MCH Leadership Competencies

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MCH Leadership Competencies CityMatCH August 27,
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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Overview

• History and Development of the MCH Leadership
  Competencies
• MCH Leadership Competencies
• How Others are Using the Competencies
• Resources
• Leadership.mchtraining.net
• MCH Timeline, www.mchb.hrsa.gov/timeline

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• Theres no trick to being a humorist when you
  have the whole government working for you.
• --Will Rogers

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MCH Training Programs, FY 08
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Training Program Goals

• Goal 1 MCH Competencies
• Goal 2 Diverse Workforce
• 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 Leadership Competencies
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Defining MCH Leadership

• An MCH leader inspires and brings people together
  to achieve sustainable results 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 Leaders . . .

• Possess core knowledge of MCH populations their
  needs
• Value interdisciplinary collaboration and
  diversity
• Think critically about MCH issues at both the
  population and individual levels
• Seek new knowledge central to effective,
  evidence-based leadership
• Sustain an infrastructure to recruit, train and
  mentor future MCH leaders
• Respond to the changing political, social,
  scientific, and demographic context
• Adapt in the face of emerging challenges and
  opportunities

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How are Others Using the Competencies?

• MCH Training Programs Setting Training
  Objectives, Leadership Portfolios
• MCH Professionals Orientation, Developing CE
  Plans, Job Descriptions
• HRSA Evaluating Leadership and Quality Training

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How are Others Using the Competencies?

• Association of Maternal and Child Health Programs
  (AMCHP)Workforce Assessment
• AMCHPMCH Adolescent Health Leadership
  Development Initiative
• Association of Teachers of MCH (ATMCH)Revising
  the MCH Competencies

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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
• MCH Knowledge Base
• Self-reflection
• Ethics Professionalism
• Critical Thinking

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MCH Leadership Competencies

• II. OTHERS
• 5. Communication
• 6. Negotiation conflict resolution
• 7. Cultural Competency
• 8. Family-Centered Care
• 9. Developing Others Through Mentoring
  Teaching
• 10. Interdisciplinary Team Building

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MCH Leadership Competencies

• III. WIDER COMMUNITY
• 11. Working with Communities and Systems
• 12. Policy/Advocacy

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MCH Leadership Competencies

• www.leadership.mchtraining.net
• Site contains
• Current MCH Leadership Competencies
• Training experiences
• Suggested readings
• Bulletin boards for you to post your feedback

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How Can I Use this Tool?

• Self-Assessment
• Organizational Assessment to Determine CE Needs
• Developing Job Descriptions
• Focus on one area per year
• Orienting new employees without MCH backgrounds
  to the goals and methods of MCH.

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Resources

• MCH Knowledge Base
• MCH Timeline

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www.mchb.hrsa.gov/timeline
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Why Develop an MCH Timeline?

• Wisdom of the past helps us make better decisions
  today
• MCH History provides us with
• A common frame of reference
• A shared identity
• A source of inspiration

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MCH Timeline- Pinpoints

• Historical Pinpoints from 1798-present
• Clicking on a pinpoint displays images, facts,
  history, and links about that event

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MCH Timeline- Historical Markers
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MCH Timeline-In Depth Modules

• Narratives provide a thorough overview of the
  topic, including historical perspectives, current
  issues and rich reading and web resources
• MCH Public Health 101
• MCH Systems of Care
• MCH Performance and Accountability
• Infant Mortality
• Genetics

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How Can I Use this Site?

• Orientation for new staff
• Preparation for Speaking to Community Groups
• Personal Rejuvenation and Inspiration

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MCH Timeline-Planned Features

• Links to Interviews of MCH Leaders
• Links to Historical documents from the MCH Library

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Pauline Stitt

• MCH does not raise children, it raises adults. 
  . . .There is very little genuine perception that
  mature people come from small beginnings, that
  they've had a perilous passage every moment of
  the way.  All the population, everybody of every
  age were all at one time children.  And they
  bring to their maturity and old age the strength
  and scars of an entire lifetime.

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Grace Abbot, Childrens Bureau Chief 1921
Perhaps you may ask, 'Does the road lead uphill
all the way?' and I must answer, 'Yes, to the
very end.' But if I offer you a long hard
struggle, I can also promise you great rewards.
Justice for all children is the high ideal in a
democracy . . . We have hardly, as yet, made more
than a beginning in the realization of that great
objective.
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www.mchb.hrsa.gov/training
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MCH Training Program Contact

• Laura Kavanagh, MPP
• [phone]
• lkavanagh_at_hrsa.gov

www.mchb.hrsa.gov/training