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Kenneth J. Jaros, Ph.D., MSW
Assistant Professor of Behavioral and Community
Health Sciences
Graduate School of Public Health and
Assistant Professor School of Social Work.
University of Pittsburgh
Director of the Public Health Social Work Leadership Training
Program in Maternal and Child Health, Graduate School of Public
Health
UCLID Core Faculty, Public Health
Professional Profile
BA, History, Wabash College, Crawfordville,
IN, 1966
MSW, Social Work, Graduate School of Social Work, University
of Pittsburgh, Pittsburgh, PA, 1973
Certificate, Information Management, Graduate School of Public
& International Affairs, University of Pittsburgh, 1984
PhD, School of Social Work, University of Pittsburgh, Pittsburgh,
PA, 1985
Interests
Program development, evaluation, and operations
research activities in maternal and child health, mental health,
health and human services delivery, and other public management
areas; needs assessment and evaluation projects relating to
Children with Special Health Care Needs, substance abusing
women, state-wide MCH planning, peer education, and violence
prevention. Additional areas of interest include children
and youth services, community organizing, and addressing issues
of health disparities.
Latest Publication
Wallace H, Green G, Jaros KJ, Paine L and Story M. (eds.)
Health and Welfare for Families in the 21st Century,
Jones & Bartlett, Sudbury, MA 1999.
Courses & Training
Teaches courses in Maternal and Child Health Services, Health
Program Evaluation, Social Work in Public Health, and Health
Services Research, as well as assisting in several seminar
series; also taught courses in the Heinz School of Urban and
Public Affairs at Carnegie Mellon University; consistently
serves as a faculty mentor in University and UPMC sponsored
summer internship programs for minority students; directs
a Maternal and Child Health Distance Learning Continuing Education
Grant funded through the Maternal and Child Health Bureau
focusing directly on preparing public health systems to address
issues of health disparities in their service areas; other
continuing education responsibilities include the coordination
of the annual Pittsburgh Public Health Social Work Continuing
Education Institute; ad hoc presenters at UCLID Leadership
and Research Seminars; advises students and chairs dissertation
and essay committees for numerous doctoral and masters candidates.
Collaborations,
Consultations, and Service
Technical assistance and consultation to several community-based
health and social service agencies including the Allegheny
County Health Department, Allegheny County Office of Behavioral
Health, Pennsylvania Department of Health, the Greater Pittsburgh
Community Food Bank, Lutheran Service Society; Women’s
Center and Shelter, and the Program for Women Offenders.
Vice Chair of the Pennsylvania
State Child Health Insurance Program (SCHIP) Advisory Council,
has served several years on the Pennsylvania Maternal and
Child Health Advisory Council.
Locally has served on
advisory boards for the following organizations: Gateway Health
Plan; South Hills Health System Home Health Agency; Western
PA March of Dimes; and, St. Francis Mental Health & Mental
Retardation Program.
Former Chair, Secretary
and Present Newsletter Editor for the Social Work Section
of the American Public Health Association.
Project collaborations
with the Center for Minority Health, Center for Public Health
Practice, and Pennsylvania-Ohio Public Health Training Network
in the Graduate School of Public Health
Advisory committees
for the Office of Child Development Evaluation Technical Assistance
Program; and the School of Social Work Continuing Education
Program
Grant review panelist
for the Maternal and Child Health Bureau, Health Resources
and Services Administration, U.S. Department of Health and
Human Services
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