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She is Director of the UNT Health Science Center’s Healthy Start program a federally funded intervention to reduce perinatal health disparities. She is an appointed member of the Texas Department of State Health Services Maternal Mortality and Morbidity Task Force and holds the contract from the state to provide maternal death redaction and abstraction case preparation for review by Task Force Members. She is the current Chair of the Early Childhood Wellness Council of Tarrant County MHMR, and immediate Past Chair of the Infant Health Network. Dr. Raines-Milenkov leads the Building Bridges Initiative, a community-based project funded by the Cancer Prevention and Research Institute of Texas that provides culturally and linguistically appropriate lay health educator outreach, education and woman-centered cancer screening services to refugee communities.
Her current work builds upon years of front-line public health practice, strong professional and community partnerships and a great passion to identify and address gaps in knowledge and implement interventions for vulnerable populations of women, children and their families.
Education/Academic qualification
MPH in Community Health, UNT Health Science Center
DPH in Social & Behavioral Sciences, UNT Health Science Center
BSW, University of Texas at Austin
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Healthy Start Eliminating Disparities in Perinatal Health
Raines-Milenkov, A. & Felini, M.
Health Resources & Service Administratio
1/04/19 → 31/03/24
Project: Research
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Infant Mortality COINN-Social Determinants of Health
Assoc of Maternal and Child Health Prgms
1/01/18 → 29/09/20
Project: Research
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Texas Minority Health, Education, Research, and Outreach (Texas MiHERO)
Vishwanatha, J., Knebl, J., Raines-Milenkov, A., Cunningham, T., He, J., Spence, E., Clay, P. & Basha, R.
NIMHD: Natl Institute on Minority Health
14/09/17 → 30/06/22
Project: Research
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Research output
- 8 Article
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Alcohol use among Congolese Babembe male refugees in Tarrant County: A qualitative study
Diese, E. L., Raines-Milenkov, A., Felini, M., Akpan, I., Hussain, A. & Baker, E., Aug 2022, In: PLoS ONE. 17, 8 August, e0272293.Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › peer-review
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Health information-seeking behavior among Congolese refugees
Diese, E. L., Baker, E., Akpan, I., Acharya, R., Raines-Milenkov, A., Felini, M. & Hussain, A., Sep 2022, In: PLoS ONE. 17, 9 September, e0273650.Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › peer-review
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What About Mom? Teen: Usability of a Postpartum App for Teen Mothers
Faught, C., Howe, C., Raines-Milenkov, A. & Wagner, T. L., 2022, In: Journal of Consumer Health on the Internet. 26, 3, p. 283-292 10 p.Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › peer-review
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Willingness of a Multiethnic Immigrant Population to Donate Biospecimens for Research Purposes
Raines-Milenkov, A., Felini, M., Baker, E., Acharya, R., Diese, E. L., Onsa, S., Iang, H., Abdi, A., Akpan, I., Hussain, A., Wagner, T. & Hughes, J., Jun 2022, In: Journal of Immigrant and Minority Health. 24, 3, p. 705-712 8 p.Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › peer-review
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Hepatitis B Virus Awareness, Infection, and Screening Multiethnic Community Intervention for Foreign-Born Populations
Raines-Milenkov, A., Felini, M., Baker, E., Acharya, R., Longanga Diese, E., Akpan, I., Hussain, A. & Wagner, T., Oct 2021, In: Journal of Community Health. 46, 5, p. 967-974 8 p.Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › peer-review
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