University of Wisconsin-Milwaukee, 3409 N Downer Ave, Pavilion 366, Milwaukee, WI, 53211, USA.
University of South Florida, Tampa, FL, USA.
Matern Child Health J. 2022 Aug;26(Suppl 1):137-146. doi: 10.1007/s10995-022-03375-9. Epub 2022 Mar 14.
The HRSA-funded maternal and child health pipeline training programs (MCHPTPs) are a response to the critical need to diversify the MCH workforce, as a strategy to reduce health disparities in MCH populations. These MCHPTPs support students from undergraduate to graduate education and ultimately into the MCH workforce.
The models and components of training across the six MCHPTPs funded in 2016-2021 are summarized, to examine the design and delivery of undergraduate pipeline training and the insights gained across programs.
Strategies that emerged across training programs were organized into three themes: recruitment, support for student persistence (in education), and pipeline-to-workforce intentionality. Support for student persistence included financial support, mentoring, creating opportunity for students to develop a sense of belonging, and the use of research as a tool to promote learning and competitiveness for graduate education. Finally, the link to Maternal and Child Health Bureau (MCHB) long-term training and other MCHB opportunities for professional development contributed significant nuance to the pipeline-to-workforce objectives of these programs.
The MCHPTPs not only increase the diversity of the MCH workforce, they also actively prepare the next generation of MCH leaders. The intentional connection of undergraduates to the infrastructure and continuum of MCH training, underscores the comprehensive impact of this funding.
HRSA 资助的母婴健康管道培训计划 (MCHPTP) 是对多元化母婴保健劳动力的迫切需求的回应，是减少母婴保健人群健康差距的一种策略。这些 MCHPTP 支持从本科到研究生教育的学生，并最终进入母婴保健劳动力队伍。
总结了 2016-2021 年资助的六个 MCHPTP 的培训模式和组成部分，以考察本科管道培训的设计和交付情况，以及各计划获得的经验。
培训计划中出现的策略分为三个主题：招聘、支持学生坚持（完成学业）以及管道到劳动力的意图。支持学生坚持学业包括经济支持、指导、为学生创造归属感的机会，以及利用研究作为促进学习和研究生教育竞争力的工具。最后，与母婴健康局 (MCHB) 长期培训和其他母婴健康局职业发展机会的联系，为这些计划的管道到劳动力目标增添了重要的细微差别。
MCHPTP 不仅增加了母婴保健劳动力的多样性，还积极培养下一代母婴保健领导者。将本科生与母婴保健培训的基础设施和连续体有意联系起来，突显了这一资助的全面影响。
