), a non-profit community-based HIV/AIDS service organization dedicated to providing education, direct assistance and advocacy to persons and communities affected by HIV infection. He has also served as the media contact for ARS’s sponsorship of World AIDS Day. He is
also developing strategic policy for the non-profit organization, Africa
Bridge, which engages leaders in serving orphans and vulnerable children
in sub-Saharan Africa. The policy addresses the high rates of
malnourishment of children (especially orphans and vulnerable children)
in Isongole Ward, of the Rungwe District, in the Mbeya Region of
Tanzania. The Center was created to bring the resources and expertise of the University of New Hampshire to the population and economic center of the state, to focus and extend UNH’s professional education programs, and to further distinguish professional graduate education at UNH. The UNH Center for Graduate & Professional Studies has been offering quality graduate programming off the I-93 corridor since its inception in July of 2001. The Center is home to more than 300 graduate students completing graduate programs in business administration, public health, social work, counseling, administration & supervision, public administration and teacher education (coursework is also available in industrial statistics). For more information call 641-4313. |
 "The great thing about taking classes in Manchester is that the students in my class are other health professionals. If I have a question about something, I can ask someone from HHS [Health & Human Services] that is sitting next to me." Robert Childs MPH Graduate
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