Speaker:
Whitney Shipley, MS, MEP 
Cities Readiness Initiative Coordinator, Omaha MSA 
Douglas County Health Department, Omaha, NE

Description:
"Focused Conversation," the foundation of the Institute of Cultural Affairs'  Technology of Participation Group Facilitation Methods, is a tool for creating productive conversations within groups. The secret to its success is its simplicity - constructing conversations using the
natural sequence of thoughts inherent in the human thought process. This method can be used in small or large groups, for events and written communications. Participants will learn the mechanics of how to construct, facilitate and participate in a focused conversation and receive coaching in real-world applications.

Objectives:
1. Discuss concepts of facilitative leadership, including circumstances under which its use may be favored over hierarchical leadership.
2. Demonstrate components of a focused conversation.
3. Order various types of questions to generate a focused conversation. 
4. Practice newly-developed skills by designing and practicing focused conversations with peers.
5. Detail most frequently asked questions regarding focused conversation and list resources.

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Speaker:
Kay Edwards PhD, MS 
Collegiate Professor and Program Director 
Health Care Administration, Graduate School 
University of Maryland University College

Description:
Strong negotiation skills are an essential MCH professional asset for implementing programs and policies. During this workshop, participants will learn new techniques to improve their effectiveness in negotiations and conflict resolution.

Objectives:
1.Explore conflict management styles as tools for effective negotiating.
2.Examine principled negotiation as a basis for effective conflict management.
3.Demonstrate effective negotiating techniques, including understanding the impact of gender on negotiating.

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Speakers:
Michael D. Kogan, PhD 
Director, Office of Data and Program Development 
HRSA / Maternal and Child Health Bureau

Laurin Kasehagen, PhD, MA 
Senior CDC MCH Epidemiologist / Assignee to CityMatCH, 
Adjunct Assistant Professor in Pediatrics 
University of Nebraska Medical Center

Description:
Local-level data and web-based tools are a cornerstone for MCH practice and policy making. This workshop will explore the advantages and disadvantages of these tools. Participants will work through a series of exercises/case studies, demonstrating the utility and limitations of several widely available tools.

Objectives:
1. Describe and defi ne the epidemiologic measures used in local-level data sources.
2. Describe key features of local-level data sources.
3. Demonstrate, explore, compare, use, and assess local-level data sources through hands-on case studies.
4. Describe, explain, and compare limitations and advantages of local data sources.

Abstracts:

Franklin County's Infant Safe Sleep and SIDS Risk Reduction Initiative 
(Karen Gray, MS, CHES)

Best Practice: Infant Safe Sleep in the Hospital Setting 
(Sandra Frank, JD)

Preventing Low Birth Weight Infants through Effective Clinical Collaborations 
(Audrey Stevenson, PhD, MPH, MSN, FNP-BC, Iliana MacDonald, BSN, MPA)

Abstracts:

The Prevention of Unplanned Pregnancy Project: Using TANF Dollars for Family Planning in Larimer County, Colorado 
(Kori Wilford, BA)

Predicting Pregnancy Risk among Women Attending an STD Clinic 
(Judith Shlay, MD, MSPH)

Smoking Cessation Services in a Baltimore County Title X Family Planning Program 
(Diana Cheng, MD)

Abstracts:

The Healthy Eating Lifestyle Program (HELP) 
(Heather Kun, MS, ScD)

The KidsNFitness Study: A Collaboration between Hospital Providers and Schools to Build Capacity in After-School Programs to Promote a Healthy Lifestyle for Families 
(Megan Lipton, MA)

Building the Environmental Support for Community Biking: Community Resource Sharing, Programming, and Infrastructure 
(Mary Balluff, MS, RD, LMNT, Kerri R. Peterson, MS)

Abstracts:

Fathers in MCH – Are We Ready for a Name Change? 
(Anand Chabra, MD, MPH, FACPM, Eve M. Agiewich, MA, JD)

Healthy Start, Inc's Male-Based Programs and Innovative Family-Centered Strategies Impacting MCH 
(Michael Caliguiri, MS, Mitchell Coates, MBA, Benjamin Davis, Jr. )

Abstract:

Place Matters: Equity & Social Justice Efforts in Public Health, Examples from Seattle/King County (WA), Boston (MA), and Alameda County (CA) 
(Kathy Carson, BS, Meghan Patterson, MPH, Sandra Witt, MA, MPH, DrPH)

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Speakers:
Victoria Sánchez, MPH, DrPH
Assistant Professor
Department of Family & Community Medicine
University of New Mexico Health Sciences Center

Kristine Olson Suozzi, MS, PhD
Former Public Health Division Director (retired)
New Mexico Department of Health

J.E. Jamal Martín, MPH, PhD
Clinical Assistant Professor
University of New Mexico Health Sciences Center

Description:
What determines health status in our communities? How can we, as public health practitioners, scholars, researchers, and advocates, use a social determinants lens to increase our understanding of the societal and institutional infl uences on health status? Using a case study approach and group discussion, participants will analyze and discuss a public health problem from a social-ecological perspective, with an emphasis on social determinants.

Objectives:
1. Explain the differences between a public health and medical/clinical approach to community health.
2. Identify at least two social determinants of health.
3. Identify three or more targets of change, using a social determinants framework.
4. List at least one principle to guide community practice.

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Speaker: 
Don Owens, BA
Director of Public Affairs
National Association for the Education of Young Children

Description:
How can we successfully advocate on behalf of women and children in the political arena? How can we package our message for policymakers and elected officials in order to persuade them to support an MCH health agenda? This session offers practical tools and strategies for successfully framing important "maternal and child health" messages for a variety of audiences.

Objectives:
1.Describe how to successfully advocate for women and children in the political and media arena.
2. Explain how to package a message for policy makers and elected officials to persuade support for an MCH agenda.
3. Assess practical policy approaches for MCH by utilizing an already-created MCH 'Message Box.'
4. Summarize the importance of framing MCH as the foundation of health care reform.
5. Discuss slide presentations from lobbyists in other fields who will suggest additional powerful approaches to enhancing MCH among public officials.

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Speaker:  
Ron Liszak, BA
Project Coordinator
Women's Opportunity & Resource Development, Inc.

Description:
Lack of male involvement in a child's life has been linked with higher rates of poverty, teen pregnancy, suicide, incarceration, drug abuse, poor school performance and higher drop-out rates. Too often, this legacy of fatherlessness passes from one generation to the next. This session will discuss strategies to engage, support and encourage men to be involved fathers.

Objectives:  
1. Describe research, history, importance and impact of male involvement in children's lives.
2. Explain how to develop a male and fatherhood focused program.
3. Explain the results of fatherhood program evaluation.

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Speaker:  
John K. Kim, BA
Co-Director and Managing Director of the Los Angeles Office
Advancement Project

Description:
Mapping data is a concrete way for public health to understand neighborhood differences and the relationships between health outcomes and neighborhood indicators such as education, public transportation, parks, and dedicated resources. This session will highlight how one urban city has mapped out data related to child health and development and how those maps have been useful to local public health professionals.

Objectives:
1. Describe the Healthy City Project in Los Angeles.
2. Explain the process the Healthy City Project uses to collect data and make it available and user-friendly to the public.
3. Summarize how the community can be involved in collecting information about the built environment.
4. Examine at least one example of how Healthy City has used its information to infl uence a policy.
5. Compare the approach used by Healthy City to other public health efforts which do not incorporate all three strategies (data, community engagement and policy).

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Speakers:
Maxwell Ciardullo, BA
Information Coordinator
SIECUS (Sexuality Information and Education Council of the United States)

Bruce G. Trigg, MD
Public Health Physician, New Mexico Department of Health, Regions 1 and 3
Medical Director, Sexually Transmitted Disease Program, Regions 1 and 3
New Mexico Department of Health

Description:
Numerous studies have found that comprehensive education about sexuality - programs that teach teens about both abstinence and contraception/disease prevention - is an effective strategy to help young people delay initiation of sexual intercourse. The Sexuality Information and Education Council of the United States (SIECUS) has developed a Community Action Kit. This kit offers tools to enhance knowledge concerning sexuality education, build support within states and communities, help implement sound policies, and institute effective comprehensive sexuality education programs.

Objectives:
1. Discuss abstinence-only programs and why they are problematic.
2. Explain how abstinence-only programs play out on the national and local levels.
3. Describe the community action kit, how it can be a resource, and how it can be used on the local level.
4. Apply practical local experiences, realities, and impacts from the New Mexico experience.

Abstracts:

Jacksonville FIMR/HIV Pilot: Preventing Perinatal HIV Transmission 
(Carol Brady, MA)

Healthy Babies Are Worth the Wait: Preventing "Preventable" Preterm Birth 
(Katrina Adams Thompson, MSW)

Disparities in the Availability of Social Network Support to Pregnant Mothers -- Findings from 2005 Los Angeles Mommy and Baby (LAMB) Project 
(Yvonne Lau, MPH, RD)

Differences in Insurance Status and Access to Spanish Speaking Health Professionals Among Latinas: Findings from the Los Angeles Mommy and Baby (LAMB) Survey 
(Angie Denisse Otiniano, MPH)

Abstracts:

Pediatric Developmental Surveillance Program: Partnering Public Health and Private Health Care Providers to Enhance Child Development 
(Jean Smith, MD)

Children's Health and Development Program: Meeting the Special Health Care Needs of Children in Foster Care 
(Jean Smith, MD)

CATCHing Kids Early with Positive Results: A Collaborative Approach 
(Joanna Hemmat, MPH, MSN, WHNP, Peggy Stypula, MSW)

Abstracts:

Case Management Strategies to Address Adverse Environmental Health Risks Affecting Low Income Pregnant Women and Their Children 
(Cheryl Squire Flint)

Check Out Our New CATCH Team: Triage for Local Home Visiting Programs 
(Jane Bambace, MEd, Lisa Glonek, BS)

Efforts to Outcomes: Does the Boston Healthy Start Initiative's Interconception Care Model Make a
Difference? 
(Lois McCloskey, MPH, DrPH)

Abstracts:

Healthy Woman, Healthy Future: Interactive Preconception Health Education 
(Kimberlee Wyche-Etheridge, MD, MPH)

How to Work with Less. Leveraging Your Resources for Perinatal Hepatitis B and HIV Prevention
(Hollie Malamud-Price, MPH)

Gestational Diabetes: Addressing the Needs of Women in Colorado 
(Amanda McCulloch, BS, RD)

Abstracts:

MCH Checkpoints - Tracking Healthy Development along Life Trajectories: Linking Community Systems' Response to Developmental Threats from before Conception to the School Years(William Hollinshead, III, MD, MPH)

Examining the Impact of Non-Resident Births on Systems Limitations in Philadelphia Obstetrical Care 
(Patricia Morris, MPH)

A Successful, Cost-effective Program for the Prevention, Screening, and Management of Type 2 Diabetes
(Margaret Yonekura, MD)

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Speaker:  
Jacquelyn Van Horn, MPH, IMH-E
Early Childhood Mental Health Consultant
BVH Consulting Services, Inc.

Description:
Mental health problems in children may present a lifetime of human, social and economic burdens. Increased attention on children's mental health care, presents a major public health challenge. Focusing on the life-course perspective, this session will address the impact of poor mental health on youth development.

Objectives:
1. Define what is currently known about the mental health of young children in the US today.
2. Describe key factors in the relationship between physical and mental health.
3. Identify opportunities to promote mental health among families with young children.
4. Describe strategies to identify and address risks for mental health problems.

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Speaker: 
Mario Drummonds, MS, MBA
Executive Director/CEO
Northern Manhattan Perinatal Partnership, Inc.

Description:  
What can the business world teach public health experts - and everyone else - about how to improve people's health? This session will highlight successful strategies implemented in the Northern Manhattan Perinatal Project (a Healthy Start grantee) to improve maternal and child health through a business model approach.

Objectives: 
1. Describe a "Business Model" approach to maternal and child health.
2. List concepts from the business world that MCH organizations can apply in their communities.
3. Cite examples of health departments and community-based organizations applying business concepts.

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Speaker: 
Kevin Williams, MHROD
Managing Partner, FutureDecisions, LLC

Description:
Local health departments across the United States are beginning to confront the effects of an aging workforce. An estimated 20% of local health department employees will be eligible for retirement within fi ve years. Organizations will need to change the way they do business in order to remain successful. This session will discuss the generational differences in the workplace, examine the importance of succession planning and the intergenerational transfer of knowledge, and why "leaving your legacy" is important.

Objectives:
1. Describe four generations and their impact on the workplace.
2. Discuss succession planning including ways to develop and apply a plan.
3. Provide instructions on how to go about the design of a legacy as part of succession planning.
4. Explain ways to transfer knowledge (interview questions).
5. Summarize how retirement and the graying of the workforce are having an impact on the workforce globally.
6. Review the societal impact of an aging workforce.
7. Examine ways to develop a mentor relationship and mentorship programs.

Abstracts:

Women's Health Now and Beyond Pregnancy 
(Terry K. Kruse, BS)

Incorporating the Life-Course Perspective into Programming at a Local Health Department: Taking Steps to Make Change Happen 
(Padmini Parthasarathy, MPH)

Reproductive Life Plan: A Life-Course Approach to Preconception Health
(Lillian Maddox-Whitehead, MS)

Abstracts:

HealthConnect: One Community's Strategy for Healthy Access from Birth through the Childbearing Years(Shaleen Fagundo, BA)

The Healthy Youth Act - Implementing Medically and Scientifically Accurate Comprehensive Sexual Health Education in Washington State 
(Marla Russo, MPH, Lisa Hinton, BS)

Maximizing Resources: Delivering Injury and Violence Prevention through Integration 
(Jennifer Allison, PhD)

Abstracts:

Maternal Depression Project 
(Jean Smith, MD)

Developing an Organized, State-wide System of Care to Identify and Treat Women with Perinatal Depression 
(Stephanie Trusty, RNC, BSN, Juliann Montgomery, MPH)

Equipping Physicians to Manage Maternal Depression 
(Meena Abraham, MPH, DrPH)

Abstracts:

A Culturally Competent Framework for Collecting and Integrating Qualitative Data for Advancing MCH Programs and Policies in Hawaii 
(Mark Eshima, MA, Loretta J. Fuddy, MSW, MPH, Henry Maingi, MPPA)

Using Evidence-Based Methodologies to Reach Urban African American Women(Susan Nyanzi, DrPH)

The Genesee County (Michigan) REACH 2010 Project: A Successful Infant Mortality Reduction Initiative(Shannon Brownlee, MPH, Daniel Kruger, PhD)

Investigating the Decline in Adverse Birth Outcomes Among African Americans, Dane County, Wisconsin, 1992 - 2006 
(Daniel Stattelman-Scanlan, BSN)

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Speaker: 
Majory Ruderman, MHS
Consultant
Child and Family Health Policy/Programs Consultant

Description:
The Johns Hopkins University School of Public Health has developed an innovative on-line course designed just for MCH Leaders: The Maternal and Child Health Leadership Skills Development Series. This series brings leadership concepts to life in an MCH context, allowing anyone to conduct their own training sessions. Session participants will have an opportunity to experience fi rst hand this set of training modules designed for use in small groups, with each module offering a mix of presentation and exploration in a variety of adult learning formats.

Objectives: 
1. Describe a set of web-based leadership skills training modules developed for MCH practitioners.
2. Explain the relationship of the MCH Leadership Skills Development Series (MCHLDS) to the MCH Leadership.
3 .Competencies and other leadership development resources.
4. Demonstrate how to use the MCHLDS.
5. Examine how the MCHLDS can be adapted for use in different settings and for different purposes.