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This continuing education program focuses on the improvement of maternal and infant health through the delivery of risk-appropriate high-quality nutrition services.

The purpose of this activity is to enable the learner to:

1. describe ways that nutrition programs and services can improve maternal, fetal and child health outcomes;
2. discuss the effects of maternal and child eating behaviors and patterns on birth outcomes, infant and child health and development; and
3. identify characteristics of effective programs, services, outreach, research and evaluation needed to improve maternal, infant and child health, nutrition and food security.

Who Should Attend

This continuing education program is designed for dietitians, nutritionists, certified nurse midwives, registered nurses and nurse practitioners, physicians and public health professionals who serve preconceptual, pregnant, postpartum and breastfeeding women, infants, children and families.

Presentations and Speakers

Human-Centered Design for Public Health Professionals
Mikaela Robertson, MPH, RD
Jess Roberts

An Investigation of Human Milk and the Impact of Maternal Factors Within the Mom-Milk-Baby Triad
Emily M. Nagel, PhD, RD, LD
Kelsey E. Johnson, PhD

Feeding Issues in Young Children
Dr. Cassaundra Miller, EdD, CCC-SLP

The Use of Pasteurized Donor Human Milk in the Neonatal Intensive Care Unit Amy Hair, MD

The Reality of Diabetes Care in Pregnancy: Nutrition and Non-Nutritional Issues that Affect Outcomes
Alyce Thomas, MS, RDN

Creating WIC Counseling Messages for Child Obesity Prevention: A Positive Deviance Approach
Jamie Stang, PhD, MPH, RDN
Zobeida Bonilla, PhD, MPH
Rachel Feinberg, RD Candidate, MPH Nutrition Candidate
Melissa Vang, MPH Nutrition Candidate

Accreditation

It is eligible for up to:

• 9.25 contact hours of professional continuing education
• 9.25 CPEs, Level 2
  • Live Webinar approved by the Commission on Dietetic Registration
  • Fully Online Distance approved by the Commission on Dietetic Registration
• 9 CPH Recertification Credits
• Or 0.90 Continuing Education Units (CEUs)

Sponsors

Maternal & Child Health Bureau Health Resources and Services Administration, U.S. Dept. of Health and Human Services, Grant No. T79MC00007-32-00