Appendix 2.6.c. Maternal Child Health Program Competency Statement

Has knowledge and understanding of the following:

• Major domestic and international causes of mortality and morbidity associated with pregnancy, infancy, childhood, adolescence, and the child-bearing years
• Normal patters of individual and family growth and development from a lifespan perspective
• Determinants of health & illness & includes biological, behavioral & socio-cultural perspectives
• Characteristics of health care systems
• Principles of population based health promotion
• Principles of community organization, change and development
• Comprehension of foundations of scientific inquire & limitations of conceptual frameworks

Demonstration of the following skills:

• Describe MCH topics in terms of time, magnitude/severity, dispersion/location & co-morbidity
• Identify scientific underpinnings for MCH interventions
• Apply knowledge of demographics, health, familial, community & environmental factors to the design of MCH programs
• Critically analyze health disparities on race/ethnicity, SES, position & gender
• Demonstrate strengths of diverse cultural, race/ethnic and SES groups

• PubH 6020, 6605, 6606, 6607, 6613, 6645, 6675, 6902, 6903
• Field experience
• Master’s project child-bearing years

• Normal patters of individual and family growth and development Course evaluations
• Student grades
• Student and preceptor evaluations of field experience
• Master’s project from a lifespan perspective

Has knowledge and understanding of the following:

• Research design, sampling, basic descriptive and inferential statistics, validity and reliability assessment of measures
• Epidemiological concepts and descriptive epidemiology
• Use of date to illuminate ethical, political, scientific, economic, and overall public health issues
• Strengths and limitations of qualitative and quantitative methods
• Data collections strategies, strengths and limitations
• Key features of community assessment, program design, implementation & evaluation

Demonstrate the following skills:

• Prepare and interpret data from vital statistics, census, surveys & other relevant reports
• Application of appropriate qualitative methods for understanding MCH health status
• Use of data for asset identification, assessment, program planning, implementation & evaluation
• Formulate research hypothesis and implant a n analytic strategy
• Evaluate the integrity & comparability of data & identify existing gaps
• Extract data from primary & secondary sources with the use of appropriate statistical software

• PubH 6034, 6035, 6320, 6325, 6331, 6345, 6414, 6415, 6450, 6451, 6617, 6705, 6806, 6910
• Field experience
• Master’s project

• Course evaluations
• Student grades
• Student and preceptor evaluations of field experience
• Master’s project

Has knowledge and understanding of the following:

• Organizational and management theories and practices, and their administration in public and private agencies.
• Application of Inter-organizational theories and principles of systems development, management and analysis
• The purposes, rationale, activities, staffing, data strategy and analysis plan for a MCH program
• Appropriate use of networking, team building, small group process, advocacy and negotiation skills, and community organization and coalition building techniques to address MCH issues and problems
• Techniques of soliciting and maintaining consumer and other constituency input at all levels of organization
• The processes, organization and administration of quality management techniques in MCH

Demonstration of the following skills:

• Apply knowledge of management to the implementation of integrated MCH service systems
• Integrate health promotion strategies with primary care & other health systems
• Develop mechanisms to monitor and evaluate programs including the use of performance measures.
• Develop a budget with justification
• Develop background & significance section of a grant application
• Effective written & oral communication skills applicable to multiple settings i.e., health agency, legislative, media, etc.
• Develop & disseminate continuing MCH education programs
• Effectively resolve conflict thru management techniques
• Development of linkages to community boards & coalitions
• Use of information technology for efficient program

• PubH 6034, 6035, 6320, 6325, 6331, 6345, 6414, 6415, 6450, 6451, 6617, 6705, 6806, 6910
• Field experience
• Master’s project

• Course evaluations
• Student grades
• Student and preceptor evaluations of field experience
• Master’s project

Has knowledge and understanding of:

• The philosophy, values, and social justice concepts associated with MCH
• The principles and issues involved in the ethical and sensitive conduct of practice and research withifn MCH populations
• The philosophical concepts and rationale underlying the delivery of family centered, comprehensive, community-based, and culturally competent MCH and public health services and programs, including recognition of community assets

Demonstrate the following skills:

• Ethical conduct in practice, program management, research and date collection/storage
• Promotion of cultural competence concepts within diverse MCH settings
• Build partnerships within MCH communities & constituencies to foster community empowerment, reciprocal learning and involvement in research design

• PubH 6020, 6605, 6606, 6607, 6613,
• 6630, 6645, 6675, 6741, 6742
• Field experience
• Master’s project

• Course evaluations
• Student grades
• Student and preceptor evaluations of field experience
• Master’s project