MCH Training Program

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MCH Training Program November 2007
Laura Kavanagh, MPP Department of Health and
Human Services Health Resources and Services
Administration (HRSA) Maternal and Child Health
Bureau (MCHB) Division of Research, Training and
Education
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MCHB
Office of Data and Program Development Michael
Kogan, PhD
Division of State and Community Health Cassie
Lauver, ACSW
Division of Services for Children with Special
Healthcare Needs Bonnie Strickland, PhD
Division of Child, Adolescent and Family Health
David Heppel, MD
Division of Research, Training and Education M.
Ann Drum, DDS, MPH
Division of Healthy Start and Perinatal
Services Maribeth Badura, MPN, RN
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MCH TRIANGLE

• SERVICES/POLICIES

TRAINING
RESEARCH
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MCH Training Program

• The MCH Training Program seeks to train the
  next generation of leaders who will provide or
  assure the provision of quality services for the
  MCH population.

Quality services for mothers, children and
adolescents require professionals who
are Attuned to the special needs of children,
adolescents and children with special health care
needs Trained to provide or assure the
provision of interdisciplinary, family-centered,
and culturally competent services Focused on
improving the health of the entire population
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A Vision for the 21st Century
All children and families will live and thrive in
healthy communities served by a quality workforce
that helps assure their health and well being.
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Training Program Goals

• Goal 1 MCH Competencies
• Goal 2 Cultural Competence and Family
  Centered Care
• Goal 3 Interdisciplinary Studies
• Goal 4 Examining Leadership
• Goal 5 Research to Practice
• Goal 6 Broad Based Support for MCH Training

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MCH Training Program Profile

• Annual Budget - 37 million
• 127 Active Projects at 77 universities in 39
  States and 2 jurisdictions

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Long Term Training10 Types

• Adolescent Health
• Communication Disorders
• Developmental-Behavioral Pediatrics
• Pediatric Pulmonary Centers
• Schools of Public Health
• Social Work

• LEND
• Nursing
• Nutrition

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Continuing Education

• Knowledge to Practice
• Distance Learning
• Certificate in Maternal and Child Health
• MCH Pipeline
• Collaborative Office Rounds
• MCH Institute

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MCH Training Programs, FY 08
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MCH Training Program Priorities

• Improved Data about MCH Workforce
• Tools for Universities and Practice
• MCH Leadership Competencies
• MCH Timeline
• Research to Practice
• Interdisciplinary Study

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MCH Training Program in Action

• Formal Connections
• MCH Leadership Institute, UFL
• CE
• Distance Learning
• Informal Connections
• Involvement in Needs Assessments
• Joint CE activities
• Joint leadership development

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Defining MCH Leadership

• An MCH leader brings people together to achieve
  sustainable results over time to improve the
  lives of the MCH population.
• (adapted from Bill George, "Truly Authentic
  Leadership", U. S. News World Report, Oct. 30,
  2006, p. 52)

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MCH Leadership Competencies

• Spheres of Influence
• Self
• Others
• Wider Community

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Others
Wider Community
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MCH Leadership Competencies

• SELF
• 1. MCH Knowledge Base / Context
• 2. Discipline specific knowledge base
• (Skills to be outlined by discipline advisor or
  school)
• 3. Self-reflection
• 4. Ethics Professionalism

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MCH Leadership Competencies

• II. OTHERS
• 5. Communication
• 6. Negotiation conflict resolution
• 7. Cultural Competency
• 8. Family-Centered Practice
• 9. Mentoring Teaching
• 10. Team Building

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MCH Leadership Competencies

• III. WIDER COMMUNITY
• 11. Working with Organizations and Constituency
  Building
• 12. Critical Thinking and Evidence-Based
  Practice
• 13. Policy/Advocacy

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www.mchb.hrsa.gov/training
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MCH Training Program Contact

• Laura Kavanagh
• [phone]
• lkavanagh_at_hrsa.gov

www.mchb.hrsa.gov/training