UNIVERSAL NEWBORN HEARING SCREENING

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The BIG Picture
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MCHB/Division of Research, Training Education
Ann Drum, DDS, MPH
Director
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MCHB/Division of Research, Training Education
MCH Research Program
MCH Training Program
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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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MCH Training Programs, FY 08
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• Annual Budget - 37 million
• 133 Active Projects
• at 79 universities
• in 38 States DC

• Annual Budget - 37 million
• 133 Active Projects
• at 79 universities
• in 38 States DC

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MCH Training Program Programs

• 6 categories of
• Continuing Education
• Continuing Education
• Distance Learning
• Certificate in MCH Public Health
• Collaborative Office Rounds
• MCH Institute

• 10 categories of
• Long Term Training
• Adolescent Health
• Communication Disorders
• Developmental-Behavioral
• Pediatrics
• LEND
• Nursing
• Nutrition
• Pediatric Dentistry
• Pediatric Pulmonary Centers
• Schools of Public Health
• Social Work

New Program MCH Pipeline Program
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MCH Leadership Competencies
Leaders aren't born they are made. And they are
made just like anything else, through hard work.
And that's the price we'll have to pay to achieve
that goal, or any goal. Vince Lombardi
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MCH Leadership Competencies

• I. SELF
• 1. MCH Knowledge Base
• 2. Self-reflection
• 3. Ethics Professionalism
• 4. Critical Thinking
• 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
• III. WIDER COMMUNITY
• 11. Working with Communities and Systems
• 12. Policy/Advocacy

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http//www.leadership.mchtraining.net
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How are Competencies Being Used?

• MCH Training Programs
• Setting Training Objectives, Leadership
  Portfolios
• MCH Professionals
• Orientation, Developing CE Plans, Job
  Descriptions
• HRSA
• Evaluating Leadership and Quality Training
• AMCHP
• Workforce Assessment
• Pacific Basin Leadership Development
• MCH Adolescent Health Leadership Development
  Initiative
• Mentoring Program for New MCH Directors

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For more information about the MCH Training
Program go to
http//www.mchb.hrsa.gov/training
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MCH Research Program
Established in 1963 through an amendment to Title
V

• To support applied research relating to maternal
  and child health services that has the potential
  to improve health services and delivery of care
  for MCH populations.

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MCH Research Program Profile

• Budget 8.5 million annually
• Reviews 120 new applications annually
• Application Deadlines Feb July
• No. of currently active projects 40 to 50
• Large numbers of peer reviewed publications have
  resulted from this program

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MCH Research Program

• R-40 Program
• Applied
• Extramural
• Investigator-initiated
• Multi-disciplinary in orientation
• Review process similar to NIH
• MCHR- 300,000 up to 3 years
• SDAS-Secondary Data Analysis Studies
• 100,000 for 1 year

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MCHB Strategic Research Issues FY 04 09

• Developed based on input from the field
• Closely tied to MCHBs Strategic Plan
• Focus on MCH public health services and systems
  questions that may not be addressed by other
  Federal research programs

1. Public health service systems and
infrastructures 2. Eliminate health
disparities 3. Services and systems to assure
quality of care for MCH populations 4.
Promoting the healthy development of MCH
populations
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MCH Research Program
Types of Research Funded

• Health Services
• Behavioral/psychosocial
• Medical/Clinical
• Epidemiological
• Secondary data analysis

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MCH Research Networks

• Pediatric Emergency Care Applied Research Network
  (PECARN)
• Pediatric Research in Office Settings Network
  (PROS)
• MCH Research Network On Pregnancy-Related Care
  (MCHPRC)

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Healthy Tomorrows
Collaborative grant program in partnership with
the American Academy of Pediatrics
Purpose To engage communities to work to
improve childrens health through prevention and
better access to health care
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Healthy Tomorrows

• Projects funded for 5-years at 50,000/year
• Required non-federal match in years 2-5 fosters
  long-term sustainability leveraging of
  community resources70 sustainability rate!
• Projects usually target low-income populations
  and address
• Access to health care services,
• Community-based health care,
• Preventive health care, and
• Service coordination

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Healthy Tomorrows Partnership with AAP

• TA to applicants and grantees.
• Site visits are conducted in year 2 of each
  project.
• State MCH encouraged to participate!
• Website

http//www.aap.org/commpeds/htpcp/

• Program Overview
• Click on Your State for description of funded
  HTPCP projects
• Grant Cycle Information
• National Evaluation of HTPCP
• Evaluation Resources

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Healthy Tomorrows
Examples of Projects areas of focus Teen
pregnancy prevention Abstinence Child abuse
neglect in Native American populations
Pediatric Oral Health Enhanced clinical
services Homeless adolescent health Improved
access to primary care Improved Medicaid and
SCHIP enrollment Substance Abuse Mental
Health Playground safety/injury prevention
Health education Case management to increase
early prenatal care Asthma Rural health
School-based health
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MCHBs longstanding initiative to improve the
quality of health promotion and preventive
services for infants, children and adolescents
and to respond to their current and emerging
health needs
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Since 1990 Goals

• Promote desired social, develop- mental and
  health outcomes of infants, children and
  adolescents

• Enhance health care professionals knowledge,
  skills and practice of developmentally
  appropriate health care in the context of family
  and community

• Increase family knowledge, skills and
  participation in health-promoting and prevention
  activities

• Foster partnerships between families, health
  professionals, public health and communities to
  promote the health of children

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Bright Futures Materials
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Partnership with American Academy of Pediatrics

• Website www.brightfutures.aap.org
• New tools for Bright Futures implementation
• Quality improvement for health promotion and
  preventive services in provider practices
• New opportunities for
• Bright Futures in training

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State Case Studies
http//www.hsrnet.com/brightfutures/bfcompiled.pdf

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How-to Guide for States and Communities
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Coming This Month
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Contact DRTE
301-443-2340