COURSE 3: Child Abuse and Neglect Prevention: Exploring Issues of Design, implementation, and Evaluation through a Public Health Lens 

This course is designed for practicing professionals with an interest in applying a public health approach to the prevention of child maltreatment. It is also appropriate for practice-oriented graduate students preparing for a career in public health, public administration, health care, or social welfare in the US or any international setting.   

Using examples from a variety of settings, this course is designed to enable participants to practice basic skills selecting and evaluating a specific intervention program or policy relevant to their setting. This will include critically examining different approaches to prevention of child maltreatment, emphasizing the public health approach to primary prevention at the community and policy levels. It will focus on developing basic skills in using existing surveillance data for the purposes of planning and evaluation. 

Course Leaders:

• Carol Runyan, MPH Ph.D. (Professor of Epidemiology, Colorado School of Public Health and Emeritus Professor of Health Behavior, Gillings School of Global Public Health, University of North Carolina) 
• Meghan Shanahan, MPH, Ph.D. (Assistant Professor of Maternal and Child Health, Gillings School of Global Public Health, University of North Carolina).  We both have extensive experience teaching and working with practitioners of public health to apply evidence-based approaches to interventions, including in the area of child maltreatment prevention as well as other aspects of injury and violence prevention.

If you have any questions in regards to the registration process, please email: KempeResearchInstitute@ucdenver.edu

1. Current CU Denver Graduate Student Registering for Academic Credit

Each course is eligible for 1 graduate credit (15 hours of contact time) with participation in seminars and research project mentoring.

If you are a current graduate student in any program at either the Anschutz or CU Denver downtown campuses and want to take a Kempe course for credit, you will register for the course through the UCD Access student portal, as you do for any other courses you take. 

• UCD Access Student Portal
•  Deadlines: August 20th - Fall Registration Deadline for Current CU Denver Students
• Tuition: Colorado School of Public Health tuition is determined by the student’s program. Tuition Rates for the CSPH’s programs for the 2021 year can be found on the Tuition & Fees Page.

2. Non-CU Denver Student Registering for Academic Credit 

Each course is eligible for 1 graduate credit (15 hours of contact time) with participation in seminars and research project mentoring.

If you are not a current graduate student at either the Anschutz or CU Denver downtown campuses and want to take the Kempe course for credit, you will first have to go through the non-degree application process with the Colorado School of Public Health Admissions department before you can register for the course. 

• Colorado School of Public Health Non-Degree Application Process  
• Application Deadlines: August 24th – CSPH Non-Degree Application Deadline

Once the Colorado School of Public Health non-degree application process is complete, you will be able to register for your course through the UCD Access Student Portal. 

• UCD Access Student Portal:
• Registration Deadlines: August 30th – Fall Course Registration Deadline
• Tuition Rates for the CSPH’s programs for the 2021 year can be found on the school’s Tuition & Fees Page.
• A one-time fee of $140 is charged for first-time enrollment at any University of Colorado campus.

3. Registering Not for Credit 

Individuals may elect to take courses not for credit, recognizing that they will not receive a grade and will not earn a Colorado School of Public Health transcript for the courses taken. To register please follow the link below:

• Deadline: July 1st - Registration Deadline Not for Credit
• Tuition: Participation without the graduate credit is subject to a $200 participation/registration fee.

Scholarship Opportunities

The Kempe Interdisciplinary Summer Research Institute is pleased to offer financial scholarships to eligible and highly qualified students for $150 to be applied to the $200 participation fee.

Fall Session policy for those applying for support:

• A limited number of scholarships will be provided that can be applied to the registration fee for the virtual summer session.
• We will try to cover as many scholarships as possible - scholarship amounts will be awarded according to need and availability.
• Priority for scholarships includes under-represented graduate students with diverse backgrounds.
• Scholarships cannot be applied towards graduate tuition.

Scholarship Deadline – May 15, 2021

CEU OPPORTUNITIES  

The option to select CEUs is provided at registration. Participants may earn up to 20 CEUs by the Washington Chapter, National Association of Social Workers (NASW) for Licensed Social Workers, Licensed Marriage & Family Therapists, and Licensed Mental Health Counselors. CEUs are available for $25. ​

If you have any questions about the CEUs or registration please email us at  KempeResearchInstitute@ucdenver.edu

Questions about course content should be directed to: 

• Carol Runyan (carol.runyan@cuanschutz.edu)
• Meghan Shanahan (meghaneshanahan@gmail.com).