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Appendix A: Workshop Agenda
Pages 167-174

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... Appendix A Workshop Agenda Advancing Maternal Health Equity and Reducing Maternal Mortality: A Virtual Workshop June 7–8, 2021 11:00 am–5:30 pm ET WORKSHOP OBJECTIVES To examine the current state of maternal health in the United States and explore the factors needed to enable communities and health care systems to be more effective in reducing maternal morbidity and mortality and improving outcomes for pregnant people through the fourth trimester. The workshop will examine • the factors shaping maternal health and outcomes, including social determinants, and the role early life events play in shaping health trajectories, and access to and the safety and quality of maternal health care; • the current state of evidence on maternal health and maternal mortality; • current promising evidence-informed practices for improving maternal health and reducing maternal mortality from selected states/localities; 167
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... Lee Institute for Health Policy Studies, University of California, San Francisco Welcome Victor Dzau, President, National Academy of Medicine 11:10 am–12:00 pm I Root Cause of Poor Maternal Health Outcomes for Black and Indigenous People Moderator: Claire Brindis Speakers: • Joia Crear-Perry, Founder and President, National Birth Equity Collaborative • Monica McLemore, Associate Professor, Family Health Care Nursing Department, University of California, San Francisco; Affiliated Scientist, Advancing New Standards in Reproductive Health • Marinah Farrell, Chicanx/Indigenous, Executive Director, Changing Women Iniative
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... Scott, Associate Professor, Ob/Gyn, Reproductive Sciences, Department of Humanities and Social Sciences, University of California, San Francisco, School of Medicine • Saraswathi Vedam, Professor of Midwifery, Faculty of Medicine, The University of British Columbia; Lead Investigator, Birth Place Lab, MSFHR Health Professional Investigator • Brownsyne Tucker Edmonds • Carolyn Sufrin, Assistant Professor of Gynecology and Obstetrics, Associate Director, Center for Medical Humanities and Social Medicine, Johns Hopkins University
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... • Allison Bryant Mantha, Associate Professor of Obstetrics, Gynecology, and Reproductive Services, Harvard Medical School; Senior Medical Director for Health Equity, Mass General Brigham • Nia Mitchell, Birth Equity Research Scholar, National Birth Equity Collaborative 4:00 pm–5:30 pm V Maternal Health Issues Related to the Fourth Trimester Moderator: Melissa Simon Speakers: • Alison Steube, Professor, Distinguished Scholar, Infant and Young Child Feeding, Department of Maternal and Child Health, Gillings School of Global Public Health; Division Director for Maternal-Fetal Medicine, School of Medicine, University of North Carolina • Kanika Harris, Director of Maternal Health, Black Women's Health Imperative; Public Health Expert, DC Mayor's Lactation
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... B Borders, Executive Director and Obstetric Lead, Illinois Perinatal Quality Collaborative; Maternal Fetal Medicine
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... Wells Endowed Professor, O'Neill School of Public and Environmental Affairs, and Associate Vice Provost for Health Sciences, Indiana University
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... Chinn, Sociologist and Demographer, Population Dynamics Branch, National Institute of Child Health and Human Development • Kathryn Schubert, President and Chief Executive Officer, Society for Women's Health Research • Monique Shaw, Program Officer, Robert Wood Johnson Foundation • Tenesha Duncan, Principal, Birth Equity, Tara Health Foundation 5:30 pm Workshop Adjourns
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