Kennedy Krieger Institute, Baltimore, MD, USA.
Johns Hopkins University School of Medicine, Baltimore, MD, USA.
Matern Child Health J. 2022 Aug;26(Suppl 1):37-43. doi: 10.1007/s10995-022-03397-3. Epub 2022 Mar 24.
Efforts to recruit and retain diverse Maternal and Child Health (MCH) professionals are of paramount public health significance. Culturally congruent mentorship strategies are key to supporting a successful transition from undergraduate to graduate studies.
This mixed-method study evaluated a culturally congruent mentorship training used by one of the MCH Pipeline Training programs and described mentorship practices and lessons learned from the six MCH Pipeline programs. A retrospective pre-test post-test survey assessed mentorship competency skills following a mentoring workshop. All MCH Pipeline program leaders completed a questionnaire to elicit responses about mentoring training practices, mentor evaluation strategies, and lessons learned.
Maternal and Child Health Pipeline Training Programs supported 1890 undergraduate scholars at universities and institutions nationally. Scholars at six MCH Pipeline Programs participated in MCH education and mentored experiential leadership opportunities in clinical practice, research, and public health education. Qualitative program-level mentor survey themes indicated the importance of creating a reflective space and building mentorship teams. Mean mentor self-assessed improvement in mentor competencies was 14.4 points, 95% CI [10.5, 18.3], p < .001 following completion of a mentoring training workshop implemented by one of the MCH Pipeline programs.
The Health Resources and Services Administration's Maternal and Child Health Bureau recognized the need to support the development of the next generation of diverse MCH leaders. Pipeline programs that included mentoring workshops and building culturally congruent mentorship teams are two strategies to increase and retain diverse scholars in graduate school and leaders in the public health workforce.
招募和留住多元化的母婴健康（MCH）专业人员是公共卫生的当务之急。文化契合的指导策略是支持从本科到研究生学习成功过渡的关键。
这项混合方法研究评估了母婴健康管道培训计划之一使用的文化契合指导培训，并描述了母婴健康管道计划的六名导师的指导实践和经验教训。一项回顾性的预测试后调查评估了指导研讨会后的指导能力技能。所有母婴健康管道计划负责人都完成了一份问卷，以了解指导培训实践、导师评估策略和经验教训。
母婴健康管道培训计划在全国各大学和机构支持了 1890 名本科生学者。六个母婴健康管道计划的学者参加了母婴健康教育，并在临床实践、研究和公共卫生教育方面提供了指导和经验领导机会。定性的计划层面导师调查主题表明了创建反思空间和建立指导团队的重要性。在完成母婴健康管道计划之一实施的指导培训研讨会后，导师自我评估指导能力的平均提高了 14.4 分，95%置信区间[10.5, 18.3]，p<0.001。
美国卫生资源和服务管理局的母婴健康局认识到需要支持下一代多元化母婴健康领导者的发展。包括指导研讨会和建立文化契合指导团队的管道计划是增加和留住研究生多样化学者和公共卫生劳动力领导者的两种策略。
