DHSS Press Release

MEDIA ADVISORY

WHO:	Delaware Healthy Mother and Infant Consortium (DHMIC) Lieutenant Governor Matt Denn Rita Landgraf, Secretary, Delaware Health and Social Services Karyl T. Rattay, MD, Director, Delaware Division of Public Health David Paul, MD, Chair, Delaware Healthy Mothers and Infants Consortium (DHMIC)
WHAT:	9th Annual Delaware Maternal and Child Health Summit Opening and Video: the “Social Determinants of Health” This year’s theme is “Social Determinants of Health: Engaging the Social Context to Improve Birth Outcomes.” Hunger, poverty, substandard housing, pollution and dropping out of school all impact the health of mothers and infants. Connecting where people live, work, and play to public health outcomes will be featured in a 9:00 a.m. showing of the “Place Matters” segment of the Unnatural Causes video series.
WHEN:	April 9, 2014 for 8:45 a.m. opening remarks and 9:00 a.m. video showing
WHERE:	Chase Center on the Riverfront, Ballroom, 815 Justison St., Wilmington, DE 19801 (Directions at at www.centerontheriverfront.com/uploads/pdfs/Directions.pdf.)
AGENDA:	See attached.
QUESTIONS:	302-744-4704.

AGENDA 9th Annual Delaware Maternal and Child Health Summit Chase Center on the Riverfront – Ballroom 815 Justison St. Wilmington, DE 19801

• 8:30 a.m. – 8:45 a.m.
  Welcome: Dr. David Paul, Chair DHMIC
• 8:45 a.m. – 9:00 a.m.
  Opening Remarks by Dignitaries
  Matthew P. Denn, Lieutenant Governor
  Rita Landgraf Secretary, Delaware Health and Social Services
  Karyl T. Rattay, MD, MS Director, Delaware Division of Public Health Delaware Health and Social Services
• 9:00 a.m. – 9:05 a.m.
  Unnatural Causes – Place Matters video
• 9:05 a.m. – 9:55 a.m.
  Building Stronger Communities for Better Health: The Geography of Better Health Dr. Brian Smedley Vice President – Joint Center for Political and Economic Studies, Director, Health Policy Institute
• 9:55 a.m. – 10:15 a.m.Break
• 10:15 a.m. – 11:05 a.m. Connecting the Dots to Combat Infant Mortality Dr. Hani Atrash Director, Division of Healthy Start and Perinatal Services, Maternal and Child Health Bureau, Health Resources and Services Administration
• 11:05 a.m. – 12:00 p.m.Panel Discussion: Why Place Matters David Edgell
  Dr. Hani Atrash
  Dan Atkins
  Dr. Brian Smedley
  Dr. Carlessia Hussein
  Dr. Robert Ammerman
• 12:00 p.m. – 1:00 p.m.Lunch
• 1:00 p.m. – 2:00 p.m.Concurrent Breakout Sessions – Track A Stress, Enough Already: Perceptions, Implications, and Adaptations Heather Baker, RN, Preconception Nurse Educator Incorporating Health into the Land Use Process David Edgell, AICP, Principal Planer, Delaware State Planning Office Creative Life Course and Life Planning Promotion Activities Anne DeCaire, RN, Preconception Nurse Educator Medical Legal Partnership as Healthy Women Healthy Babies Sites to improve Health Status of Low-Income High Risk Pregnant Women Dan Atkins, JD, Community Legal Aid Society, Inc. Marissa Band, JD, Community Legal Aid Society, Inc. Vikrum Vishnubhakta, MBA, MPH, Forward Consultants Robert Locke, DO, MPH, FACOP, FAAP, Division of Neonatology, Christiana Care Health Enterprise Zones: Addressing Poverty and Poor Health Status to Reduce Infant Mortality Carlessia Hussein, RN, Dr.PH, Maryland Department of Health and Mental Hygiene Maternal Depression and its Impact on Maternal Morbidity and Mortality Robert Ammerman, PhD, University of Cincinnati Children’s Hospital Medical Center
• 2:00 p.m. – 2:20 p.m.Break
• 2:20 p.m. – 3:20 p.m.Concurrent Breakout Sessions – Track B Stress, Enough Already: Perceptions, Implications, and Adaptations Heather Baker, RN, Preconception Nurse Educator Incorporating Health into the Land Use Process David Edgell, AICP, Principal Planer, Delaware State Planning Office Including young Men & Fathers to Achieve Our Goals Patrick Patterson, MSW, Delaware Fatherhood and Family Coalition Frank Hawkins, AIDS Delaware Christopher Moore, Christiana Care Health System Medical Legal Partnership as Healthy Women Healthy Babies Sites to improve Health Status of Low-Income High Risk Pregnant Women Dan Atkins, JD, Community Legal Aid Society, Inc. Marissa Band, JD, Community Legal Aid Society, Inc. Vikrum Vishnubhakta, MBA, MPH, Forward Consultants Robert Locke, DO, MPH, FACOP, FAAP, Division of Neonatology, Christiana Care Health Enterprise Zones: Addressing Poverty and Poor Health Status to Reduce Infant Mortality Carlessia Hussein, RN, Dr.PH, Maryland Department of Health and Mental Hygiene Maternal Depression and its Impact on Maternal Morbidity and Mortality Robert Ammerman, PhD, University of Cincinnati Children’s Hospital Medical
• 3:20 p.m. – 3:30 p.m.Submit Evaluations/Nursing Credit Certificate Distribution

Delaware Health and Social Services is committed to improving the quality of the lives of Delaware’s citizens by promoting health and well-being, fostering self-sufficiency, and protecting vulnerable populations.