Managing in Turbulent Times: Emerging Leaders in Public Health

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Rosalie M. ArguellesRosalie M. Arguelles, BS

Program Coordinator, Center for Injury Prevention Policy and Practice

 

Area of work: Childhood Injury Prevention

Rosalie Arguelles was Program Coordinator, SDSU Center for Injury Prevention Policy and Practice, managing the California Childhood Injury Prevention Program of the Maternal Child Adolescent Health Branch, California Department of Health Services. She provides technical assistance and training resources that address a variety of unintentional childhood injury risk areas and program development as well as produce the annual state conference on childhood injury control; focus on building capacity through comprehensive systematic planning that produces measurable outcomes and integrates best practice into on-going programs. Rosalie's clients are local public health programs, community-based organizations, safety advocates and practitioners serving children and youth (ages 0 to 24) their families and other caregivers.

Since 1985, the Center has been a leader in this field providing technical assistance on the access and use of injury data, trends, research, practice and policy; publishing weekly updates on injury research literature; coordinating local assistance grants; and partnering with state agencies and organizations to improve traffic safety for older adults.

Rosalie has actively served on the National Drowning Prevention Alliance and California Safe Kids Advisory Boards and volunteer as a CPS Technician. She received a B.S. in Public Policy, Management and Planning from the University of Southern California.

Personal Information:

I am a fearless Tejana loving living in California with my husband Jesus. I have two handsome sons, Stephen who serves in the Navy and Robert who thrives in Austin, Texas. I have three gorgeous grandchildren, a twin sister, brother and two younger sisters. I was born and raised in San Antonio, Texas. I also assist my husband in consulting small businesses and entrepreneurs on accessing growth capital, strategic business planning, development and management. I am studying design of jewelry and love creating my own Latino folk art. I knit scarves for friends and enjoy cooking Tejano dishes. I enjoy watching and comadriando over Mexican telenovelas and learning to play golf. Besides reading all I can on childhood injury, public health management and business development, I read fiction by Latino writers, hike, explore California and look forward to publishing a book.

What I would like to get out of this program:

The combination of public health and business school ELPH program offers me several opportunities - to strengthen my knowledge and develop stronger competency in discovering future applications on strategic planning, management, and program measurement in public health; to expand my public health network and engage in discovery and inquiry with others just as passionate and driven; and, ultimately to emerge as a leader in the design and effective management of public health programs combining my entrepreneurial ability with public health capacity.