Workshops & Conferences

Healthy Start’s 2023 Workshop
Maternal and Infant Health

The Healthy Start Coalition of Brevard County will be hosting a two-part series workshop on April 28, 2023 and May 5, 2023. The Healthy Start’s 2023 Workshop – Maternal and Infant Health will be held at the Bill Posey Conference Center located at the Florida Department of Health in Viera, Florida. 

We will explore the circumstances that are associated with maternal and infant health as it relates to poverty and neonatal abstinence syndrome and how it impacts birth outcome.

Keynote Speakers:

  • Poverty Simulation
    Denise Gillich, Brevard Schools Parent and Family Engagement Content Specialist, Brevard Public Schools
  • Updates in NAS – What’s SDOH Got To Do With It?
    Dr. Kathleen Rooney-Otero, MD, Pediatrician, Nemours Children’s Hospital
  • Infant Feeding Considerations Related to NAS
    Laene Keith, MA, CCC/SLP, IBCLC, International Board Certified Lactation Consultant, Lactation Link
    Meghan Christie, RN, BSN, IBCLC, International Board Certified Lactation Consultant, Rockledge Regional Medical Center
  • Working With Perinatal Women with Substance Use Disorder and Their Families
    Dixie Morgese, BA, CAP, ICADC

For More Information
Call 321-634-6101

Click Here To download workshop flyers and registration form

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