Oral

This session will provide important information regarding the trends, challneges and opportunities in providing high quality pregnancy and postpartum care.

Session Objectives: Describe the likelihood that high-risk postpartum women will receive counseling about birth spacing in the postpartum period. Discuss the relationship between non-medical methods of labor induction and labor pain management and the use of medical services during labor and delivery. Identify requirements and challenges associated with translating the Well-Visit Planner (WVP) into practice in today’s health care and research funding environment. Describe the particular challenges and opportunities facing rural hospitals in the provision of high quality maternity care.