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2024 Joint Perinatal Improvement Summit
(talk titles and order subject to change)

    • Day 1: Tuesday October 22, 2024
      • 12:00 – 12:45pm: Registration, Visit with Sponsors
      • 12:45 – 1:00pm: Welcome: John Sellner and Brian Grahan
      • 1:00 – 2:00pm: Plenary 1: Finding the Northstar: Inequities in Perinatal Mental Health Care – Tolulope Odebunmi
      • 2:15-3:15pm: Breakout Sessions #1
        • A Closer Look: Child Welfare Disproportionality – Thomas Berry and Katy Armendariz
        • MDH Task Force on Prenatal Health and Substance Use Disorders: Recommendation and Discussion – Kurt DeVine and Brittany Wright
        • Advancing Perinatal Substance Use Treatment in Rural Minnesota: Overcoming Barriers and Reducing Inequities – Carmichael Finn
        • Perinatal Hypertension Disorders: How One Hospital System and Public Health Department Joined Forces to Provide Innovative Services to Improve the Outcomes – Lisa Konicek, Emily Lian, Jessica Zschunke, and Mallory Cummings
        • Innovative Strategies for Congenital Syphilis Reduction – Stephen Contag
      • 3:15 – 3:30pm: Break
      • 3:30 – 4:30pm Breakout Sessions #2
        • Insights and Updates from the MN Maternal Mortality Review Committee on Substance Use Disorder – Jennifer Almanza and Rachael McGraw
        • A Closer Look: Child Welfare Disproportionality – Thomas Berry and Katy Armendariz
        • MDH Task Force on Prenatal Health and Substance Use Disorders: Recommendation and Discussion – Kurt DeVine and Brittany Wright
        • Trauma and PTSD during childbirth: why you should ask and what should be done about it – Leslie Carranza and Katherine Moore
        • Health Cares About Domestic Violence: Applying A Universal Education Approach to Patient Screening – Meggie Royer, Julia Tindell, Erica Lester, Carlie Abel
      • 4:30 – 5:30pm Breakout Sessions #3
        • Insights and Updates from the MN Maternal Mortality Review Committee on substance Use Disorder – Jennifer Almanza and Rachael McGraw
        • The Perinatal Substance Use Disorder AIM Bundle and It’s Implementation at a Twin Cities Hospital – Adrienne Richardson
        • It is Time to Say Goodbye to PPH Racial Disparities – Mallory Cummings and Saranae Thimm
        • Electronic Fetal Monitoring: What Are We Doing? How Do We Talk to Each Other? – LeeAnn Hubbard and Jeannine Nelson 
    • Day 2: Wednesday October 23, 2024
      • 8:00 – 9:00am Breakfast, Registration, Visit with Sponsors
      • 9:00 – 9:15am: Welcome: Jasmin Hulin
      • 9:15 – 10:15am: Plenary 2: Creating Change and Managing Resistance – Veronica Gillispie-Bell
      • 10:15 – 10:30am: Break
      • 10:30 – 11:30am: Breakout Sessions #4
        • Alcohol Use in Pregnancy: The Importance of Screening and Brief Intervention – Mollie O’Brien, Kendra Gludt and Julia Conkel Ziebell
        • Community Collaboration: Enhancing Support for Moms through Strategic Partnerships and Culturally Competent Education – Nicole Fernandez
        • Navigating Medication Options: Patient-Centered Approaches to Opioid Use Disorder during Pregnancy – Lauren Graber
        • Financial Feasibility – Expanding Perinatal Services During Challenging Times in Health Care – Lisa Bauer
      • 11:30 – 11:45am: Break
      • 11:45 – 12:30pm: Lunch and Plenary 3: HRSA Maternal Child Health Resources and Innovations – Sharyl Trail
      • 12:30 – 12:45am: Break
      • 12:45 – 1:45pm Breakout Sessions #5
        • Alcohol Use in Pregnancy: The Importance of Screening and Brief Intervention – Mollie O’Brien, Kendra Gludt and Julia Conkel Ziebell
        • Navigating Medication Options: Patient-Centered Approaches to Opioid Use Disorder during Pregnancy – Lauren Graber
        • Lived Experience Integration Forum – Bekah Bischoff
        • Planning for the Unexpected: Statewide Community Birth Transfer Improvement – Rachel Pilliod
      • 1:45 – 2:00pm: Break
      • 2:00 – 3:00pm Breakout Sessions #6
        • Harm Reduction and Parental Care – Kari Rabie and Chyna Pfeifer
        • Overview of Substance Use Disorder Treatment Levels of Care with an Emphasis in Family Treatment – Nway Linn and Christina Ingracia
        • Supporting Incarcerated Individuals as a Doula: Navigating Perinatal Substance Use – Sierra Leone’ Dillard
        • Battling Bias: Learning from the Lived Experience to Improve Perinatal Care and Advance Health Equity – Lauriel Porter and Solaire Spellen
      • 3:00 – 3:15pm: Break
      • 3:15 – 4:15pm: Closing Plenary: Panel: The Importance of Family Voices in our Work: Breaking the Cycle of Exclusion – Beckah Bishoff, Lauriel Porter, William Moore, Moderator: Cinthia Rodriguez Navin