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Annotation: This video series was created to help those new or unfamiliar with the EMSC space learn more about the program and how to get involved. This series will dive into the history of the EMSC program, describe the various investments of the EMSC family of programs, provide a background to both prehospital and hospital care systems, and help both grantees and members of the public understand the importance of EMSC work. Emergency Medical Services for Children (EMSC) works to reduce child and youth mortality and morbidity resulting from severe illness or trauma. EMSC is the only federal funded program that focuses specifically on improving the quality of emergency care for children in the prehospitial and hospital-based settings.

Learning Objectives: •Explore an introduction to Emergency Medical Services for Children (EMSC). • Discuss the many moving parts of the EMSC.

Annotation: A psychiatrist who focuses on erasing the stigma of mental health care in the Black community. A hospital executive who tackles emergency preparedness through an equity lens. A nonprofit founder who travels the world to bring neurodiagnostic training to the Global South. These are among the new leaders defining the future of public health. COVID-19 thrust the field into the spotlight, sending applications to schools of public health soaring. The future leaders emerging from the pandemic share a powerful conviction that they can forge a more equitable future, with health, dignity, and justice for all. In this webinar, the panel explores the challenges and joys of pursuing that work with several Harvard Chan students and recent alumni.

Learning Objectives: • Explore how COVID-19 is affecting the future of public health • Discuss how health equity and justice will impact the future of public health • Learn from a variety of public health professionals about the challenges and strengths of pursuing a career in public health

Annotation: This webinar launches a Four-Part System of Care (SOC) Communication Series, Reframing Child and Adolescent Wellbeing, provided by the FrameWorks Institute on evidence-based communication strategies proven to make messages—about child and adolescent mental and behavioral health, adolescent substance use, juvenile justice, child welfare, and related issues—more effective. This session highlights how social science research can tell us which messaging choices lead to which responses. Participants learn about strategic framing: what it is, how it works, and why it matters; and will gain new tools that can be used right away. This webinar is part of the SOC Expansion Leadership LC.

Annotation: This learning opportunity was recorded from the 2018 policy and advocacy lecture that Dr. Handler presented to her class at the University of Illinois at Chicago. It is divided in 10 short videos for ease of engagement. In the presentation, she outlines key advocacy components, the difference between case and class advocacy, and a review of policy and advocacy through the history of MCH. She explains current trends and the need for ongoing education and advocacy at national, state, and local levels. It concludes with current advocacy laws and a summary of the topic grounded in the current public health environment.

Learning Objectives: • Understand the strategic differences between advocacy and community organizing/community empowerment strategies. class issues, compromise, internal vs. external agents of change, and the difference between advocacy from the left and from the right. • Be able to to connect women and children's topics when advocating for services and discusses using children as a population group to address broader issues of social justice. • Synthesize the differences of case and class advocacy. • Become familiar with the history of advocacy related to MCH. • Understand how the advocacy process works. • Be able to use strategies in three main categories to advance MCH topic areas. • Be able to develop a plan to follow current lobbying laws appropriately.

Annotation: This webinar is based on a chapter from the Handbook of Life Course Health Development.

Annotation: The meeting addressed how to compose and share your program's story from a high-level perspective, emphasizing effectiveness, impact, and interaction with key audiences. It also underscored the value of building and establishing relationships with decision-makers, state agencies, community organizations, and more. To highlight Dr. Klein Walker's presentation, three (3) DMCHWD grantees shared their examples during the webinar. You can view the YouTube recording of the presentation. Their slides and attachments are located on the webpage at the link in this record. The three programs were: * Leadership Education in Adolescent Health (LEAH): MCH H.O.P.E.S. (Birmingham, AL) * Leadership Education in Neurodevelopmental and Related Disabilities (LEND): Cincinnati Children's Hospital (Cincinnati, OH) * Healthy Tomorrows: Clinic in the Park (Santa Ana, CA) This resource includes the meeting agenda, PowerPoint slides, transcripts, discussion notes, and other materials.

Annotation: The 21st Commissioner of the U.S. Food and Drug Administration, Margaret Hamburg, discusses her career path, successes and leadership lessons learned on the Voices in Leadership program.

Learning Objectives: • Learn the importance of science and evidence • Discuss different leadership strategies • Explore the shift of what changing the definition of healthy means

Annotation: This interactive course teaches the fundamentals of quality improvement (QI) and how to use this methodology to create effective, beneficial change. Lessons and exercises go over important elements such as the model for improvement, Plan-Do-Study-Act cycles, implementation and spread. Worksheets and other resources are included.

Learning Objectives: • Describe the necessary ingredients for improvement. • Identify the components of an aim statement. • Write an aim statement. • Describe the three types of improvement measures. • Describe the use of run charts in improvement. • Understand the components of a run chart and the information it provides. • Follow the steps in a Plan-Do-Study-Act cycle to test a change. • Describe the key components of an implementation strategy. • Describe the Breakthrough Series learning collaborative framework for spread.

Annotation: This archived webinar introduces a comprehensive self-assessment tool that helps Title V agencies assess health reform-related activities in states. The tool can help define a state's capacity and opportunities to leverage existing MCH skills to drive health transformation - in all its forms - for MCH populations. Iowa recently completed the tool and had this to say: "This tool was helpful for us to think about how Iowa's Title V program interfaces with the health care reform activities going on in our state. It helped us identify areas of strength and provided direction on important next steps as we move MCH forward post ACA implementation. Hopefully, other states will use the tool to ignite conversations in their states".

Annotation: The purpose of this learning brief is to provide resources that support storytelling in public health. In turn, this will aide health professionals’ understanding of: • What a success story is. • Why it is important to tell success stories. • What tools and strategies are available to develop success stories. The five elements of this framework are based on the plenary session for the Division of MCH Workforce Development Grantee Virtual Meeting (09/26/18), “How to Tell Your Program’s Story to Key Stakeholders,” given by Deborah Klein Walker, Ed.D.

Learning Objectives: • Understanding what a success story is. • Learning why it is important to tell success stories. • Equipping yourself with the tools and strategies are available to develop success stories.