Enhancing Title V Workforce Capacity to Address Complex Challenges: Impact of the National Maternal and Child Health Workforce Development Center
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Published:2022-05-25
Issue:S1
Volume:26
Page:51-59
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ISSN:1092-7875
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Container-title:Maternal and Child Health Journal
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language:en
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Short-container-title:Matern Child Health J
Author:
Coffey Alexandria M.,Powis Laura,Mullenix Amy,Rivero Vanessa,Evans Shara,Fatima Hiba,Fleming W. Oscar,Lich Kristen Hassmiller,Orton Stephen,Cilenti Dorothy,Margolis Lewis
Abstract
Abstract
Introduction
The National Maternal and Child Health Workforce Development Center provides training, coaching, and consultation to Title V programs. The flagship experience is the Cohort program, a 6-8-month leadership development program where Title V programs convene a multisector team to address a pre-selected state/jurisdictional challenge related to health systems transformation. The overall objective of this paper is to demonstrate the impact of skills developed via the Cohort program on state/jurisdictional capacities to address complex challenges.
Methods
Qualitative, post-Cohort evaluation data were analyzed using inductive and deductive coding and the “Sort and Sift, Think and Shift” method. Themes and supporting text were summarized using episode profiles for each team and subsequently organized using the EvaluLEAD methodology for identifying and documenting impact.
Results
Teams brought an array of challenges related to health systems transformation and 94% of teams reported achieving progress on their challenge six-months after the Cohort program. Teams described how the Cohort program improved workforce skills in strategic thinking, systems thinking, adaptive leadership, and communication. Teams also reported the Cohort program contributed to stronger partnerships, improved sustainability of their project, produced mindset shifts, and increased confidence. The Cohort program has also led to improved population health outcomes.
Discussion
Through working with the Center, Title V leaders and their teams achieved episodic, developmental, and transformative results through application of Center tools and skills to complex challenges. Investment in the MCH workforce through skill development is critical for achieving transformative results and solving “wicked” public health problems.
Funder
Maternal and Child Health Bureau
Publisher
Springer Science and Business Media LLC
Subject
Public Health, Environmental and Occupational Health,Obstetrics and Gynecology,Pediatrics, Perinatology and Child Health,Epidemiology
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