A Qualitative Study on U.S. Maternal and Child Health Skills Perceived as Critical to Achieving National Performance Measures

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  • November 4, 2019
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  • Starr, Katie
    • Affiliation: Gillings School of Global Public Health, Department of Maternal and Child Health
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  • This paper presents essential workforce skills needed to achieve federal performance measures using key informant qualitative interviews with U.S. maternal and child health (MCH) Title V leaders. The research addressed two questions: 1) which skills do MCH workforce leaders perceive as critical to achieving national performance measures? and 2) should the MCH workforce develop a set of core skills in order to address achieving all national performance measures or should the workforce foster essential skills according to each specific national performance measure? Ten key informant interviews were conducted and analyzed using qualitative methods. The results indicate that Title V leaders perceive evidence-based practice and data analysis skills, the ability to align MCH work with partners and consumers, and communication skills as critical to achieving performance measures. The results from this study can be used to inform workforce development and training content to ensure a competent MCH workforce.
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  • Paper type: Original research
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  • Cilenti, Dorothy
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  • Master of Public Health
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  • University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill
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  • 2016
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