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This case study is designed to help practicing professionals and trainees in public maternal and child health efforts think strategically about how to address difficult issues related to leadership, developing a shared vision, and shaping and supporting teams. The case study centers on the issue of childhood obesity, a high-profile public health issue, but one that does not lend itself to straightforward approaches or answers.
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The case study includes discussion questions and group exercises intended to help participants connect the scenario to their own experience and to reinforce the concepts explored in specific modules of the MCH Leadership series. Although the exercises are tailored to correspond to specific modules, they also may be used as a stand-alone instrument with the case study.
Fact sheet on childhood obesity from the The Center for Health and Health Care in Schools http://www.rwjf.org/files/research/obesityfs.pdf IOM fact sheet on childhood obesity, facts and figures http://www.iom.edu/Object.File/Master/22/606/FINALfactsandfigures2.pdf Links to other IOM fact sheets on preventing childhood obesity (the role of industry, the role of schools, etc.) can be found at http://www.iom.edu/?id=22704 "Assessment of Child and Adolescent Overweight and Obesity." Pediatrics 2007; 120(6) Supplement http://pediatrics.aappublications.org/content/vol120/Supplement_4/index.shtml | 