CityMatCH Urban MCH Leadership Conference

The objectives of the conference are to help participants:

• Apply knowledge and skills as described in the MCH Leadership Competencies (v 3.0).
• Use data to support the development and implementation of maternal and child health programs and policies to decrease risk factors and improve health.
• Apply skills to evaluate the effectiveness of maternal and child health programs and policies.
• Determine the critical elements of evidence-based public health programs for urban women, children and families.
• Use innovative strategies to enhance the reach and impact of public health programs for urban women, children and families.
• Integrate national recommendations and examples into public health programs and policies at the local level.
• Critique the health impact of established and proposed federal, state, and local policies that affect local urban maternal and child health populations.
   

Phyllis Betts, Memphis NNIP partner, will be presenting on "Using Data to Create Justice: Neighborhood Indicators Project" and representatives of the Rhode Island Department of Health will be presenting on a system created by the NNIP partner Providence Plan on "Using Data to Create Justice: Rhode Island DataHUB."