Maternal Health Review in North East & North Cumbria: Challenges and Initiatives
Explore the postnatal maternal health review in North East & North Cumbria focusing on reproductive health, postnatal care provision, contraceptive care, and public health prevention initiatives. Key areas include trends in abortion rates, smoking at delivery, perinatal mental health, and deprivatio
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Advocacy Strategy Template
This template provides a structured approach to developing advocacy strategies with multiple goals. It includes sections for outlining overarching advocacy goals, specific objectives, primary and secondary targets, partners, allies, opponents, tactics, and more for each advocacy goal. The template e
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Maternal Mortality Crisis in the U.S.: Urgent Need for Healthcare Reform
Maternal mortality rates in the United States have significantly increased over the years, with racial disparities exacerbating the issue. The data shows a concerning rise in both maternal and infant mortality, highlighting the critical need for comprehensive healthcare reform to address these alarm
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Self-Advocacy, Communication, and Research
Explore the essence of self-advocacy, communication, and research in this training module. Learn to articulate your needs effectively, acquire self-advocacy skills, and identify various settings where self-advocacy is crucial. Engage in activities to assess your self-advocacy skills and reflect on h
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Maternal and Perinatal Death Surveillance and Response Orientation Program
This orientation program aims to equip participants with the knowledge and skills to understand and effectively implement Maternal and Perinatal Death Surveillance and Response (MPDSR) in hospitals. Participants will learn the rationale and process of MPDSR, complete review forms accurately, identif
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Enfield Advocacy Services Overview
Enfield Advocacy Services, provided by POhWER, offer various advocacy programs including Independent Care Act Advocacy (ICAA), Independent Health Complaints Advocacy (IHCA), and Independent Mental Capacity Advocacy (IMCA) among others. The services aim to support individuals in understanding and par
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Maternal Health Care and Family Planning Overview
Maternal health care and family planning are essential components of reproductive health. Family planning helps individuals achieve various objectives like avoiding unwanted pregnancies, controlling the timing and number of children, and regulating pregnancy intervals. The health benefits include pr
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Trends in Maternal and Child Health Nursing by Dr. Rabea M. Ali
Dr. Rabea M. Ali discusses the emerging trends in maternity nursing, emphasizing the importance of family-centered care in maternal and child health nursing. The philosophy of this practice involves community-centered care, research orientation, and advocacy for the rights of all family members, inc
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Maternal and Child Health Indicators: Objectives and Mortality Rates
Maternal and Child Health (MCH) services aim for the reduction of maternal, perinatal, infant, and childhood mortality and morbidity, promotion of reproductive health, and physical and psychological development of children and adolescents within families. The indicators focus on mortality rates, inc
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Importance of Preconception Care for Maternal and Child Health
Preconception care involves biomedical interventions provided to women and couples before conception to improve their health status and reduce factors contributing to poor maternal and child health outcomes. It aims to enhance maternal and child health in both the short and long term by addressing p
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Integrating Harm Reduction and Sexual & Reproductive Health Advocacy
This module focuses on advocating for the sexual and reproductive health rights of women and gender non-conforming individuals who use drugs. It covers identifying barriers, setting advocacy goals, understanding advocacy elements, and implementing advocacy strategies to create a more enabling enviro
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Nutrition Advocacy in Humanitarian Contexts: GNC Advocacy Insights
Explore the strategic framework of Nutrition Cluster Advocacy, focusing on influencing policies for improving nutrition in emergencies. Learn about the Global Nutrition Commitments and key initiatives driving action to address malnutrition. Discover the GNC Advocacy Toolkit designed to support Nutri
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Advocacy and Capacity Development in Research4Life
Research4Life is a public-private partnership offering programs to enhance access to scientific knowledge. The Advocacy Toolkit emphasizes the importance of advocacy in influencing decision-makers and stakeholders. It provides strategies for successful advocacy, including identifying challenges, set
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A Multi-disciplinary Analysis of Service Access, Community Resilience, and Maternal Mortality in Gulf Province
This paper presents a comprehensive analysis focusing on service access, community resilience, and maternal mortality in Gulf Province, Papua New Guinea. It highlights the importance of improving referral systems for maternal health in remote communities and discusses the preliminary findings from a
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Managing Gender-Based Violence Programmes in Emergencies: Advocacy Strategies
Explore the role of advocacy in managing gender-based violence programmes in emergencies, including identifying advocacy roles, ethical considerations, and different levels of advocacy. Learn about building advocacy strategies at various levels and how these intersect with the responsibilities of a
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Maternal Nutrition Guidelines for Optimal Health Before and During Pregnancy
Recommended maternal nutrition practices play a crucial role in preventing nutrition deficiencies in both mothers and infants, improving fetal outcomes, and reducing morbidity and mortality rates. Preconception care emphasizes the provision of health interventions to women and couples before concept
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Understanding Determinants of Maternal Death: Causes, Factors, and Response
This educational session delves into the determinants of maternal death, distinguishing between causes and factors that increase the risk of maternal mortality. It covers possible determinants like hemorrhage, sepsis, and poor access to healthcare services, and discusses the Three Delays model for i
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Maternal and Perinatal Death Surveillance and Response (MPDSR) in Nepal
Explore the maternal and perinatal mortality status in Nepal, learn about the MPDSR's rationale, goal, components, and implementation status. Dive into a case scenario highlighting maternal deaths, background on maternal mortality, and global statistics, emphasizing the importance of improving mater
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Understanding Maternal Mortality: Nevada's Review and Regulations
Exploring the Maternal Mortality Review Committee in Nevada, the definitions of maternal mortality, the responsibilities of MMRCs, and Nevada's Revised Statutes related to maternal mortality. Learn about the efforts to prevent future deaths and improve the review process.
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The Importance of Addressing Cardiovascular Disease in Maternal Health
Cardiovascular disease remains a significant contributor to maternal mortality in the UK, with maternal deaths from cardiac issues outnumbering those from other direct causes, except thrombosis. The prevalence of cardiovascular risk factors in pregnant women, combined with a lack of consideration fo
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Updates from Maternal and Child Health Equity Action Network by Amelia Muse, PhD, LMFT
The Maternal and Child Health Equity Action Network (MCHEAN) aims to engage key partners and communities in North Carolina to address disparities and improve maternal and child health outcomes. Through community-driven efforts, the network seeks to elevate voices, provide resources, and develop acti
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Advocacy Services in Surrey: Empowering Individuals in Need
Advocacy services in Surrey, provided by www.pohwer.net/surrey, offer Instructed Care Act Advocacy (CAA), Instructed Independent Mental Health Advocacy (IMHA), and Instructed Non-Statutory Discretionary Advocacy. These services aim to support individuals who have substantial difficulty in understand
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Maternal & Child Health: Understanding and Addressing Health Behaviors and Risks
Explore the critical aspects of maternal and child health, such as factors affecting pregnancy, maternal mortality, preconception health care, and ways to improve the well-being of women, infants, and children. Understand the social and physical determinants impacting maternal and child health and l
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Global Maternal Health and COVID-19 Impact Briefing by Women's Congressional Policy Institute
The virtual briefing series hosted by Women's Congressional Policy Institute on Global Maternal Health and the Impact of COVID-19 featured speakers discussing the challenges, initiatives, and collaborations to improve maternal health worldwide. Notable speakers included Cindy Hall from WCPI, Stacey
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Maternal Nutrition Training: Integrating Assessment, Counselling, and Support
Maternal nutrition training session aims to educate health providers on the importance of maternal nutrition, causes and consequences of malnutrition, and strategies to break the malnutrition cycle. The training covers topics like defining maternal nutrition, understanding its significance throughou
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Maternal Work Hours and Adolescent Obesity: A Longitudinal Analysis
This study investigates the relationship between increased maternal work hours during childhood and adolescent obesity. It explores how maternal employment and income levels may impact the rates of adolescent obesity, utilizing data from the Panel Survey of Income Dynamics and Child Development Surv
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Effective Advocacy Strategies for Community Health Workers
Learn about types of advocacy, how to advocate effectively, and the importance of advocacy in community health work. Explore different advocacy settings, understand the meaning of advocacy, and discover key questions and strategies for effective advocacy. Equip yourself with the knowledge to support
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Medicaid Program Overview: Maternal and Infant Advocacy
This event features a presentation by Gretchen Hammer from the Public Leadership Group on Medicaid program structure and design elements, focusing on maternal and infant advocacy. Learn about eligibility criteria, available benefits, care providers, delivery systems, payment mechanisms, and quality
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Reduction in Deaths following Sterilization & Maternal Death Audit - Tamilnadu Experience
Tamilnadu has successfully achieved replacement levels of fertility and focuses on promoting maternal health through various contraceptive practices. The state conducts audits to identify causes of sterilization deaths, with a major emphasis on improving maternal health care to reduce mortality rate
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Insights from PROMISE 1077 Trials on Maternal-Infant Survival
The PROMISE 1077 Trials focused on key research questions related to the effectiveness and safety of antiretroviral therapy in HIV+ pregnant women, especially concerning maternal ART during antepartum and postpartum stages, as well as the impact on maternal health post-pregnancy. The trials recruite
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Maternal Effect on Shell Coiling in Snails
Maternal effects play a crucial role in determining the coiling direction of snail shells. The maternal inheritance of organelle genes controls certain traits in offspring, with the direction of shell coiling being a classic phenotype exhibiting maternal effects. The genotype of the female parent de
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Addressing Maternal Morbidity and Mortality in KwaZulu-Natal, South Africa: A Multi-Staged Approach
This study focuses on reducing maternal morbidity and mortality rates in KwaZulu-Natal, South Africa, which remain unacceptably high. The research by Firoza Haffejee and Nokuthula Sibiya highlights the need for a comprehensive, multi-disciplinary healthcare strategy to tackle the various factors con
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Maternal Thyroid Hormones and Offspring Brain Development: Study Flow and Findings
This study examined the association between maternal thyroid hormones (TSH and FT4) during early pregnancy and offspring brain morphology. A flowchart illustrates participant enrollment and exclusion, with subsequent MRI analyses on child brain volumes. Results show significant associations between
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Advocacy Opportunities for SRH/FP in the Context of the SDGs
Exploring the advocacy opportunities for Sexual and Reproductive Health/Family Planning within the framework of the Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs) in the 2030 Agenda. The content discusses the integration of SRH/FP into Goal 3 of the SDGs, focusing on ensuring healthy lives and promoting well-
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District/LLG-Level Nutrition Advocacy Planning Workshop: Day 1 Highlights
Welcome to the District/LLG-Level Nutrition Advocacy Planning Workshop Day 1. Join us as we discuss the purpose of the workshop, engage in introductions, delve into defining advocacy, share experiences, and explore the significance of advocacy in nutrition now. Participants will also set expectation
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Best Practices for Maternal and Newborn Health (MNH) - Essential Guidelines
Comprehensive guidelines for maternal and newborn health practices include dos and don'ts, such as perineal shaving, delayed cord clamping, exclusive breastfeeding, and more. Key measures like controlled cord traction (CCT) in a relaxed uterus and delaying the baby's first bath play crucial roles in
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Association Between Maternal Education and Maternal Age in GLM Analysis
In this lecture on Generalized Linear Models in R, the focus is on examining the association between maternal education and maternal age using a dataset on births. The process involves creating a factor variable for maternal education levels, filtering a smaller dataset, visualizing the univariate r
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Maternal Death Surveillance and Response in Madhya Pradesh During COVID-19
Madhya Pradesh faces challenges in reducing maternal mortality rates, especially during the COVID-19 pandemic. Despite initiatives like the Maternal Death and Surveillance Review program, compliance at the district level has been lacking. To address this, online interventions and state-level reviews
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DFW Advocacy Chapter Results August Webinar Summary
DFW Advocacy Chapter with RESULTS held a webinar on August 19, 2020, focusing on influencing decision-makers in Congress to impact women, girls, and children in poverty positively. The group aims to move congressional members up the advocacy scale and has ongoing campaigns related to maternal health
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Advocacy Strategies for WASH in Healthcare Facilities
Empower your advocacy efforts with tools and resources for Water, Sanitation, and Hygiene (WASH) in healthcare facilities. Learn about operational and governance advocacy, use the WASH in HCF Advocacy Toolkit, create advocacy goals, and target audiences effectively. Explore advocacy messaging, messe
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