About
LEAP stands for Leadership, Education, and Advancement in Undergraduate Pathways in Maternal and Child Health.
The Maternal and Child Health Leadership, Education, and Advancement in Undergraduate Pathways (LEAP) Training Program promotes the development of a responsive health care workforce; by recruiting, training, and retaining students into maternal and child public health professions.
Program Overview
The Maternal and Child Health Leadership, Education, and Advancement in Undergraduate Pathways (LEAP) Training Program is an innovative and integrative training program for interested undergraduate students at GW to develop their interest, knowledge, self-efficacy, skills, and opportunities to be best prepared for graduate MCH public health or related MCH health profession programs. The GW-LEAP into MCH will provide students with opportunities for training and engagement to ultimately improve the capacity of the MCH workforce to meet the needs of the MCH United States population. Read more about the program here.
About GW-LEAP into MCH
The components of the GW-LEAP into MCH training program include classroom, experiential, and mentoring experiences that will develop interest, knowledge, skills and opportunities in public health and MCH leadership. Program activities include formal academic coursework, mentoring (peer, faculty, professional), practical experiences, and summer programs.
Eligible Applicants
The GW-LEAP into MCH will foster a program based on the principles of inclusivity and intersectionality. In our recruitment efforts we will therefore not limit participation in our overall programmatic offerings, however, the emphasis will be placed upon the recruitment of high-quality applicants representing various backgrounds who demonstrate an interest in pursuing MCH related academic and practice-based community service
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