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SUMMARY:Birthing Health Equity Conference: Advancing Birthing Health
DESCRIPTION:THIS EVENT HAS CONCLUDED \n\n\n\n\n\nThe Massachusetts Health & Hospital Association is hosting its inaugural Birthing Health Equity Conference. This virtual event is dedicated to addressing statewide initiatives aimed at advancing equitable perinatal\, pregnancy\, and postpartum care for birthing individuals across the entire spectrum of care. This encompasses everything from community access and behavioral health to the integration of doulas into clinical care teams and the development of policy priorities for birthing individuals and family healthcare. \n\n\n\n\n\nSee Agenda Below \n\n\n\n\n\n$49 PRICE   Member Rate$49 PRICE   Non-Member Rate \n\n\n\nIf you are experiencing any difficulties with the site or registration\, please email Sara Ramon at sramon@mhalink.org or Laurie Snelson at lsnelson@mhalink.org for assistance. In your correspondence\, please include the registrant’s name\, title\, organization\, and email for confirmation. \n\n\n\n\n\nREGISTERFAX 781-262-6136 \n\n\n\nMAIL –  Check Payable to MHAMHA Education Department500 District Ave.Burlington\, MA 01803-5096 \n\n\n\n\n\n\n\nAGENDA \n\n\n\n9:30 – 9:40 am: MHA Welcome Comments  \n\n\n\n9:40 – 10:05 am: Keynote: Maternal Health Equity: Eliminating Disparities and Improving Access   \n\n\n\nHafsatou (Fifi) Diop\, MD\, Assistant Commissioner for Health Equity\, Massachusetts Department of Public Health   \n\n\n\n10:05 – 10:40 am: Expanding Equitable Access to Care   \n\n\n\nIn conversation with legislative champions of maternal healthcare discussing policy priorities for equitable access to care \n\n\n\nEmily Dulong\, Vice President\, Government Advocacy and Policy\, Massachusetts Health & Hospital Association  \n\n\n\nState Senator Becca Rausch\, Senate Chair\, Joint Committee on Children\, Families and Persons with Disabilities \n\n\n\nState Representative Brandy Fluker Oakley\, Vice Chair Join committee on Racial Equity\, Civil Rights\, and Inclusion\, Massachusetts House of Representatives  \n\n\n\n10:40 – 11:20 am: Family Wellness and Wellbeing   \n\n\n\nModerated panel discussion about place-based resources for behavioral health wellness \n\n\n\nIzzy Lopes\, Vice President\, Health Equity\, Massachusetts Health and Hospital Association \n\n\n\nJenise Katalina\, LICSW\, Co-Executive Director\, Women of Color Health Equity Collective \n\n\n\nRenee Boynton-Jarrett\, MD\, Founding Director\, Vital Village Network at Boston Medical Center \n\n\n\nJessica Gaulton\, MD\, Founder/Chief Executive Officer\, Family Well Health  \n\n\n\n11:20 – 11:40 pm BREAK  \n\n\n\n11:45 – 12:30 pm: Quality Improvement Process and Evaluation  \n\n\n\nModerated panel discussion about the use of data collection to drive quality improvement strategies to improve healthcare across the continuum. How can data be used to drive new and/or ongoing initiatives? \n\n\n\nPatricia Noga\, Vice President of Clinical Affairs\, Massachusetts Health and Hospital Association \n\n\n\nRonald Iverson\, MD\, Co-Chair Perinatal Neonatal Quality Improvement Network (PNQIN) \n\n\n\nVanessa Nicholson-Robinson\, DrPH\, Assistant Professor\, Tufts University School of Medicine    \n\n\n\n12:30 – 1:10 pm: Integrating Doulas in the Care Team   \n\n\n\nModerated discussion on the importance role of doulas in improving health outcomes and leveraging patient advocacy \n\n\n\nTiffany Vassell\, RN\, Manager of Community Engagement & Communications\, Neighborhood Birth Center  \n\n\n\nAdriana Jean Louis\, Maternal Mortality and Health Coordinator Massachusetts Department of Public Health   \n\n\n\nDarline Turner\, PA-C\, Founder/Executive Director\, Healing Hands Community Doula Project \n\n\n\nMaia Raynor\, Maternal and Child Health Policy and Program Manager Massachusetts Department of Public Health \n\n\n\n1:10 – 1:55pm LUNCH BREAK \n\n\n\n2 – 2:30pm: Leveraging Storytelling and Lived Experiences in Advocacy    \n\n\n\nStefanie D Belnavis\, LMHC\, Founder\, A Bucket for the Well   \n\n\n\n2:30 – 2:50pm: Community Resilience: Resources for Health Literacy and Empowerment   \n\n\n\nA presentation by Resilient Sisterhood Project on resources and preventative health information for BIPOC women and birthing people \n\n\n\nLily Marcelin\, Executive Director\, Resilient Sisterhood Project \n\n\n\n2:50 – 3pm: Closing Remarks; adjourn   \n\n\n\n\n\nFeatured Speakers  \n\n\n\n\n\n\nSenator Becca Rausch\, Esq \n\n\n\nSenate Chair\,Joint Committee on Children\, Families and Persons with Disabilities\, Massachusetts State Senate \n\n\n\n\n\nRepresentative Brandy Fluker Oakle\, Esq. \n\n\n\nVice Chair Join committee on Racial Equity\, Civil Rights\, and Inclusion\, Massachusetts House of Representatives  \n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\nFifi Diop M.D.\, MPH \n\n\n\nAssistant Commissioner for Health Equity\, Massachusetts Department of Public Health \n\n\n\n\n\n\n\nLily Marcelin  \n\n\n\nExecutive Director\,The Resilient Sisterhood Project \n\n\n\n\n\n\nCancellation Policy (for in-person events only): Full refunds will be recognized when cancellations occur at least 5 business days prior to an in-person event. Any cancellation notices received after this time will result in $50 administrative fee. To avoid this penalty\, you may send someone in your place by forwarding their full name\, title and email address to the Director of Healthcare Education\, Amy S
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CATEGORIES:MHA Conferences,Anchoring Equity
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