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Decreasing Maternal Mortality: Strategies That Work
Agenda
Wednesday September 18 , Thursday, September 19, 2024
Frontier Nursing University Campus, 2050 Lexington Road, Versailles, Kentucky, 40383
Co-organized and co-sponsored by The Campion Fund and Frontier Nursing University
Wednesday September 18, 2024
3pm: Arrive at Frontier Nursing University
6pm: Meet and Greet Dinner and Networking in Dining Hall
Thursday September 19, 2024
7-8:30am : Breakfast served in Dining Hall
Meeting Moderator: Yvonne Maddox, PHD
Dr. Maddox is a retired public servant who was Deputy Director of the Eunice Kennedy Shriver Institute of Child Health and Human Development, the acting Director of the NIH and acting Director of the National Institute of Minority Health and Health Disparities. She has remained active during retirement by advocating for science grounded care to ensure improve health outcomes for all.
8:30-8:45am Introduction
First Plenary Session
8:45am Births by The Numbers
Eugene DeClercq, PhD, Boston University
Dr DeClercq is a leading expert on US maternal mortality and has studied this problem in for many decades. He is Professor of Public Health and Professor of Obstetrics and Gynecology at Boston University. He has been given the Martha May Eliot Award from the American Public Health Association for extraordinary service for health care for mothers and children.
9:15am Economic Burden of Maternal Mortality in the United States of America
Robert S. White, MD, MS Cornell Weill School of Medicine
Dr. White is gaining an reputation as an anesthesiologist and clinical researcher who studies disparities in healthcare with a focus on outcomes. He has published on the topic of the cost of poor maternal outcomes to the economy as well as analysis of in-hospital maternal mortality. He is Assistant Professor at Weill Cornell Medical School.
9:45am Birth Justice
Nikia Grayson, CNM, FNP, MPH,DNP
Dr. Grayson is the Chief Clinical Officer for Choices Center for Reproductive Health in Memphis, Tennessee. Her background in public health, medical anthropology as well as family nurse-midwifery informs her work. Dr. Grayson is a member of the Board of Directors of SisterReach and is a recipient of the Bisola Marignay Award. She envisions a time where everyone has access to equitable and empowering healthcare.
10:15am Break
10:30am A Comparison of Maternity Care in the US to Other Countries
Dr. Kennedy is an Emeritus Professor of Nursing at Yale. She was the first person to be appointed Varney Professor of Midwifery at that institution. Prior to assuming her professorship, Dr Kennedy served for thirty years in the US Amry Nurse Corps. She is a past president of the American College of Nurse-Midwives. Her research focuses on understanding how heath care systems are linked to clinical and social outcomes.
11:00am Panel: An Integrated Maternity Care Team: The University of Utah Experience of Serving a Five State Area
For decades, the University of Utah has served the needs of individuals and families in the Intermountain West serving an area that includes five states. The maternal health care team is an team that integrates the talents and skills of physicians from all specialties with the talents and skills of nurse-midwives. Four team members will present their work with a diverse rural and urban populations. The panel is led by Bob Silver, Chairman of the Department of Obstetrics and Gynecology. He has published over 400 articles in peer- reviewed journals.
11:45am Lunch Poster Session
An opportunity to discuss poster findings and to share ideas with authors of submitted abstracts
1:00pm Preparing a Workforce for Maternal Health Care Teams in Rural and Underserved Areas of the United States
Dr. Stone is the President of Frontier Nursing University. Her vision has led the university from a small institution educating 200 nurses a year to the university it is today with 2500 nurses studying to become certified nurse-midwives and nurse practitioners. FNU graduates work in every state, especially in rural and underserved areas. Dr. Stone is a member of the National Academy of Medicine and is a past president of the American College of Nurse-Midwives.
1:15 - 2:15pm Three oral presentations selected from submitted abstracts
15 minutes each and discussion
2:15pm Break
2:30pm Three Oral presentation selected from submitted abstracts
15 min each and 10 minutes discussion
3:15 – 3:25pm
Comments: Where do we go from here?
Dr Yvonne Maddox
3:25 to 4pm
Comments and Discussion: Where do we go from here?
All attendees