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Birth, Breastfeeding and Beyond:

Sustaining Community-Based Practices

 

 

Monday - March 21, 2011

 

5:00 - 9:00 PM
Conference Registration

 

5:30 - 7:30 PM

 
Welcome
  • Karen Hench, MS, RN, Division of Healthy Start and Perinatal Services, DHHS/HRSA/MCHB
  • Rachel Abramson, RN, MS, IBCLC, HealthConnect One

 

Opening Plenary -
Health Reform Implementation and the Impact on Community Health
  • Mayra E. Alvarez, MHA, Director of Public Health Policy, Office of Health Reform, U.S. Department of Health and Human Services


Spoken Word Performance

 

 

7:30 - 8:30 PM

 

 

 
Opening Reception

Join us for hors d’oeuvres, enjoy visual art displays, and network with other maternal and child health advocates.

 

 8:30 - 9:30 PM

 

 
Open Mic

Consider sharing your talents by performing a poem, song or dance. Amateurs welcome. Sign-up on-site with MC Hanifah Rios.

 

Tuesday - March 22, 2011

 

7:30 – 8:30 AM

 
Registration and Continental Breakfast

 

8:30 – 10:00 AM
Plenary Session - Expecting to Breastfeed
  • Judy Thierry, DO, MPH, Early Childhood Health and Development Branch of the Maternal, Infant, and Early Childhood Home Visiting Program, DHHS/HRSA/MCHB

 

10:00 - 10:15 AM

 

 
Break

Snacks, Exhibits, Poster Session, Visual Art

 

10:15 - 11:30 AM

 

 

 
Breakout Session 1-A
Leveraging Hospital Breastfeeding Data to Improve Maternity Care Practices and Breastfeeding Rates
  • Karen Farley, RD, IBCLC, California WIC Association
 
Breakout Session 1-B
Open Arms Outreach Doula Program: Doulas Working in an Early Learning Initiative
  • Michelle Sarju, LM, Open Arms Perinatal Services
 
Breakout Session 1-C
Sensory Stress Reduction Practices: Strategies for Creative Prenatal Visits and Self-Care for Fatigued Community Doulas
  • Jill Wodnick, MA, Hudson Perinatal Consortium

11:30 AM - 12:00 NOON
Break

Exhibits, Poster Session, Visual Art

 

12:00 - 1:30 PM  
Plenary Session and Luncheon - Integrating Community Health Workers in Health Reform: New Opportunities for Sustainability 
  • Michael Fraser, PhD, CAE, Association of Maternal and Child Health Programs
  • Phyllis Glink, MPP, Irving Harris Foundation
  • Laura McAlpine, LCSW, HealthConnect One (Moderator)

1:30 - 2:00 PM
Break

Exhibits, Poster Session, Visual Art

 

2:00 - 3:15 PM
Breakout Session 2-A
Data Collection Made Easy: Doula Data & the Breastfeeding Data System!
  • Sarah Kerch and Beth Pellettieri, HealthConnect One
  • Aisha Domingue, Brooklyn Young Mothers’ Collective
  • Molly Chappell-McPhail, MSW, CD(DONA), BirthMatters
   
Breakout Session 2-B
CHWs to the Rescue
  • Lizette Pacheco, Migrant Health Promotion “Amor de Madre Program
  • Laura Bahena, CHW, CNA, Chicago Community Health Workers Local Network
  • Cara Rodriguez-Fucci, Doul@ for LGBTQ Families
  • Wandy Hernandez, CD (DONA), CLC, CCE, AA, HealthConnect One (Moderator)
   
Breakout Session 2-C
Support for Pregnancy, Birth & Beyond
  • Fatima Muhammad,  BS, Motherwit Holistic Health, LLC
  • Darlene Little, EdD, Tanner Community Development Corp

3:15 - 3:30 PM
Break

Snacks, Exhibits, Poster Session, Visual Art

 

3:30 - 5:00 PM
Plenary Session - Five Key Trends in the Changing World of Maternity Care in 2011
  • Eugene DeClercq, PhD, Professor, Boston University School of Public Health

 

5:00 - 5:15 PM
Break

Exhibits, Poster Session, Visual Art

 

5:15 - 6:30 PM   
Preparing for Advocacy Day:
an Optional (but encouraged) training for those participating in Advocacy Day
  • Laura McAlpine, LCSW, and Mac Grambauer, HealthConnect One

 

Wednesday - March 23, 2011

 

7:30 - 8:00 AM
Registration and Continental Breakfast

 

8:00 - 9:15 AM  
Breakout Session 3-A
New Media Toward Social Bonding and Health Literacy
  • Benita Miller, Brooklyn Young Mothers Collective
  • Aisha Domingue, Brooklyn Young Mothers Collective
with support from Paul DuongTran, Ph.D., Fordham University Graduate School of Social Service in preparing the presentation

 
Breakout Session 3-B
Challenging Childbirth:  How to Support Clients During Difficult Labors
  • Katie Daily, BA, CD (DONA), ICCE, Family Health and Birth Center, Inc.
 
Breakout Session 3-C
Piloting Community-Based Doula Services within a Healthy Families Project:  A Case Study from Indiana
  • Sherry Mukasa-Matemachani, CHES, BS, Indiana Perinatal Network
  • Michelle Brown, MOM Project

with support from Joanne Martin, DrPH, MPH, RN, FAAN, Indiana University School of Nursing, in preparing this presentation

9:15 - 9:45 AM
Final Break

Snacks, Exhibits, Poster Session, Visual Art

 

9:45 - 11:15 AM
Plenary Session
Moving Towards Action: Sustaining Community-Based Practices
  • Rachel Abramson, RN, MS, IBCLC, HealthConnect One
  • Jeretha McKinley, BA, CLC, HealthConnect One

 

11:15 - 11:30 AM
Reflection and Closing
  • HealthConnect One Staff and Conference Attendees

 

11:30 AM - 12:00 NOON
Boxed Lunch

For Advocacy Day Participants

 

12:00 - 5:00 PM
Advocacy Day on Capitol Hill

Travel with HealthConnect One on the Metro to Capitol Hill.  Visit with your elected officials, and debrief afterwards. 

 

 

 

 

Registration

 

 

 

Additional Forms and Guidelines


Visual Art Contributions Form

Sponsorship and Exhibitor Form

Poster Session Guidelines

 

 

 

For more information:

Please contact Conference Co-coordinator RoiAnn Phillips by phone at (312) 243-4772, ext. 233 or by email.