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Exhibit Hall East
Tuesday, October 30, 2007: 8:30 AM-10:00 AM

P2: Providers speak up

This panel discussion will highlight the accomplishments and challenges facing health care providers in providing preconception health care. We have asked representatives from medical society organizations who reflect actual clinician practice patterns, to provide an opening statement relative to their health care groups. Then we will have an interactive session with an open dialogue that reflects on progress since the first summit. Particular topics of interest include: has your specialty made progress in engaging members in preconception health care at the national level? What are the barriers to developing an integrated approach to preconception health care? For the individual clinician, what steps need to happen? Are there any examples of success for comparable health care goals and how were they achieved? Can we learn from successes in other fields and apply them to Preconception Health Care?
Moderators:Jeanne A. Conry
Deborah Klein-Walker
8:30 AM Providers speak up -- Introduction
9:30 AM91American College of Nurse Midwives
Lisa Summers
9:33 AM92American Acadamy of Family Physicians
Keith A. Frey
9:36 AM93CityMatCH
Kimberlee Wyche-Etheridge
9:39 AM94National Healthy Start Association
Peggy Sanchez Mills
9:42 AM95National Medical Association
Winston Price
9:45 AM96Association of Maternal and Child Health Programs
Nan Streeter
9:48 AM97Association of Women's Health, Obstetric and Neonatal Nurses
Catherine Ruhl
9:51 AM98American College of Obstetricians and Gynecologists
Michele Curtis
9:54 AM99American Academy of Pediatrics
Alfred Brann

The 2nd National Summit on Preconception Health and Health Care of CDC