Annual Summit 2023
The 17th Annual Delaware Healthy Mother & Infant Consortium Summit
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- Chase Center on the Riverfront
- 815 Justison St, Wilmington, DE 19801
The theme of this year’s summit was Renew. Reconnect. Recharge: Join our journey as we strengthen our commitment to healthy women, babies, and communities.
The annual DHMIC Summit focuses multiple sessions on galvanizing the community to end health disparities for Black mothers, infants, and families.
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Keynote: Policy to ensure quality, equity, and respectful care for women, birthing people, and infants
Breakout Sessions
Delaware Thrives! Community Voices Breakout Sessions 1:
Respectful, Neutral and Compassionate Care for All Families
Rebecca Vahle, MA, Family to Family Support Network
The Impact of Toxic Stress on Pregnancy
Philinda Mindler, LCSW, Shannon Fisch, LCSW, Kiera McGillivray, LMFT, Brain Science Training Institute at Children & Families First
Operationalizing Resources and Strategies to Empower Women in the 4th Trimester
Bridget Buckaloo, MSN, RN, Director, Women’s and Children’s Services, Beebe Healthcare
Delaware Thrives! Community Voices Breakout Sessions 2:
Maximizing Postpartum Medicaid Coverage: A National and State Perspective: What Every State, Provider, and Mother Should Know
Kay Johnson, Johnson Policy Consulting, LLC and Elizabeth Brown, MD, MSHP, Chief Medical Officer, Division of Medicaid and Medical Assistance
The Impact of Toxic Stress on Pregnancy
Philinda Mindler, LCSW, Shannon Fisch, LCSW, Kiera McGillivray, LMFT, Brain Science Training Institute at Children & Families First
Break Barriers and Build Bridges: Achieving Equity for Women and Infants by Partnering in Care
LaToya Brathwaite-Washington, RN, MSN, FNP Women, Infant, Family Nurse Specialist, DHMIC