Health and Outreach Worker Training

The Kern County Department of Public Health, Maternal, Child and Adolescent Health (MCAH) has four major goals:

  • All Children born healthy to healthy mothers.

  • No health status disparities among racial/ethnic gender economic and regional groups.

  • A safe and healthy environment of women, children, and their families.

  • Equal access for all women, children and their families to appropriate and needed care within an integrated and seamless system.

The MCAH Program conducts activities that improve outcomes for the MCH population. The MCAH programs include Perinatal Outreach Program (POP), Perinatal Outreach and Education (POE), Black Infant Health (BIH), Childhood Injury Prevention Project, Medi-Cal Outreach Program (MCO).

One of the MCH activities is to facilitate monthly in service education and training targeting MCH staff. The training topics are geared toward issues relating to women of childbearing age, pregnant women, children and families and are relevant to community organizations. Anyone is welcome to attend. It is not necessary to RSVP. Just show up! The training is held at 9:30 A.M. – 10:30 A.M. on the second Wednesday of the month.

If you would like more information or would like receive training notices contact, Imelda Ceja-Butkiewicz, Project Specialist at (661) 868-0543 or e-mail imeldacb@co.kern.ca.us.

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