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The purpose of this session is to describe the role of maternal health to women's overall health. The session will articulate how general health contributes to pregnancy health and how pregnancy-related morbidities can lead to later health problems for women. The session will also describe how health services are associated with health outcomes, ranging from pre-conception to postpartum services and outcomes.

Session Objectives: 1. Recognize how maternal health can affect later health. 2. Identifyexposures that can promote or impede healthy pregnacy outcome. 3. Construct culturally specific measures for pregnant and postpartum women. 4. Discuss how national data are constructed to describe maternal morbidity. 5. Recognize multidisciplinary approaches to optimize women's health.