2023 SUMMIT PRESENTERS & PARTICIPANTS

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2023 SUMMIT AGENDA

9:00 - 9:15 a.m. - WELCOME

Scott Harris, MD, MPH, FACP, FIDSA – State Health Officer, Alabama Department of Public Health

Regina Traylor, DHSc, MSN, RN - Executive Director, Gift of  Life Foundation, Inc.

Rickey G. Green, MSCN, LBSW, CGPM, CGRS – CEO and Project Director, Birmingham Healthy Start Plus, Inc.

9:15 - 10:15 a.m. - SESSION I : VIEW PRESENTATION HERE

“Adolescent Pregnancy: Trends, Outcomes and Impact” 

Presented by Candace Knight, PhD, RN, Associate Professor, Director, Nurse-Family Partnership of Central Alabama, University of Alabama at Birmingham

10:15-10:30 A.M. - BREAK

10:30 - 11:30 a.m. - SESSION II

“Supporting Pregnant People/New Parents to Reduce Stress & Promote Early Relational Health”

Presented by Holly Horan, PhD, Assistant Professor, Department of Obstetrics & Gynecology, Global and Rural Health Program, University of Alabama Birmingham

 11:30 a.m. - 12:15 p.m. - SESSION III :  VIEW PRESENTATION HERE 

“Healing After Infant Loss: Processing, Grieving, and Moving Forward”

Presented by Monica Acoff, MSW, LICSW TAG Counseling and Consulting

12:15 am – 12:45 pm - BREAK

12:45 - 1:45 p.m.  – SESSION IV : VIEW PRESENTATION HERE

“Stillbirth Prevention: How Early Warning Systems Like Count the Kicks Help Improve Birth Outcomes”

Presented by Megan Aucutt, Program Director, Healthy Birth Day, Inc.

1:45 - 3:00 p.m. – SESSION V : VIEW PRESENTATION HERE

“Amplifying Fathers’ Perspectives: Recommendations to Facilitate Paternal Involvement During Pregnancy and Childbirth” ​

Presented by Dr. Derek Griffith, PhD, Founding Co-Director of the Racial Justice Institute and Founder and Director of the Center for Men’s Health Equity

3:00 – 3:15 p.m. Closing Remarks/Nurse Evaluations