MCH Leadership Training Program: An Innovative Application of an Implementation Science Framework

A skilled MCH workforce is essential for an effective public health system to address health disparities and achieve health equity. Preparing MCH professionals to respond to pandemics, disasters, unrest, disparities, and other complex socio-political situations requires training that promotes lifelong learning, commitment, collaboration, and action. However, determinants impacting MCH leadership training program implementation remain unknown. This article illustrates how integrating an implementation science framework could inform development, implementation and evaluation activities. Such application could contribute to improving the rigor, transferability, adaptability, and dissemination efforts during challenging times. Rapid systematic, comprehensive, and timely responses to programmatic challenges are critical for learning, adapting, and sharing best practices to expand MCH leadership training capacity efforts.