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We are pleased to announce our keynote, Dr. Jeanne Ohm, who will speak with us on Vitalism and Collaborative Care for Easier, Safer Birth. Dr. Ohm is known for her expertise working with pregnant women and infants for over thirty years. She is also the founder and executive editor of the magazine, Pathways to Family Wellness.
By popular request, we are offering even more breakout sessions this year, including:
- Cheryl Aglio Girelli and Mynette Schifman, “It Just Happened” Adolescent Sexuality and Pregnancy
- Naomi Bar-Yam, The Massachusetts Donor Milk Bank
- Gay Ben Tre, What Chinese Medicine Can Do for You and Your Baby
- Debra Bercuvitz and Erica Asselin, Working with Substance Exposed Newborns and Their Families
- Kajsa Brimdyr, Nine Stages During Skin to Skin
- Margi Coggins, Hypoplastic Breasts and Breastfeeding
- Aurelie Cormier & Ruth Ann Rudel, Mindful Conception and Pregnancy: Your Child’s Legacy
- Karla Damus, Disparities in Health Care
- Carol Densmore, Doula Support and Cultural Synchrony
- Liz Friedman, Nancy Byatt & Linda Jablonski, Community Based Perinatal Support Model
- Ann Fulcher, Advanced Doula Workshop
- Ann Fulcher & Susan Cassel, Labor Support for Nurses
- Barbara Graves, Evidence Base of Newborn Care
- Chris Just & Becky Morgan, Being Mindful
- Jennifer Lish, Colette Colman & Carla Kenney, Postpartum Obsessive Compulsive Disorder
- Judith Mercer, Placental Transfusion
- Donna Norris, Early Breastfeeding in the Hospital
- Jeanne Ohm, Dystocia & Chiropractic Care
- Dana Schneider, Finding Failure
- Robert Scott, Nutrition & Pregnancy
- Carol Schlossman, Nutrition Updates
- Robert Straus, Preparing Couples for Transition into Parenthood
- Nancy Wainer, She Would Have Been Cut . . .
Conference Goals
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To examine current health issues that impact infant survival and women’s health
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To identify cultural issues affecting perinatal health care
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To share knowledge and exchange information among health professionals about perinatal health
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To examine model programs addressing the many conditions that put mothers and children at risk
