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MCH Navigator Webinar January 10, 2012

MCH Navigator Webinar January 10, 2012. 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. Welcome to the MCH Navigator!. Insert an image here?

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MCH Navigator Webinar January 10, 2012

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  1. MCH Navigator WebinarJanuary 10, 2012 Laura Kavanagh, MPP Department of Health and Human ServicesHealth Resources and Services Administration (HRSA)Maternal and Child Health Bureau (MCHB)Division of Research, Training and Education

  2. Welcome to the MCH Navigator! • Insert an image here? • Or Combine slide one and slide two into a single slide

  3. Need for Workforce Development Grason, H., Kavanagh, L., Dooley, S., Partelow, J., Sharkey, A., Bradley, K.J., & Handler, A. (2010) Findings from an Assessment of State Title V Workforce Development Needs. Maternal and Child Health Journal, [electronic publication ahead of print]. doi: 10.1007/s10995-010-0701-9

  4. Barriers to Professional Development Travel restrictions (69%) Difficult to take time away from work (63%) Cost (61%) Geographic barriers (23%) Grason, H., Kavanagh, L., Dooley, S., Partelow, J., Sharkey, A., Bradley, K.J., & Handler, A. (2010) Findings from an Assessment of State Title V Workforce Development Needs. Maternal and Child Health Journal, [electronic publication ahead of print]. doi: 10.1007/s10995-010-0701-9

  5. 2010 Needs Assessment Findings Key workforce Development Needs & Challenges State MCH programs need a competent workforce • Standardized and ongoing workforce training, including funding • Strategies to address capacity shortages • Strategies for succession planning State MCH programs are challenged by • Aging workforce • Retirement incentives • Retention of staff • Technology limitations • Limited access to training (geography, funding) Source: Lauren Raskin Ramos, The MCH Workforce: Developing Our Base and Building for the Future, Presentation at American Public Health Association, 2011.

  6. 2010 Findings, Cont’d 9 states/territories identified workforce capacity and training needs as a priority area including: • identifying training needs, securing adequate funds for training, leadership development and mentoring, measurement of efforts • competencies and skills around data analysis and program evaluation State Priority Examples • TN – Design and implement a workforce development • program • MD – Focus on leadership development and mentoring next generation of public health leaders • OK - Invest in existing MCH workforce leadership competencies - data analysis, program evaluation Source: Lauren Raskin Ramos, The MCH Workforce: Developing Our Base and Building for the Future, Presentation at American Public Health Association, 2011.

  7. Multiple Investments in Training

  8. Thank you to all the diverse partners who participated in this labor of love Visit:http://navigator.mchtraining.net/

  9. Design Team Members Public Health Faculty Anita Farel, DrPH(Gillings School of Public Health, UNC at Chapel Hill) Arden Handler, DrPH (UIC School of Public Health) Colleen Huebner, PhD, MPH (University of Washington School of Public Health) Deneen Long (Howard University) Jeanette Magnus, MD, PhD (School of Public Health & Tropical Medicine, Tulane University) Shokufeh Ramirez, MPH (School of Public Health & Tropical Medicine, Tulane University) Beverly Mulvihill, PhD (UAB School of Public Health) Marjory Ruderman, MHS (Johns Hopkins School of Public Health) State Government Cathy Taylor, DrPH, MSN, RN (Tennessee Department of Health) Joan Wightkin, DrPH, MPH(Louisiana Department of Health & Hospitals) ViolandaGrigorcscu, MD, MSPH (Michigan Department of Community Health) MCH Students Alyssa Crawford, MSPH Kathy Vetter Rachel Brzezinski Nicole Steffens Sara Daleiden Heather Skanes Vetting and Consultation – AMCHP Workforce Committee, CityMatCH E-TAG, 35 State and Local MCH Professionals

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