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Implementation Brief

Implementation Brief

Implementing Competency 7:

Creating Responsive and Effective MCH Systems

Image showing a diverse workforceSelf-assessment is considered to be a major component of learning in public health.1 It provides an opportunity for health professionals to reflect on competency-based strengths and weaknesses in order to identify learning needs and reinforce new skills or behaviors in order to improve performance. The MCH Navigator has been collecting data from our online Self-Assessment for over a decade and during that time have identified a number of data trends. 

With over 12,000 completed assessments in the database, learners have consistently reported high levels of knowledge but low levels of skills across a number of competencies. This translates into MCH professionals having high levels of understanding of a competency but not as much self-efficacy in translating this knowledge into practice. In response to this need, the MCH Navigator has developed a series of implementation briefs that provide specific learning opportunities that focus on how to implement and execute skills associated with the MCH Leadership Competencies. This implementation brief is focused on Competency 7.

Trainings from the MCH Navigator

The Washington State Department of Social and Health Services has developed and maintained a high-performing workforce dedicated to the delivery of responsive and effeictive services. The model is comprised of six areas of action that, while originally being developed narrowly to focus on responsiveness, can serve as a framework for your MCH State Action Plan.2

View each of the six areas of action below and corresponding learning opportunities for: 1) Foster parterships, 2) Build community partnerships, 3) Collect relevant data, 4) Reflect and respect others, 5) Ensure effective communication and language access, and 6) Measure performance and evaluate results.

  • Advancing Health Equity: Insights from PH WINS. Year Developed: 2024. Source: Northwest Center for Public Health Practice. Presenter(s): Paula Kett, PhD, MPH, RN, and Dany Zemmel, MPH. Type: Webinar. Level: Intermediate. Length: 60 minutes. Slides
  • Diversity and Health Equity Training Brief. Year Developed: 2018. Source: MCH Navigator. Presenter(s): n.a.. Type: Interactive Learning Tool. Level: Introductory Intermediate Advanced. Length: Self-paced.
  • Health Equity Guide Webinar Series. Year Developed: 2017-2018. Source: Human Impact Partners. Presenter(s): Linda Rae Murray, Rebekah Gowler, Deborah Garneau, Shawna Davie, Matias Valenzuela, Jordan Bingham, Evonda Smith, Sandi Galvez, Rex Archer, Lili Farhang, Andy Wessel, Jeanne Ayers. Type: Webinar. Level: Advanced. Length: 255 minutes.
  • Improving Health Equity With Data. Year Developed: 2022. Source: Association of State and Territorial Health Officials. Presenter(s): Nicole Alexander-Scott, MD; Harry Chen, MD; Anna Bradley, MS, CHES. Type: Podcast. Level: Introductory. Length: 28 minutes.

References

  1. Sujata, B., Oliveras, E., and Edson, W.N. (2001). How Can Self-Assessment Improve the Quality of Healthcare?  Operations Research Issue Paper 2(4). Published for the U.S. Agency for International Development (USAID) by the Quality Assurance (QA) Project.
  2. Cultural Competence Planning Guide-Cultural Competence Workgroup 2011-2014. Washington State Department of Social and Health Services.

Diversity, Equity, Inclusion, and Accessibility (DEIA): Implementation Brief
Authors: Keisha Watson, Ph.D., MCH Navigator
Reviewers: Faculty and staff of the National Center for Cultural Competence

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.