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Health Education
My expertise offers health education for various target audiences, such as community members, (private & public) funders, (local, state, & federal) administrators, law-makers, students, etc. in the forms of collaborative learning in workshops, small group discussion, round table discussion, conference, private consultation, and more.
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Capacity Building
Individuals and organizations have power and strength that need to be tapped in order to strengthen the US Public Health infrastructure that is supportive to not only consumers but also the workforce. Sessions of capacity building I facilitate could be customized depending on the organizational needs. Capacity buildings of my expertise are in the domains of leadership/ governance, healthcare & social/behavioral workforce, access to medicine & equipment, and service delivery.
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Training/Technical Assistance (T/TA)
Training includes emergent public health & healthcare topics; intersections of business, health, education, social service, and justice; applications of bioethics in day-to-day operation; GBV and synergistic public health response; and more. Technical assistance offered such as grant writing, designing curriculum for programs, public health program or policy evaluation, strategic public health partnerships, and more.
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Research Collaboration
I actively seek collaboration opportunities with public health researchers, community leaders, organizations, funders, and policymakers to advance the field of Maternal & Womxn's Health Policy Research in the United States (US). Collaboration can be in the form of conducting CBPR, quantitative, qualitative, mixed methods, exploratory, and Pilot or even hosting research topic on academic journals.
My Approach & Expertise
I have utilized various frameworks to drive system change in both womxn's and maternal health policy and practice. Primary, secondary, tertiary, and quaternary prevention is the core of what I am doing. Every stakeholder perspective matters and each of us plays different roles in building healthier communities and a prosperous nation.
Why Choose Val?!?
Choosing to work with Val means choosing to include the perspective of a community maternal health educator, a birth doula, a health policy researcher, and a person with lived-experience. Val's work is fostering intersectionality across multi-sector stakeholders. She has worked in many settings, such as academic and industry (non-profit and healthcare).
Get Involved
You can get involved by writing a blog with me, interviewing me for my service or your podcast/other platforms, hosting a research topic with me and Frontiers, supporting local and national maternal and womxn's health advocacy activities in the US I am currently engage with, and 1-on-1 free mentoring session with me!
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Blog Writing
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Interviewing Val
Hosting A Research Topic
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Advocating For Your Community
Free Mentoring