Welcome

There are over 300 registered participants for this call. Phones will be muted during the webinar.

If you have a question, please post it via the chat function. Questions will be taken from chat. Submit questions as soon as they come to mind – we’ll keep track of them.

Slides, speaker bios and speaker contact info are available at www.everywomansoutheast.org.

Acknowledgements

March of Dimes for supporting this webinar and providing seed funding for our coalition. Tracey Reed for technical assistance with today’s webinar.

Every Woman Southeast Coalition Leadership Team

Our speakers – Carol Brady & Mario Drummond

What is Every Woman Southeast?

A coalition of leaders in Alabama, Florida, Georgia, Kentucky, Mississippi, North Carolina, South Carolina and Tennessee to build multi-state, multi-layered partnerships to improve the health of women and infants in the Southeast.

Cornerstones of our work: Life Course Approach Health Equity Leadership Development &

Support Advocacy

A society's infant mortality rate is considered an important indicator of its health, because infant

mortality is associated with socioeconomic status, access to health care, and the health status of women

of childbearing age. (Congressional Budget Office, 1992)

Accomplishments to date

Conducted an online survey Recruited Regional and State TeamsHeld planning meeting on March 2, 2010.Produced a compendium of activitiesLaunched blog, website and Facebook pageLaunched webinar seriesNational Preconception Summit PartnerTeam conversations, idea generating, logic

modelGrant submissions – In Progress

www.EveryWomanSoutheast.org

MOVING THE LIFE COURSE THEORY INTO MCH ACTION

FEBRUARY 9, 2012

Today’s Webinar

Objectives

Participants will be able to: Describe the life course model Describe at least one approach they could

take to incorporate the life course model into their practice

Access additional resources to further their knowledge about this topic

SHIFT TO CAROL’s SLIDES

Questions & Answers

Facilitated by:

Sarah Verbiest, DrPH, MSW, MPH

Please submit your questions via chat. Feel free to contact speakers after the webinar

with any additional questions.

RESOURCES

http://cals.arizona.edu/act/grassroots.htm

Next Steps

Our next webinar will be held in March/April 2012 and will highlight work currently underway in our region to address racial and ethnic inequities in birth outcomes.

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Thank You!