Repairing the Disconnect: Opening Childbirth Education Silos

This session is an in-depth discussion about breaking down the barriers and silos among childbirth educators that prevent information sharing and collaboration. When this can occur at an individual and organizational level, community and connection opportunities are created between childbirth education professionals. Maternal and infant morbidity and mortality is at an all-time high in the United States and more parent education can help solve this issue. Part of the education problem is that childbirth educators often operate in silos where they have an inability to share evidence, and ideas, brainstorm, and connect families to services where they need them. Opening the door to the silos will allow for collaboration. This session will be a collaborative dialogue, involving a discussion of the history, brainstorming, and creating concrete ideas to take forward.

Participants may earn 1.0 Lamaze Contact Hour and 1.0 hour of CNE through CBRN.