141st APHA Annual Meeting and Exposition

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Improving Pregnancy Outcomes: Integrating Systems-Related Change

Monday, November 4, 2013: 10:30 a.m. - 12:00 p.m.
Oral
This session will highlight systems-level factors and innovative prenatal, intrapartum, and postnatal care strategies for improving maternal and infant outcomes. Topics include preconception determinants of birth delivery method, integrated pregnancy care models, PTSD screening in high-risk populations, and nurse home visiting.
Session Objectives: Identify systems-level factors associated with maternal and infant outcomes during the prenatal, intrapartum, and postnatal periods Describe innovative prenatal, intrapartum, and postnatal programming for improving maternal and infant outcomes in high-risk populations. Describe innovative prenatal, intrapartum, and postnatal programming for improving maternal and infant outcomes in high-risk populations.
Moderator:
Tyan Parker Dominquez, PhD
Organizers:
Kee Chan, PhD and Janine Lewis, MPH

10:30am
Welcoming Remarks

10:35am
A lifecourse approach to understanding birth delivery methods in the US: Importance of preconception and pregnancy-related determinants   

Whitney P. Witt, PhD, MPH, Lauren E. Wisk, PhD, Erika Rose Cheng, MPA, Kara Mandell, MA, Debanjana Chatterjee, MA, Fathima Wakeel, PhD, MPH and Amy Godecker, PhD, MS
     
10:50am
Screening for PTSD in prenatal care in high risk populations: Importance for identification and service provision to promote healthy pregnancy outcomes   

Linda Weinreb, MD, Carole Upshur, EdD, Melodie Wenz Gross, PhD and Jennifer Moffitt, CNM
     
11:05am
A comparison of maternal and neonatal health outcomes: Women enrolled and not enrolled in an evidence-based nurse home visitation program   

Melanie Lutenbacher, PhD, MSN, FAAN, Mary S. Dietrich, PhD, Deborah Narrigan, MSN, CNM and Amy Picklesimer, MD, MSPH
     
11:20am
Adopting an integrated care model to transform pregnancy care within a major OB/GYN residency-based program   

Sadaf Rafique, MS, Jana Sullivan, CNM, MSN, Camerino I. Salazar, MS, Ebony Weston, FACHE and Matthew Lee Smith, PhD, MPH, CHES
11:35am
Discussion

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Organized by: Maternal and Child Health

CE Credits: Medical (CME), Health Education (CHES), Nursing (CNE), Public Health (CPH) , Masters Certified Health Education Specialist (MCHES)

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