INNOVATIVE PRENATAL CARE
UCSF Preterm Birth Initiative (PTBi) COLLABORATORY | A series of lively, collaborative discussions designed to generate new ideas and develop innovative strategies for reducing the global burden of prematurity.
WHEN | MONDAY, JANUARY 26, 2015 @ 5:30 - 7:00 PM
LIGHT HORS D'OEUVRES
WHERE | MISSION HALL - ROOM 1401
(UCSF MISSION BAY CAMPUS, 550 16TH STREET)
Over the last decade, a number of innovative new approaches to prenatal care have been introduced. In this event, we will explore Centering and the integration of oral health promotion into standard prenatal care. Join us in this discussion as we think beyond conventional care models to improve pregnancy outcomes and decrease the burden of preterm birth.
Sharon Schindler Rising, MSN, CNM is the Founder of the Centering Healthcare Institute and developed the Centering group care model. She works with national organizations involved with maternal/child health, is a consultant on several Centering research studies, and oversees the spread of Centering internationally. She is particularly interested in innovative approaches that strengthen the Centering model to enhance outcomes for all group participants.
Margy Hutchison, MSN, CNM is a Clinical Professor in the SFGH division of the UCSF Department of OB/Gyn and RS. She is the chair for SFGH’s large midwifery service, and in 1999 implemented CenteringPregnancy® there. Since 2000 she has been a consultant for the Centering Healthcare Institute, with a focus on providing site-level support for systems redesign and Centering implementation for diverse health care settings.
Lisa Chung, DDS, MPH, is an Associate Clinical Professor in the UCSF School of Dentistry. She is an investigator of an NIH-funded study assessing the effectiveness and feasibility of an oral health promotion intervention targeting low-income pregnant women attending group prenatal care in the San Francisco Bay Area. She also leads a related postpartum follow-up study assessing the oral health outcomes of mothers and infants.
This event is open to UCSF, its partner organizations and the broader community.
Please RSVP to [email protected]
ABOUT THE UCSF PRETERM BIRTH INITIATIVE
The UCSF Preterm Birth Initiative (PTBi) is a multi-year, transdisciplinary research effort aimed at contributing to the reduction of the burden of prematurity. PTBi will bring together researchers, clinicians and community advocates at UCSF and partner institutions to apply innovative ideas and approaches to the epidemic of preterm birth, the leading cause of newborn deaths around the world.
ABOUT THE PTBi COLLABORATORY
The Collaboratory is a forum for open interchange of ideas and information to collectively develop solutions that will decrease the global burden of prematurity. We aim to foster transdisciplinary collaboration among unlikely partners. Each Collaboratory will feature a different set of speakers who will lead interactive discussions to describe current knowledge, identify gaps and generate new solutions among our collaborators at UCSF and beyond.