Maternal Health Summit
July 27, 2023 | Orlando, FL | Hosted by: PREPARe, Perinatal Reproductive Education Planning and Resources
Exploring ways to provide the best maternal and reproductive health care and keeping Veterans Health Administrations (VHA) a trusted source of support for perinatal Veterans.
PREPARe Maternal Health Summit Agenda
July 27, 2023 | Orlando VA Medical Center | Auditorium - 4th Floor
| Time | Topic | Speakers |
|---|---|---|
| 7:15 EST – 8:00 EST | Check In | - |
| 8:00 EST – 8:30 EST | Opening Remarks and Program Overview with Recorded Remarks by Under Secretary for Health | Melissa Tran, PMH-C, LMFT; Lisa Zacher, M.D., MACP, FCCP; Shereef Elnahal, M.D., M.B.A. |
| 8:30 EST – 9:00 EST | Keynote | Lourdes Tiglao, M.B.A. |
| 9:00 EST – 9:30 EST | Maternal Health Initiatives | Melissa Shaughnessy, D.O.; Lindsay Moore |
| 9:30 EST – 10:00 EST | Connecting Conversations | Melissa Tran, PMH-C, LMFT |
| 10:00 EST – 10:15 EST | Break | - |
| 10:15 EST – 11:30 EST | Health Disparities and Social Determinants Panel – A conversation on important factors facing maternity care in the current climate with considerations to marginalized communities, health disparities, and social determinants |
Moderator: Jasimine Joiner, LCSW Panelists: Cynthia Gantt Ph.D., FNP-BC, FAANP; Claudia Taboada, D.O.; Nichol Brewer-Lowry, M.Sc. |
| 11:30 EST – 12:45 EST | Lunch and Networking | - |
| 12:45 EST – 13:15 EST | InnoVAtion – Empowering employees to focus on problems to create innovative, Veteran-centric solutions | Kim Bielicki |
| 13:15 EST – 14:15 EST | Innovations and Research Panel - Panelists will explore the future opportunities in healthcare and spark ideas for participants to innovate in their own spaces |
Moderator: Kelly Nestman, M.A. |
| 14:15 EST – 14:30 EST | Break | - |
| 14:30 EST – 15:00 EST | Veteran Lived Experience - Hear from Veterans who have utilized PREPARe services and personal stories from their own perinatal journey |
Moderators: Glorian Chehade, RN, M.P.H.-NM, CLC; Lisa Pharoah-Gaton, RN, B.S.N., M.B.A. Panelists: Jennifer Feltch, Frieda Martin, Veronica Woodberry |
| 15:00 EST – 16:15 EST | Small Talks, Big Impact – Short, bold talks from VA and community providers | Maureen Elias, M.A.; Daniel J. Podberesky, M.D., FACR; Brianna Martin, M.A., BC-DMT, ECDCS; John De Caro, M.D.; Antoinette Stewart, M.Div. |
| 16:15 EST – 16:30 EST | Closing Remarks | Carolyn Clancy, MD |
| 17:00 EST |
Optional No-host Networking Opportunity Off-site at Boxi Park |
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PREPARe Maternal Health Summit Statement on Language, Sex, and Gender
PREPARe Maternal Health Summit acknowledges that sex assigned at birth and gender are two distinct dimensions of a person's identity that are often grouped together. The use of the term “women Veteran” can obscure the important differences between constructs of sex and gender.
Sex in the context of VHA administrative data refers to an individual's biology assigned at birth, i.e., female, male, which has limitations that affect research data, operations. and policies. PREPARe Maternal Health Summit defines gender as an individual's expression of their gender identity and related sociocultural expectations and behaviors and recognizes that gender identities exist outside of male and female, such as non-binary, trans-masculine, trans-feminine, etc., that are not yet widely assessed and recorded in VHA medical records. As of FY23 Veterans are now able to self-identify their gender and sexual orientation, which will improve these limitations in the future.
