Special Focus Areas

Sign up for MCHalert eNewsletter

Access trainings by the type of learning that matches your need:

Self Directed: Know what you want to learn?

Looking for some assistance to help you find what you're looking for?
MCHfast Guided Search

Still looking or need assistance? You can always ask for Help.

Semi-Structured: Looking for trainings grouped according to your need?

Self-Reflective. Not sure of your learning needs? Take the online Self-Assessment.

Fast & Focused. Want to learn on the go? Sign up for one of our Micro-learning programs.

Intense & Immersive. Looking for a comprehensive course that covers everything? Access the MCHsmart curriculum - Coming Soon.

Focus Areas. Need specialized resources?

Public Health Pronto: Module 2.2

Public Health Pronto: Module 2.2

Policy Development / Program Planning Skills

Module 2.2: 5 Learning Opportunities

This module builds on what we learned about this competency by introducing you to 5 learning opportunities from the MCH Navigator catalog.

Click below to: Learn more with our 5 learning opportunities, Comment on this module's trainings, and Interact with other MCH professionals who are also taking the Public Health Pronto program.

LEARN

These 5 learning opportunities represent some of the most relevant and/or recent online trainings in the field and have been chosen based on their ease of access, focus, brevity, and their integration with principles necessary to advance the transformation of the MCH Block Grant. Trainings have been identified by MCH Navigator staff and further vetted by a group of MCH experts in the states and in academic settings.

Take one or all of the trainings to sharpen your knowledge and skills, either individually or with your colleagues as a team-building exercise.

  1. The Policy Process. Year Developed: 2013. Source: University of Illinois at Chicago, School of Public Health. Presenter(s): Arden Handler, DrPH. Type: Narrated Slide Presentation. Level: Intermediate - Advanced. Length: 39 minutes.
  2. Strategic Planning in Public Health Overview. Year Developed: 2015. Source: Public Health Centers for Excellence. Presenter(s): n.a.. Type: Video. Level: Introductory. Length: 11 minutes.
  3. Policy in Perspective: The Changing Role of Public Health in a Post-ACA Era. Year Developed: 2016. Source: Mathematica Policy Research. Presenter(s): Christopher Trenholm, Judy Bigby. Type: Podcast. Level: Introductory. Length: 6 minutes, 17 seconds.
  4. Policy Analysis: Selection and Analysis of Policy Alternatives and Policy Feasibility. Year Developed: 2013. Source: University of Illinois at Chicago, School of Public Health. Presenter(s): Arden Handler, DrPH. Type: Narrated Slide Presentation. Level: Intermediate - Advanced. Length: 39 minutes.
  5. Writing Policy Briefs: A Guide to Translating Science and Engaging Stakeholders. Year Developed: 2011. Source: Johns Hopkins Bloomberg School of Public Health, Women’s and Children’s Health Policy Center. Presenter(s): Marjory Ruderman, MHS. Type: Narrated Slide Presentation. Level: Introductory. Length: 18 minutes.

If you experience any technical difficulties with any page in the Public Health Pronto Program, please email us.

COMMENT

Comment on the Learning Opportunities...

You can share your learning experiences with others who have taken the same trainings by entering your comments here. Tell us how you will use what you have learned, ask questions about the trainings, or suggest additional trainings that can be used by others to support learning in this competency.

Click for Discussion Form

If you can't see/access the form above, please email comments to [email protected].

INTERACT

See What Others are Saying...

Tell us how you will use what you have learned:
  • I liked listening to the webinars provided that went over advocacy for parents, and included resources these parents had found or created along the way. It was good to see what things looked like from a perspective I don't normally get to see.
  • I loved the concrete suggestions for policy brief writing.
  • Could there be links to these videos that do not require adobe connect? Many devices and older computers can't play those.
Self Reflection
This project is supported by the Health Resources and Services Administration (HRSA) of the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services (HHS) under grant number UE8MC25742; MCH Navigator for $225,000/year. This information or content and conclusions are those of the author and should not be construed as the official position or policy of, nor should any endorsements be inferred by HRSA, HHS or the U.S. Government.