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