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Black Women's Maternal Health Conference

  • Doubletree by Hilton 350 1st Avenue Northeast Cedar Rapids, IA, 52401 United States (map)

The fight to save the lives of Black mothers and their babies is real. Black women die at 6x times the rate of white women for preventable pregnancy-related issues in IOWA. The national rate for Black maternal death is 3-4 times more likely than white mothers. We have work to do Iowa.

The date of this conference has been changed from April 17, 2020 to August 17, 2020 and will be a live online conference. If you paid to attend this conference, you will receive a full refund. All associated CME and CE credits are provided at no charge courtesy of a grant funded by the Health Resources and Services Administration (HRSA). If you have questions or have not received a refund yet, please contact the CME Division at (319) 335-8599. Objectives Identify how reproductive justice can be used as a framework for clinical practice, research, outreach and community engagement Identify services to better serve black women in their community Discuss the data regarding maternal morbidity and mortality and the disparities present in these data Registration This educational conference and associated CME and CE credits are provided at no charge courtesy of a grant funded by the Health Resources and Services Administration (HRSA).

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