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Annotation: This video discusses the basic principles of public health management. This includes what public health management is, main functions of public health management, as well as the skills required to be a good manager and leader.

Learning Objectives: • Define public health management. • Summarize the functions of a management role. • Discuss the skills and roles of a manager.

Annotation: Dr. Leana Wen is an emergency physician, public health leader, and a passionate advocate for patient-centered health care reform. She is currently a Visiting Professor of Health Policy and Management at the George Washington University School of Public Health, where she is also the Distinguished Fellow at the Fitzhugh Mullan Institute of Health Workforce Equity. She has also served as President/CEO of the Planned Parenthood Federation of America. Dr. Wen spoke with Leonard Marcus, founding Director of the Program for Health Care Negotiation and Conflict Resolution at the Harvard T.H. Chan School of Public Health.

Learning Objectives: • Learn about prejudice and stigma. • Discuss issues around access to healthcare. • Define meta leadership. • Explore opportunities for public health.

Annotation: This video reviews best practices and ideas related to evidence-based policymaking. Not only will this video equip you with the tools to be good consumers of information when looking for research and data to inform decisions. Topics discussed are why evidence-informed policymaking matters, the principles of evidence-informed policymaking, and what this looks like in practice.

Learning Objectives: • Define evidence-informed policymaking. • Identify methods and tools that can help states use evidence-informed policymaking. • List the seven principles of evidence-informed policymaking.

Annotation: More retreat than webinar, this is an opportunity to unite as an MCH community. Join this archived webinar us as we quiet our minds, identify and align our priorities and values, and see the present circumstances with increased clarity and new insights about how to move forward.

Learning Objectives: • Recognize sources of stress • Identify ways to address stress • Clarify values • Identify priorities • Determine an action plan • Share renewal strategies

Annotation: This webinar will focus on the skills needed to become effective leaders with SOCs. Based on the concept of “leadership with intention,” the presenter will offer a framework for leadership derived from neuroscience and will then discuss: 1) leadership styles and their impact, 2) the role of strategic alliances and relationship building in leadership, and 3) the “coach approach” to leadership. Concrete examples will be provided throughout, as well as an opportunity for questions. This webinar is part of the SOC Leadership Learning Community.

Annotation: This video learning module walks through the full Asset Mapping process, whereby resources in the community or state/jurisdiction can be identified. Asset mapping builds on community strengths and often focuses on geographic location to ensure utility. This session looks at a nine-step process to engage partners in this work. Participants in the process cluster resources and reflect on patterns of assets and gaps. These results are used to inform action planning. Examples from technical assistance sessions with real state programs are provided.

Learning Objectives: • Be able to use Asset Mapping to find resources and gaps for an MCH focus. • Know where to get more information on Asset Mapping.

Annotation: Legislators and staff are often faced with the challenge of making decisions, or helping to make decisions, that satisfies diverse constituencies with competing interests. In this webinar, participants learned about both the art and science behind finding consensus to address challenging public policy issues by exploring effective methods and proven techniques that produce agreement to policy challenges. Participants received with new tools and skills for creating consensus among diverse interest groups.

Annotation: Savannah Logsdon-Breakstone from the Autistic Self-Advocacy Network explores how youth self-advocates and adult allies can collaborate effectively. What works best? What are the pitfalls to avoid? What makes a good ally? What can you do if things go wrong? Learn all this and more, from an advocate who has been on both sides of the table. A video and slides are available.

Annotation: This session of the System of Care Expansion Leadership Learning Community focuses on collaboration – among and across child-serving system partners; families and youth; and state, community, and tribal jurisdictions. We talk often about why we collaborate (sometimes we are required to) and sometimes we talk about how to do it. The learning community meeting provides an opportunity to talk about whether we are really doing it and how to improve collaboration to achieve system of care expansion goals. Leaders are critical to the process of collaboration, and the strategies shared will help leaders to learn how to assess and improve collaboration in their system of care efforts. The presenter provides space to touch on why and when we collaborate, how we might collaborate better, and how we know that we are working in collaboration to promote complex change in health and human service systems.

Annotation: Public Health Pronto is one of the MCH Navigator's microlearning projects that allows you to participate in short bursts of learning to improve your public health skills. Similar in format to the 5-Minute MCH microlearning program, Public Health Pronto has an improved the format, while keeping the emphasis on just-in-time, incremental, communal learning that can be accessed on-the-go to match your fast-paced work life. The program addresses the eight Core Competencies for Public Health Professionals and three Health Transformation cores (in collaboration with the National MCH Workforce Development Center), putting key public health concepts into alignment with MCH priorities by using an easy-to-follow modular format designed to increase your knowledge and skills through 5-minute intensive learning sessions.