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Background & Purpose

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Discussion

Descriptive Analyses

o Duringthe2011-2016grantcycletheNH-MELENDprogramsetagoalforalltraineestoachieveaone-pointincreaseonthescaleduringthenine-monthprogramperiod.

o Alltraineesacrossfivecohortsdemonstratedatleastaone-pointincreaseinaveragescores.MosttraineesreportedataSkill levelacrosscompetenciesattheendoftheirLENDtraining.

o NH-MELENDtraineecohortsarecomprisedof60%graduatestudents,20%familymembers,and20%professionalsfromthecommunitywithawiderangeofagesandexperiencelevels.

o TheMCHLeadershipCompetenciesSelf-assessmentprovidestraineeswithanopportunitytoreflectontheirgrowthduringtraining.

o Examiningthemeanscoresacrosscohortsisusefulforprogramevaluationandcurriculumdevelopment.

o TheMaternalandChildHealthLeadershipCompetencies,Version3.0havebeenarequiredelementofLENDtrainingcurriculumandprogramdevelopmentsince2009.

o ThecompetenciesaresequencedinaprogressionfromSelftoOtherstoWiderCommunity,andaresituatedwithinaconceptualframeworkthatviewsleadershipasalifelongprogressiondevelopingasindividualknowledgeandexperienceexpands.

o TheMCHleadershiptrainingnetworkhasidentifiedaneedtounderstandhowthecompetenciesarebeingutilizedacrossprogramsforthedevelopmentoftrainingcurricula,evaluationofindividualleadership,andevaluationofleadershiptraining(Reed,2009).

o From2011-2016,theNH-MELENDProgramutilizedtheMCHLeadershipCompetenciesSelf-Assessmentasaformativeassessmentmeasure.Eachcohortoftraineesoverthefive-yearperiodratedthemselvesoneachof72competenciesusingafive-pointscaletoreportontheirperceivedgrowthinleadershipskills.

o ThepurposeofthisposteristoexaminemeanscoresontheMCHCompetenciesSelf-AssessmentacrossfivecohortsofNH-MELENDtraineesinordertoprovideadeeperunderstandingofhowthecompetenciespromotedevelopmentofleadershipskillsandprovideaneffectivemeasureforprogramevaluation.

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Fivecohortsoftraineescoreswereaveragedacross12domainswithanoverallskillcategoryassigned:NoExperience(1to1.5),Awareness(1.5to2.4),Knowledge(2.5to3.4),Skill(3.5to4.4),andLeadership(4.5to5).

NoExperience:Ihavenotbeenintroducedtothisconceptorskill.Ineedtolearnmore.AwarenessLevel:Ihavebeenintroducedtothisconceptorskill.Iamawareofitsimportancetomyleadershipdevelopment.KnowledgeLevel:Iunderstandthisconceptorskill.IamabletodescribehowitrelatestotheMCHfieldandmyleadership development.SkillLevel:IunderstandandamskilledatapplyingthisconceptorskillinmypracticewithintheMCHfield.LeadershipLevel:IunderstandandamskilledapplyingthisconceptorskilltoguideandmentorotherswithintheMCHfield.

o Acrossfivecohortsoftrainees,averagescoresfellconsistentlyintheAwareness orKnowledge levelatTime1(Fall)andadvancedtotheSkilllevelatTime3(Spring).

o AtTime3,traineeratedthemselveshighestintheareasofSelfReflection,WorkingwithOthers,andInterdisciplinaryTeamBuilding.TraineescoresintheareasofMCHKnowledgebase,CriticalThinking,CulturalCompetence,andPolicyandAdvocacyfellatconsistentlylowerlevels.

TheNH-MELENDProgramissupportedbyagrant(#T73MC00024)fromtheMaternalandChildHealthBureau,HealthResourcesandServicesAdministration,U.S.DepartmentofHealthandHumanServicesand

administeredbytheAssociationofUniversityCentersonDisabilities(AUCD).