2023 SUMMIT PRESENTERS & PARTICIPANTS
2023 SUMMIT AGENDA
9:00 - 9:15 a.m. - WELCOME
Scott Harris, MD, MPH, FACP, FIDSA – State Health Officer, Alabama Department of Public Health
Regina Traylor, DHSc, MSN, RN - Executive Director, Gift of Life Foundation, Inc.
Rickey G. Green, MSCN, LBSW, CGPM, CGRS – CEO and Project Director, Birmingham Healthy Start Plus, Inc.
9:15 - 10:15 a.m. - SESSION I : VIEW PRESENTATION HERE
“Adolescent Pregnancy: Trends, Outcomes and Impact”
Presented by Candace Knight, PhD, RN, Associate Professor, Director, Nurse-Family Partnership of Central Alabama, University of Alabama at Birmingham
10:15-10:30 A.M. - BREAK
10:30 - 11:30 a.m. - SESSION II
“Supporting Pregnant People/New Parents to Reduce Stress & Promote Early Relational Health”
Presented by Holly Horan, PhD, Assistant Professor, Department of Obstetrics & Gynecology, Global and Rural Health Program, University of Alabama Birmingham
11:30 a.m. - 12:15 p.m. - SESSION III : VIEW PRESENTATION HERE
“Healing After Infant Loss: Processing, Grieving, and Moving Forward”
Presented by Monica Acoff, MSW, LICSW TAG Counseling and Consulting
12:15 am – 12:45 pm - BREAK
12:45 - 1:45 p.m. – SESSION IV : VIEW PRESENTATION HERE
“Stillbirth Prevention: How Early Warning Systems Like Count the Kicks Help Improve Birth Outcomes”
Presented by Megan Aucutt, Program Director, Healthy Birth Day, Inc.
1:45 - 3:00 p.m. – SESSION V : VIEW PRESENTATION HERE
“Amplifying Fathers’ Perspectives: Recommendations to Facilitate Paternal Involvement During Pregnancy and Childbirth”
Presented by Dr. Derek Griffith, PhD, Founding Co-Director of the Racial Justice Institute and Founder and Director of the Center for Men’s Health Equity
3:00 – 3:15 p.m. Closing Remarks/Nurse Evaluations