Online Program

Oral

This session will explore important innovative areas of Maternal Child Health Care. Hemorrhage is the leading but the most preventable cause of maternal mortality. The Florida Perinatal Quality Collaborative (FPQC) led a state-wide quality improvement (QI) project, Obstetric Hemorrhage Initiative (OHI), to assist hospitals in implementing best practices related to inter-professional efforts needed to prevent, identify, and manage hemorrhage cases. Public health programs are one way that women can learn about the risks of childbearing but another channel is through their personal experiences and social networks. One third of all births in the U.S. are cesarean deliveries. Compared with vaginal births, cesareans increase maternal risk of hemorrhage, infection, and complications in subsequent births. Birth centers (BC) report cesarean rates below the national average, but these rates may be attributable to lower-risk BC patients.

Session Objectives: 1. Discuss challenges and successes experienced by hospitals during the implementation process of a state-wide Obstetric Hemorrhage Initiative. 2. Identify one pathway through which information on the dangers of childbearing affects reproductive behavior. 3. Explain changes in five key MCH service profile. Describe the relationship between local health department organizational characteristics and changes in the provision of five key MCH services. 4.Compare, on an intent to treat basis, the risk of cesarean section if admitted to BC’s versus hospitals at the onset of spontaneous labor.

CE Credits: Medical (CME), Health Education (CHES), Nursing (CNE), Public Health (CPH)