What are the MCH Leadership Competencies?

The developmental progression of leadership is of particular importance to those involved in the professional and continuing education of MCH health professionals. Leadership ability grows—from self to others to the wider community—as the knowledge, skills, and experience of the individual expands and deepens.

The MCH leadership competencies are presented in a progression from self to wider community which demonstrates the widening contacts, broadening interests, and growing influence that an MCH leader can experience over a professional lifetime.

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Thirteen MCH training programs across the country (including ours!) created We Are MCH (Prezi), a visual narrative of the MCH public health work and research in our communities to better define ourselves to the community and potential students. Of the 35 stories, four are from our own U of MN faculty, students, graduates or community colleagues. There are also three short Prezis, with about a dozen stories each: We Are MCH – Mini 1, We Are MCH – Mini 2 and We Are MCH – Mini 3.