title: Looking at graduates of Title V MCHB-funded training programs through the lens of the MCH pyramid.
abstract: OBJECTIVE
  To examine the distribution of professional responsibilities as reflected in each level of the MCH Pyramid for 208 graduates of five Maternal and Child Health Bureau (MCHB)-funded training programs-Leadership Education in Neurodevelopmental and Related Disabilities, nutrition, pediatric dentistry, public health, and social work-at the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill.
  
  
  METHODS
  Graduates completed a web-based survey, 1-8 years after graduation. For each program, we constructed means of the reported percentages of total work time spent in infrastructure-building, population-based, enabling, and direct health care services.
  
  
  RESULTS
  Although generally consistent with the goals of the training programs, the percentages of time spent in each level of the Pyramid varied substantially among the five programs. For example, for a clinically focused program like pediatric dentistry, 80.2 % of time is spent in direct care services in contrast to 14.8 % for public health graduates. For each program, however, graduates report responsibilities among the different levels of the Pyramid.
  
  
  CONCLUSIONS
  Reporting job responsibilities within the MCH Pyramid provides a more informative picture of the contributions of training program graduates than do conventional metrics such as institutional or agency appointments. The fact that graduates from all five programs engage multiple roles is consistent with the MCHB workforce training goal to develop leaders in the field of MCH. Given the central role of the MCH Pyramid in planning and reporting for the MCH Services Block Grant, MCH training programs should include metrics such as graduates' roles according to the MCH Pyramid to assure that training goals are more closely aligned with workforce needs.
authors.affiliation: Department of Maternal and Child Health, UNC Gillings School of Global Public Health, Chapel Hill, NC, 27599-7445, USA, lew_margolis@unc.edu.
authors.forename: Lewis H
authors.initials: LH
authors.lastname: Margolis
authors.forename: Angela
authors.initials: A
authors.lastname: Rosenberg
authors.forename: Karl
authors.initials: K
authors.lastname: Umble
authors.forename: Linda
authors.initials: L
authors.lastname: Chewning
mesh_terms: D000328:Adult; D002648:Child; D040381:Education, Public Health Professional / Q000379:methods*; D004521:Educational Measurement; D005260:Female; D005380:Financing, Government; D006282:Health Personnel / Q000193:education*; D006801:Humans; D007857:Leadership; D008297:Male; D008430:Maternal-Child Health Centers; D008875:Middle Aged; D009462:Neurology / Q000193:education; D009657:North Carolina; D052756:Nutritional Sciences / Q000193:education; D010377:Pediatric Dentistry / Q000193:education; D016730:Program Development; D015397:Program Evaluation / Q000379:methods; D012947:Social Work / Q000193:education; D011795:Surveys and Questionnaires; D000078329:Workforce