Multiple members of the National MCH Workforce Development Center are scheduled to present at the AMCHP 2023 Conference on May 6-9 in New Orleans, LA. For more information about the schedule and the conference, please visit the AMCHP 2023 conference homepage.
Practical Tools for Advancing Equity (SK1) | Amy Mullenix, Oscar Fleming, Kristen Hassmiller Lich, Steve Orton | Saturday, May 6, 2023 9:00 AM – 12:00 PM Location: Studio 7/8 | This session will provide hands-on experience with three tools that can be used in any MCH organization to operationalize equity goals. 1) ‘Uncovering Equity Opportunities’ is a systems thinking activity that guides stakeholders through efficiently identifying the factors needed to improve equity within a particular MCH system. 2) ‘Crafting Narratives and Shifting Power’ is a change management tool helps uncover power dynamics and prompt discussion of ways to balance power, shift agendas and change narratives in order to get more equitable outcomes. 3) The ‘Is My Maternal and Child Health Practice Culturally Responsive?’ tool helps individuals, teams, and organizations assess the extent to which equity is embedded and evident in their processes so that equitable outcomes can be realized. |
Engaging with People who have Lived Experience (SK2) | Becky Burns | Saturday, May 6, 2023 9:00 AM – 12:00 PM Location: Galerie 2 | Engaging with people who have lived experience requires preparation. We will look at engagement from both sides: the perspective of those with lived experience, and how professionals can support success. Beginning with a definition of people with lived experience, we will present three frameworks of engagement that participants can integrate into their work. We will address what is involved in onboarding people with lived experience and organizational readiness. Participants will complete a worksheet to address their own need for engagement. Our final practice will be to use a demographic assessment to determine how to enhance inclusion and equity. This session will close with answers to the most pressing question: how do we engage with people from underrepresented communities? |
Participatory Systems Mapping to Strengthen and Re-Imagine a Thriving MCH Workforce (SK9) | Jess Simon, Kristen Hassmiller Lich | Saturday, May 6, 2023 2:00 PM – 5:00 PM Location: Galerie 1 | This skill-building session seeks to expose MCH professionals to systems mapping and modeling approaches through an applied learning opportunity. Given the developing public health and MCH workforce challenges (i.e., burnout, turnover, retirement, etc.), the time is ripe to introduce and apply mapping/modeling tools to a system that all skill-builder participants can contribute and relate to. This session will invite participants to reflect on the current MCH workforce systems challenges and strengths, imagine what a thriving workforce would look like, and work with their peers to share their experiences and develop creative solutions. This skill-builder will be facilitated by members of the National Maternal and Child Health Workforce Development Center’s Systems Integration Core. |
Celebrating a Diversity of Approaches in Advancing Population Health for Children & Youth with Special Health Care Needs: Innovating Toward the Blueprint for Change for CYSHCN | Stacey Neumann (AL), Elaine Gabovitch (MA), Cassie Johnson (TX), Donna Pauley-Wilson (WV), Amy Mullenix (WDC), Sarah Beth McLellan (MCHB) | Saturday, May 6, 2023 (CYSHCN Directors Convening) 2:00 PM – 5:00 PM Galerie 2 (Invitation Only) | The session will describe the new CYSHCN Blueprint for Change, a 15-year strategic framework to advance the system serving CYSHCN and their families, and highlight state programs implementing population health approaches for CYSHCN. The session will showcase innovations from Alabama and Massachusetts, who recently completed a Moving Toward Population Health Impact for CYSHCN cohort experience with the National MCH Workforce Development Center. This “learning journey” experience included four states who together learned strategies and skills to support their population health initiatives. The session will describe some of these aspects of the population health approaches: partnerships, tools, processes and outcomes. |
Accelerating Equity through a Learning Community of MCH Professionals (A7) | Rebecca Greenleaf | Sunday, May 7, 2023 9:30 AM – 10:30 AM Location: Galerie 3 | In 2022, the National Maternal and Child Health Workforce Development Center (The Center) offered a unique engagement opportunity for teams of state Title V professionals and their partners. Designed to increase state Title V professional’s knowledge, skills, and ability to integrate equity systematically and consistently across key workflows, the Accelerating Equity Learning Community (AELC) supported five teams engaged in a Learning Community between March and August 2022. This session will feature a panel of Title V professionals and Learning Community participants as they discuss successes, challenges, and lessons learned. Resources related to advancing equity at the individual, organizational, and systems level will be shared. |
Centering the Community in Evidence: Why, What How (C3) | Oscar Fleming, John Richards, Lynda Krisowaty | Sunday, May 7, 2023 1:30 PM – 2:30 PM Location: Galerie 1 | This session will use collaborative, co-learning methods to explore the value of and rationale for centering the community in the development and use of evidence to guide Title V decision-making. A broad definition of evidence will be explored and supported by using the Medical Home Community Team program as a case study. Participants will have the chance to hear about and share their own experiences related to evidence generation and use. Relevant resources, supports and tools will be shared by the presenters. |