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Title: Leading by Example: Modeling the Future of MCH


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Leading by Example Modeling the Future of MCH
  • Donna J. Petersen, ScD
  • Dean, USF College of Public Health

2
Building Blocks 4 Promising Practice Models
  • Premise
  • We have always been innovators
  • We must continue to model good behavior
  • We must seize our leadership role
  • We must recognize and capitalize on the strength
    of our partnership
  • We can and will make a difference

3
MCH A True Partnership
  • Federal-State partnership for MCH was an
    INNOVATION
  • First grants-in-aid to states
  • Requiring LEADERSHIP in each state for the health
    and well-being of children and families was a new
    idea . . . and very controversial
  • At 72 years of age, Title V has LONGEVITY as the
    longest running federal program

4
MCH A True Partnership
  • Broad Federal Leadership
  • across relevant agencies and sectors
  • with and for States
  • Broad State Leadership
  • across relevant agencies and sectors
  • with and for Communities
  • to assure the health of ALL women, children and
    families

5
MCH A True Partnership
  • This role and these responsibilities are unique
    even though they play out very differently state
    by state
  • We look to the federal MCH Bureau for direction,
    leadership and the national perspective
  • They look to us for innovation, for data, for
    stories to make the national case
  • We have a tremendous responsibility but also
    tremendous potential

6
We have history on our side
  • The Childrens Bureau, 1912
  • . . .to investigate and report upon all matters
    pertaining to the welfare of children and child
    life among all classes of our people . . .

7
Weve been innovative from day one
  • Entire population was of interest
  • Prevention was the intended focus
  • Directing resources to children was in our
    national interest
  • Policy decisions should be based on data
  • Health, welfare and education were linked
  • Authority should rest in each State

8
  • It is a happy accident of the federal system
    that a single courageous state may, if its
    citizens choose, serve as a laboratory and try
    novel social and economic experiments without
    risk to the rest of the country
  • Justice Louis Brandeis, 1932

9
We know how to model good behavior
  • Consider how much time you spend in meetings . .
    .
  • 1. Seeking to learn
  • Seeking to influence
  • Hoping to avoid catastrophe
  • Hoping to trip over an opportunity
  • Listening
  • Mediating
  • Explaining

10
Modeling Good Behavior
  • Because NO ONE has the overarching responsibility
    you have
  • Because NO ONE has the broad perspective you have
  • Because EVERYONE has more money than you have
  • Because you are only as good as your powers of
    persuasion (and your data)
  • You have social justice and moral righteousness
    on your side

11
Modeling Good Behavior
  • The STATES are where the action is!
  • The federal MCH Bureau assembles you at these and
    other meetings because it is in their best
    interest to assure that these experiments are
    widely shared
  • Youre here because you each have something to
    learn AND you each have something to share
  • More importantly, you must provide leadership
    back home . . .

12
What is an MCH Leader?
  • Understands and supports MCH values, mission and
    goals with a sense of purpose and moral
    commitment
  • Values interdisciplinary collaboration and
    diversity and brings the capacity to think
    critically about MCH issues at population and
    individual levels as well as the capacity to
    communicate and work with others

13
What is an MCH Leader?
  • Possesses core knowledge of MCH populations and
    their needs and demonstrates professionalism in
    attitudes and working habits
  • Continually seeks new knowledge and improvement
    of abilities and skills central to effective,
    evidence-based leadership

14
What is an MCH Leader?
  • Committed to sustaining infrastructure to
    recruit, train and mentor future MCH leaders to
    ensure the health and well-being of tomorrows
    children and families
  • Responsive to changing political, social,
    scientific and demographic context and
    demonstrates the capability to change quickly and
    adapt in the face of emerging challenges and
    opportunities

15
Leadership in Partnership
  • As MCH Leaders, in a Federal-State, State to
    State and State-Community partnership, we have an
    obligation to lead by example
  • Our responsibility is too great, any mistake too
    costly, for us to not use everything at our
    disposal to be as effective as we can be
  • So, some thoughts for you to consider

16
Leading by Example
  • Number One
  • Be open to new ideas

17
Leading by Example
  • Number Two
  • Seek out models and commit to thoroughly
    understanding them
  • how they were developed
  • where and how they were implemented
  • with what participants
  • with what results
  • never assume . . .
  • get the facts (including the dirty little secrets)

18
Leading By Example
  • Number Three
  • Borrow liberally
  • Get over the not invented here problem
  • Modify, adapt, reframe to your situation
  • Take credit for the end product, but never forget
    to acknowledge the original source
  • Provide feedback to the originator
  • This is how we continually build the network that
    supports and sustains us

19
Leading by Example
  • Number Four
  • Share your models freely
  • Send your staff to conferences
  • Encourage and reward staff for submitting
    abstracts to national and regional meetings
  • PUBLISH, PUBLISH, PUBLISH create supports and
    incentives for staff
  • Celebrate successes within your state

20
Leading by Example
  • Number Five
  • Be willing to discard things that dont fit and
    be honest about things that dont work

21
A few contributions from Florida
  • Florida DOH linked a statewide KidCare enrollment
    outreach effort to the back-to-school tax free
    week
  • Tampa Bay county health departments tested the
    readiness of their disaster preparedness medical
    reserve corps by having them do back to school
    physicals

22
How did I learn about these?
  • Attending the Florida Public Health Association
    meeting
  • How often do you go to your state public health
    association meetings?
  • Participating in quarterly meetings of the 10
    county health departments in the Tampa Bay region
  • How often do you get out to your local agencies
    just to listen and learn?

23
Leading by Example
  • Leadership is often as simple as just showing up
  • Leadership is all about attitude optimism is
    contagious
  • Leadership is about everyone else thinking it was
    their idea . . . and about giving everyone else
    credit
  • Leadership is letting someone else do the work if
    it gets the job done

24
Leading by Example
  • Never forget that data is your friend
  • All of this begins with a thorough understanding
    of the problem
  • Keep your needs assessment machinery going
    especially in the off years
  • Surveillance is essential to spotting trends
  • Focus on specific populations or geographic areas
  • Focus on emerging issues

25
Leading by Example
  • Set priorities and stick to them
  • But . . . Be open to opportunities
  • Be true to your mission
  • . . . Assure the health of all mothers and
    children . . .

26
Leading by Example
  • Be innovators
  • ALWAYS model good behavior
  • Embrace your role as a leader
  • Let your history and longevity sustain you
  • Be a true partner! Remember were all in this
    TOGETHER . . .
  • Take advantage of every moment you have here to
    share with others

27
Modeling the Future of MCH
  • At a recent MCH Leadership Skills Training
    Institute, participants were asked to envision
    an ideal future for MCH
  • After world peace and a smoke-free world, several
    themes emerged

28
Modeling the Future of MCH
  • An ideal future for MCH
  • The importance of infrastructure
  • The importance of systems and the relationships
    among the component parts
  • The essential role of data
  • The essential role of constituents
  • Vision, the sine qua non
  • All things you can do right now!

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Leading by Example Modeling the Future of MCH
  • Be the change you want to see in the world
  • The future of MCH is up to YOU!
  • Thank you for letting me join you at this
    wonderful partnership meeting!
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