The goal of the Office for Women and Children’s Health is to promote healthy lifestyles in the children and families of Arkansas. This is achieved through collaborations between community and the U of A, providing advocacy for policies promoting healthy lifestyles, and creating outreach opportunities for service within families with children and adolescents. The office, based out of the Eleanor Mann School of Nursing, promotes research to improve women and child health, and supports students engaged in advocacy and research.

Purpose

• Provide advocacy for policies and practices promoting healthy lifestyles
• Facilitate collaboration between community and university in addressing needs of women and children
• Promote interdisciplinary research
• Support interdisciplinary research in women’s health and pediatrics on the University of Arkansas campus
• Promote healthy lifestyles in children and families of Arkansas
• Create outreach opportunities for service within families with children and adolescents

Announcements

Emily Richardson, a clinical instructor of nursing and team member of the Office of Women and Children’s Health, was awarded a grant from the University of Arkansas Women’s Giving Circle to fund her project, Adolescent Menstrual Education and Needs (AMEN), at its fall 2024 voting event. AMEN aims to increase parental-child communication around menstrual, reproductive and sexual health using exploratory focus groups of parents/guardians in Arkansas to better understand parental barriers and strengths to educating their children on menstrual health.