Updates from the MCH Training Program

UCEDD/LEND Directors Meeting

September 21, 2005

Laura Kavanagh, MPPDepartment of Health and Human Services

Health Resources and Services Administration (HRSA)Maternal and Child Health Bureau (MCHB)

Division of Research, Training and Education

Overview

• HRSA Efforts Regarding Hurricane Katrina

•MCHB Updates

•MCH Training Updates

HRSA

Bureau of Primary Health Care

Maternal and Child Health Bureau

Healthcare SystemsBureau

Bureau of Health Professions

HIV/AIDS Bureau

HRSA Hurricane Katrina Efforts

• Advance funds for 26 new health care centers

• Deployed 200 Commissioned Corps Officers

• Bioterrorism Hospital Preparedness funds available for emergency needs

• MCHB—Mobile Medical Units moved from Texas to Baton Rouge and Biloxi

• HIV/AIDS and Hemophilia Centers serving evacuees in Northern LA, MS, TX, FL, GA

MCHB

Office of Data and Program DevelopmentMichael Kogan, PhD

Division of Child, Adolescent and Family Health David Heppel, MD

Division of Research, Training and EducationM. Ann Drum, DDS, MPH

Division of State and Community HealthCassie Lauver, ACSW

Division of Services for Children with Special Healthcare NeedsMerle McPherson, MD, MPH

Division of Healthy Start and Perinatal ServicesMaribeth Badura, MPN, RN

MCHB

• Children’s Health Survey, Databooks • Block Grant Reviews, Partnership Meeting• Family Centered Care Definition • Follow-Up to All Grantee Meeting

LEND Program Profile

• Annual Budget - $18.7 million

• Interdisciplinary leadership training

• 35 Active Projects in 28 States and DC

Other Interdisciplinary Programs

• Adolescent Health (LEAH), (7)

• Pediatric Pulmonary Centers (PPC), (7)

• Schools of Public Health (SPH), (12)

Single Discipline Programs

• Communication Disorders (3)

• Developmental-Behavioral Pediatrics (9)

• Nursing (7)

• Nutrition (7)

• Pediatric Dentistry (3)

• Social Work (3)

Short Term Training

• Certificate Program in Public Health (2)

• Collaborative Office Rounds (12)

• Continuing Education (13)

• Distance Learning (13)

• Graduate Medical Education/Summer

Mentors (4)

• MCH Institute (1)

No sites

MCH Training Programs, FY 05

AK

MCH Certificate in Public Health

Distance Learning

PR No Sites

MCH Institute

Collaborative Office Rounds

What we’ve been up to:

• Genetics and LEND• MCH Pipeline• Grant Competitions this Year

– LEND, MCH Pipeline, Collaborative Office Rounds

• Bureau of Health Professions• MCH Training Resource Center• Faculty Development in DBP

• Strategic Planning

• Leadership Competencies

• Measuring Performance•Medium Term Trainees

Training Priorities

• Schools of Public Health•2 new—Tulane, Arizona

• Pediatric Pulmonary Centers

• Distance Learning—3 New•MA-Early Intervention•MN-Distance Learning MPH•Dartmouth-Pediatrics in Practice

Results of Grant Competitions

You've got to go out on a limb sometimes because that's where the fruit is.               --Will Rogers

All children and families will live and thrive in healthy

communities served by a quality workforce that helps assure their health and well being.

A Vision for the 21st Century

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

• PM 07 The degree to which MCHB supported programs ensure family participation in program and policy activities.

• PM 08 The percent of graduates of MCHB long-term training programs that demonstrate field leadership after graduation.

Training Performance Measures (PM)

• PM 09 The percent of participants in MCHB long-term training programs who are from underrepresented groups.

• PM 11 The degree to which MCHB long-term training grantees include cultural competency in their curricula/training.

Training Performance Measures (PM)

HRSA’s Electronic Handbooks (EHB)

www.mchb.hrsa.gov/training

Reminders About the Web Site

• Add faculty or trainees to the MCH Training Listserv

• Latest products from MCH Training Programs

• Access tools such as the History of MCH

• Guidances, Webcasts and More!

Resources Available to You

• University of Florida Distance Learning– Joint Web Site?– Listserv?– Sharing of training resources?– Collaborative Tools

•Mchtraining.net

Group Collaboration

MCH Training Program Contacts

Laura Kavanagh, MPP(301) 443-2254

lkavanagh@hrsa.gov

www.mchb.hrsa.gov/trainingwww.mchb.hrsa.gov/training