Utilizing Principles of Private Enterprise to Improve Maternal and Child Health Programs
High quality maternal and child health (MCH) programs are needed to meet the global Sustainable Development Goals 1, 2, 3, and 10. Yet, the vast majority of MCH programs are small, lack capacity and personnel, and are judged based on their relationships with funders, rather than their performance in...
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| description | High quality maternal and child health (MCH) programs are needed to meet the global Sustainable Development Goals 1, 2, 3, and 10. Yet, the vast majority of MCH programs are small, lack capacity and personnel, and are judged based on their relationships with funders, rather than their performance in the field. Adopting principles common among private enterprise could have a significant impact on shifting MCH to focus on implementing larger, higher quality programs and to routinely evaluate MCH as meeting/ not meeting their primary mission. For example, focusing on recruiting personnel who have excellent social skills and are pragmatic problem-solvers reflects a principle of Hire the Best Staff. Similar principles such as Leadership Matters and Create a Culture of Discipline are guideposts that can improve the quality of MCH programs over time. This commentary outlines criteria which could both guide MCH organizational development and funders’ evaluations of MCH.
Key words: • Leadership • Private Sector • Maternal And Child Health Programs • Global Health • Developing Countries
Copyright © 2020 Rotheram-Borus and Tomlinson. Published by Global Health and Education Projects, Inc. This is an open-access article distributed under the terms of the Creative Commons Attribution License (CC BY 4.0) which permits unrestricted use, distribution, and reproduction in any medium, provided the original work, first published in this journal, is properly cited. |
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| spelling | doaj.art-4386149220d84572bdc051e3460cdacd2022-12-22T04:07:42ZengGlobal Health and Education Projects, Inc.International Journal of Maternal and Child Health and AIDS2161-86742161-864X2020-07-019310.21106/ijma.384Utilizing Principles of Private Enterprise to Improve Maternal and Child Health ProgramsMary Jane Rotheram-Borus, PhD0Mark Tomlinson, PhD1Department of Psychiatry and Biobehavioral Sciences, Semel Institute, University of California at Los Angeles, Los Angeles, CA 90024, USAInstitute for Life Course Health Research, Department of Global Health, Stellenbosch University, Cape Town, South Africa; School of Nursing and Midwifery, Queens University, Belfast, UKHigh quality maternal and child health (MCH) programs are needed to meet the global Sustainable Development Goals 1, 2, 3, and 10. Yet, the vast majority of MCH programs are small, lack capacity and personnel, and are judged based on their relationships with funders, rather than their performance in the field. Adopting principles common among private enterprise could have a significant impact on shifting MCH to focus on implementing larger, higher quality programs and to routinely evaluate MCH as meeting/ not meeting their primary mission. For example, focusing on recruiting personnel who have excellent social skills and are pragmatic problem-solvers reflects a principle of Hire the Best Staff. Similar principles such as Leadership Matters and Create a Culture of Discipline are guideposts that can improve the quality of MCH programs over time. This commentary outlines criteria which could both guide MCH organizational development and funders’ evaluations of MCH. Key words: • Leadership • Private Sector • Maternal And Child Health Programs • Global Health • Developing Countries Copyright © 2020 Rotheram-Borus and Tomlinson. Published by Global Health and Education Projects, Inc. This is an open-access article distributed under the terms of the Creative Commons Attribution License (CC BY 4.0) which permits unrestricted use, distribution, and reproduction in any medium, provided the original work, first published in this journal, is properly cited.https://mchandaids.org/index.php/IJMA/article/view/384 |
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