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MCHB
Strategic Plan for 2003–2007
Goal 3: Eliminate Health Barriers and Disparities
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Key
Strategy
Develop and promote health services and systems of care designed to eliminate
disparities and barriers across the MCH
population. |
Performance
Measure
The degree to which MCHB-supported programs have incorporated cultural
competence elements into their policies, guidelines, contracts, and training. |
Key
Strategy
Train an MCH workforce that is culturally competent and reflects an increasingly
diverse population. |
Performance
Measure
The degree to which MCHB long-term training grantees include cultural competency
in their curricula and training. |
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The Division
of Research, Training and Education (DRTE) plays a central role in supporting both
the vision and mission of MCHB through its funded programs. These programs
promote interdisciplinary leadership training and new knowledge development
to ensure capacity within this nation’s current and future MCH
workforce.
The DRTE has strategic
goals and objectives that focus on enhancing cultural competence in
student and faculty recruitment and
retention, in professional development and continuing education,
in evidence-based knowledge and practice, and in cultivation of leadership
within the field of public health, particularly in maternal and child
health.
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Supported through
a grant from the DRTE, the National Center for Cultural
Competence (NCCC) is assisting the MCHB in realizing its
vision and achieving stated goals, with a particular focus on the
essential role of cultural and linguistic competency in health
care. The NCCC created resources to respond to Goal 3 of the MCHB
Strategic Plan that addresses the elimination of health barriers
and disparities. |
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