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Empower: Maternal Warning Signs Trainings


This training is designed to provide home visitors, doulas, and community health workers with the knowledge and tools to educate families on the warning signs of maternal complications during pregnancy and the year after delivery. The 1.5 hour online training includes four modules that cover the following topics:

  1. Trends in maternal health
  2. Urgent maternal warning signs
  3. Effective health communication
  4. Supporting client self-advocacy
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Awareness to Action: Dismantling Bias in Maternal and Infant Health


This training, created by the March of Dimes, provides authentic, compelling content for health care professionals caring for people before, during and after pregnancy. Training alone won’t lead to immediate improvements in racial and ethnic disparities, but it can provide health care professionals with important insights to recognize and remedy implicit bias. This 1.5 hour online self-paced training includes the following key lessons:

  1. Explain implicit bias
  2. Describe structural racism
  3. Apply strategies
  4. Commit to a culture of equity

 

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Managing Bias in the Care of Pregnant and Parenting People with Substance Use


This training, designed for maternal healthcare professionals in Maryland hospitals, provides evidence of bias in the care of childbearing people with substance use disorder and strategies for bias mitigation. The 1 hour online self-paced training includes three modules that cover the following topics:

  1. Addiction in pregnancy
  2. Bias and discrimination
  3. Supportive care
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Learning from Adverse maternal events in Maryland


This training, designed for maternal healthcare professionals in Maryland hospitals, explores trends in maternal mortality and severe maternal morbidity at the national and state level, and deidentified cases from Maryland hospitals. The 1 hour online self-paced training includes three modules that cover the following topics:

  1. Trends in maternal mortality and severe maternal morbidity
  2. Case reviews of maternal mortality
  3. Case reviews of severe maternal morbidity

 

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