TY - JOUR
T1 - Developing a university-workforce partnership to address rural and frontier MCH training needs
T2 - The rocky mountain public health education consortium (RMPHEC)
AU - Taren, Douglas L.
AU - Varela, Frances
AU - Dotson, Jo Ann W.
AU - Eden, Joan
AU - Egger, Marlene
AU - Harper, John
AU - Johnson, Rhonda
AU - Kennedy, Kathy
AU - Kent, Helene
AU - Muramoto, Myra
AU - Peacock, Jane C.
AU - Roberts, Richard
AU - Sjolander, Sheila
AU - Streeter, Nan
AU - Velarde, Lily
AU - Hill, Anne
N1 - Funding Information:
The first MCH Institute was held in the summer of 1999 in Durango, CO and continued there through 2002. In 2003 it moved to Salt Lake City, UT, in 2006 to Tucson, AZ, and in 2007 in Ft. Collins, CO. More than 400 MCH professionals have attended the institute since its inception (Fig. ). The MCH Institute has been supported in part with a grant from HRSA’s MCHB, private funds, and tuition from participants and participating states.
Funding Information:
Financial support for this article in part comes from Health Resources and Services Administration Maternal and Child Health Bureau grants: #T04MC00034, #T76MC04925, #T02MC00046, #T02MC00022, and #T02MC04401.
PY - 2011/10
Y1 - 2011/10
N2 - The objective of the article is to provide the socio-cultural, political, economic, and geographic conditions that justified a regional effort for training maternal and child health (MCH) professionals in the Rocky Mountain region, describe a historical account of factors that led to the development of the Rocky Mountain Public Health Education Consortium (RMPHEC), and present RMPHEC as a replicable model developed to enhance practice/academic partnerships among state, tribal, and public health agencies and universities to enhance public health capacity and MCH outcomes. This article provides a description of the development of the RMPHEC, the impetus that drove the Consortium's development, the process used to create it, and its management and programs. Beginning in 1997, local, regional, and federal efforts encouraged stronger MCH training and continuing education in the Rocky Mountain Region. By 1998, the RMPHEC was established to respond to the growing needs of MCH professionals in the region by enhancing workforce development through various programs, including the MCH Certificate Program, MCH Institutes, and distance learning products as well as establishing a place for professionals and MCH agencies to discuss new ideas and opportunities for the region. Finally over the last decade local, state, regional, and federal efforts have encouraged a synergy of MCH resources, opportunities, and training within the region because of the health disparities among MCH populations in the region. The RMPHEC was founded to provide training and continuing education to MCH professionals in the region and as a venue to bring regional MCH organizations together to discuss current opportunities and challenges. RMPHEC is a consortium model that can be replicated in other underserved regions, looking to strengthen MCH training and continuing education.
AB - The objective of the article is to provide the socio-cultural, political, economic, and geographic conditions that justified a regional effort for training maternal and child health (MCH) professionals in the Rocky Mountain region, describe a historical account of factors that led to the development of the Rocky Mountain Public Health Education Consortium (RMPHEC), and present RMPHEC as a replicable model developed to enhance practice/academic partnerships among state, tribal, and public health agencies and universities to enhance public health capacity and MCH outcomes. This article provides a description of the development of the RMPHEC, the impetus that drove the Consortium's development, the process used to create it, and its management and programs. Beginning in 1997, local, regional, and federal efforts encouraged stronger MCH training and continuing education in the Rocky Mountain Region. By 1998, the RMPHEC was established to respond to the growing needs of MCH professionals in the region by enhancing workforce development through various programs, including the MCH Certificate Program, MCH Institutes, and distance learning products as well as establishing a place for professionals and MCH agencies to discuss new ideas and opportunities for the region. Finally over the last decade local, state, regional, and federal efforts have encouraged a synergy of MCH resources, opportunities, and training within the region because of the health disparities among MCH populations in the region. The RMPHEC was founded to provide training and continuing education to MCH professionals in the region and as a venue to bring regional MCH organizations together to discuss current opportunities and challenges. RMPHEC is a consortium model that can be replicated in other underserved regions, looking to strengthen MCH training and continuing education.
KW - Continuing education
KW - Distance education
KW - Graduate education
KW - Workforce development
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U2 - 10.1007/s10995-008-0420-7
DO - 10.1007/s10995-008-0420-7
M3 - Article
C2 - 18953642
AN - SCOPUS:81855191411
VL - 15
SP - 845
EP - 850
JO - Maternal and Child Health Journal
JF - Maternal and Child Health Journal
SN - 1092-7875
IS - 7
ER -