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A Retreat to Advance Maternal and Child Health Scholarship and Practice.

We are currently planning the 2010 program agenda. If you would like to join our mailing list to receive Retreat information when it becomes available, please send an email to the retreat coordinator, Jaime Klaus at jaimkl@uic.edu.

This national professional development program is designed for intergenerational, interdisciplinary, academic/practice MCH professionals who are committed to social justice, equity-based interventions, the life-course model, and out-of-the-box thinking to improve the health of our women, children, and families.

Retreat participants will expand upon existing leadership strengths and develop new leadership skills through unique experiential sessions. An exploration of equity-based interventions within the life-course framework will have participants thinking outside of the box to explore innovative methods to improve the health and well-being of those we serve in our communities. Participants will work with 'Immunity to Change,' author Dr. Robert Kegan, to identify individual- and systems-level change that will help support a paradigm shift in MCH.  Participants will identify steps to create change.

Participants will also have an opportunity to meet with a professional leadership/executive coach to explore career-related issues and work-life balance. Participants will have time to reflect on what is important and what is next for them and their communities. Participants will leave the retreat rejuvenated, motivated, and excited to return to their work/communities and their personal lives.

Those attending the retreat will:

  • Develop and enhance practical leadership skills to change the way they approach their work.
  • Discuss equity-based interventions within the context of the life-course model.
  • Have the opportunity to meet with a professional coach to gain clarity about their work/career path.
  • Explore and initiate new MCH practice and research collaborations.
  • Engage in heartfelt conversations about issues that really matter (but that often keep us from being able to do their work).
  • Recharge and re-energize so they can return home with new energy and excitement for doing their work.
  • Experience a sense of community that is new and exciting.
  • Reflect on your work and MCH vision.

Who Should Attend:

Attendees will include intergenerational, interdisciplinary MCH academic and practice professionals and students. (Generation Y and Xers, baby boomers, and traditionalists).  More specifically, participants may include:

  • Faculty, staff, students, and alumni of the MCHB-funded training programs (SPHs, LENDs, LEAHs, and PPCs), 
  • MCH Title V Directors,
  • MCH Program Directors and Managers,
  • MCH Program Staff,
  • Researchers,
  • Physicians,
  • Nurses,
  • Social Workers,
  • Policy and Family Advocates,
  • Health Educators and Administrators, and
  • Interdisciplinary, intergenerational Faculty/Staff/Students who are interested in the health and well-being of women, children, and families.

Registration:

Registration is limited to 100 participants. If this program feels exciting and full of possibilities for you, we would love for you to participate! Additionally, we encourage you to invite your intergenerational, interdisciplinary colleagues to attend!



Questions:

For more information please check in with our website in December 2009 (www.uic.edu/sph/mch) or call/email Kris Risley, DrPH at 312.996.2875 or kyrisley@uic.edu.

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