Champions for Change – Expanding Beyond the Mother-Child Dyad: How the Sexual and Reproductive Health Community Can Involve Non-Birthing Parents to Improve Maternal and Child Health
Event Date: November 19 from 11:00am – 12:30pm PT
This Champions for Change webinar invites you to examine the maternal health system through a different lens with Dr. Aretha Hampton, who will share her research and guide the conversation with non-birthing parents, providers and birth workers to reimagine a new framework of care.
Most maternal health care is built around a dyadic model, care designed for the birthing person and the provider alone, and the research is clear: when fathers, partners, and non-birthing parents are left out, everyone suffers, including the birthing person, the child, and the family as a whole. This Champions for Change exploration invites sexual and reproductive health professionals, providers, advocates, and educators to examine the maternal health system through a different lens. Who was it built for? Who does it consistently leave out? And what would it look like to build something better?
Dr. Aretha Hampton will share her research and guide the conversation with non-birthing parents who share their firsthand experiences and a provider working from inside the system to do things differently. Together they trace the history of how we got here, explore the research on what it costs families, and introduce a concrete framework for what comes next. Participants will leave with insights and tools they can bring back to their teams and apply in their practice.
Learning Objectives:
- Identify at least two ways the traditional mother-child dyadic model of care can contribute to the invisibility or exclusion of fathers and non-birthing parents.
- Identify at least two inclusive practices that increase visibility, engagement, and equitable access to information for non-birthing parents across healthcare settings.
- Identify at least one practical strategy that can be incorporated into routine healthcare encounters to support non-birthing parents as caregivers.
- Apply at least one domain of the Father-Inclusive Care Model to identify a practical change within their own clinical, programmatic, or organizational setting.
Continuing Education Credits: CME 1.5; CHES® 1.5; Nursing 1.8; CPH 2.0
Nursing:
Provider approved by California Board of Registered Nursing. Provider #CEP 12241, for 1.8 contact hours.
Certified in Public Health (CPH):
This event was sponsored by Essential Access Health, an approved provider of CPH Recertification Credits by the National Board of Public Health Examiners for 2.0 credits.
Health Educators (CHES®):
Essential Access Health, a designated provider of continuing education contact hours (CECH) in health education by the National Commission for Health Education Credentialing, Inc. This program is designated for Certified Health Education Specialists (CHES®) and/or Master Certified Health Education Specialists (MCHES®) to receive up to 1.5 total Category I contact education contact hours. Maximum advanced-level continuing education contact hours available are 0. Continuing Competency credits available are 0. Provider ID#98021
CME: Essential Access Health is accredited by the California Medical Association (CMA) to provide continuing medical education for physicians.
Essential Access Health designates this Live Activity for a maximum of 1.5 AMA PRA Category 1 Credit(s)™. Physicians should claim only the credit commensurate with the extent of their participation in the activity.