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

Continuing Education Credit/Contact Hours:

Continuing education credit/contact hours have been approved for the 2011 CityMatCH Conference and are FREE OF CHARGE in 2011!*

• CME: This activity has been planned and implemented in accordance with the Essential Areas and policies of the Accreditation Council for Continuing Medical Education through the joint sponsorship of the Centers for Disease Control & Prevention and CityMatCH.
  The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention is accredited by the Accreditation Council for Continuing Medical Education (ACCME ^®) to provide continuing medical education for physicians.
  The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention designates this live educational activity for a maximum of 23.5 AMA PRA Category 1 Credits™. Physicians should only claim credit commensurate with the extent of their participation in the activity.

• Continuing Education designated for Non-Physicians: Non-physicians will receive a certificate of participation.

• CNE: The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention is accredited as a provider of Continuing Nursing Education by the American Nurses Credentialing Center's Commission on Accreditation.
  This activity provides 23.2 contact hours.

• IACET CEU: The CDC has been approved as an Authorized Provider by the International Association for Continuing Education and Training (IACET), 1760 Old Meadow Road, Suite 500, McLean, VA 22102. The CDC is authorized by IACET to offer 2.6 ANSI/IACET CEU's for this program.

• CECH: Sponsored by the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, provider of continuing education contact hours (CECH) in health education by the National Commission for Health Education Credentialing, Inc. This program is designed for Certified Health Education Specialists (CHES) to receive up to 23 Category I CECH in health education. CDC provider number GA0082.

Financial Disclosure Statement

CDC, our planners, and our presenters wish to disclose they have no financial interests or other relationships with the manufacturers of commercial products, suppliers of commercial services, or commercial supporters with the following exceptions:

Grace Boda wishes to disclose that she a consultant for Vertex Pharmaceuticals and the Contra Costa Health Department.

Marita Fridjhon wishes to disclose that she is a Co-Founder and Chief Executive Officer of CRR Global, Inc.

Tina Podlodowski wishes to disclose that she is the Vice-President for Porter Novelli.

Vernon A. Wall wishes to disclose that he works as an independent consultant.

Presentations will not include any discussion of the unlabeled use of a product or a product under investigational use.

CityMatCH has not received any commercial support for this activity.

CDC has not received any commercial support for this activity.