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Addressing women's health as an infant mortality reduction strategy

Tuesday, November 5, 2013 : 1:00 PM - 1:10 PM

Arden Handler, DrPH , Community Health Sciences, University of Illinois School of Public Health, Chicago, IL
Milton Kotelchuk, PhD MPH , MassGeneral Hospital for Children, MGH Center for Child and Adolescent Health Policy, Boston, MA
Miriam Labbok, MD, MPH, FACPM, IBCLC, FABM , Carolina Global Breastfeeding Institute, Department of Maternal Child Health, Gillings School of Global Public Health, University of North Carolina-Chapel Hill, Chapel Hill, NC
Sara Shields, MD, MS , Maternal and Child Health, Gillings School of Global Public Health, University of North Carolina, Worcester, MA

Learning Areas:
Social and behavioral sciences

Learning Objectives:
Identify the ways in which improving womb's health can lead to reductions in infant mortality. Identify key national strategies which link preconception/interconception/well-woman care with prenatal care, high-risk maternity care, and the postpartum visit. Discuss opportunities to improve women's health and reduce infant mortality through the ACA.

Presenting author's disclosure statement:

Not Answered

Back to: 4235.0: Recommendations for a National Strategy on Infant Mortality: Report of the Secretary’s Advisory Committee on Infant Mortality
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