Monday, March 6
6:30 am–9:30 am
Skills-Building Sessions
Opening Plenary: The Economic Case for Investing in Early Childhood Programs
Peter Van Dyck, MD, MPHAssociate Administrator, Maternal and Child Health Bureau
Juan Acuna, M.D., MSc
Maternal and Child Health Epidemiologist and CDC MCH EPI Team Leader, NCCDPP/Division of Reproductive Health Applied Sciences Branch
Rob Grunewald
Regional Economic Analyst, Federal Reserve Bank of Minneapolis
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10:00 am–11:30 am
Workshops
D2 — Innovative Care Coordination Models for Children and Youth with Special Health Care Needs
Lynda E. HonbergProgram Director, Health Insurance & Financing, Maternal and Child Health Bureau
Deborah Allen
Senior Research Associate, Health and Disability Working Group
Ardis Lee Olson
Dartmouth Hitchcock Medical Center
Toni Wall
Children With Special Health Care Needs Maine Department of Human Services
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D3 — Strategic Partnerships to Improve Women's Interconceptional Health
Annette Phelps, ARNP, MSNMODERATOR- Director,Division of Family Health Services, FL Department of Health
Arlene Cullum
Sutter Medical Center
Betsy Wood
Executive Community Health Nursing Director, Florida Department of Health
William H. Hollinshead, MD, MPH,
Medical Director, Division of Family Health, RI Department of Health
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D5 — Healthy Child Care America: Linking Health and Child Care Systems
Pat ColeIndiana Child Care Health Consultant Program Director, Indiana Institute on Disability and Community
Susan Aronson, MD, FAAP
Director of ECELS and Healthy Child Care America, American Academy of Pediatrics Pennsylvania Chapter
Sharon Douglass Ware
Child Care Nurse Consultant, State of North Carolina, DHHS
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D6 —From the Capital to the Clinical: Enhancing Linkages Between State MCH Programs and Primary Care Providers
Paul Lipkin, MD, FAAPAssistant Professor of Pediatrics, The Johns Hopkins University School of Medicine
Joseph Hagan, MD, FAAP
Pediatrician, Hagan & Rinehart Pediatricians, PLLC
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Plenary II Luncheon and MacQueen Lecture
Edward Schor, MDAssistant Vice President The Commonwealth Fund
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1:30 pm –3:00 pm
Workshops
E1 — Investigating Troubling Trends: The State Infant Mortality Initiative
Justine Desmarais, MPHWomen's Health Program Director, Association of Maternal and Child Health Programs
William M. Sappenfield, MD, MPH
State MCH Epidemiologist, Florida Department of Health
Loretta Fuddy, ACSW, MPH
Chief Family Health Services Division, Hawaii State Department of Health
Melinda Sanders, MS, RN
Section Administrator, Section for Healthy Families and Youth
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E2 — Family Matters: Promoting Health and Wellness for Children with Special Health Care Needs
Gail M Kieckhefer, ARNP, CS-PNP, PhDIndiana Child Care Health Consultant Program Director, Indiana Institute on Disability and Community
Barbara K. Popper
Director, Family Voices Family Matters Project
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E4 —Early Childhood Well-Being: Findings from the National Survey of Children's Health
Mary Kay Kenney, PhDHealth Statistician, Maternal and Child Health Bureau
Paul Newacheck, DrPH
Professor of Health Policy, University of California
Mary Kay Kenney, PhD
Health Statistician, Maternal and Child Health Bureau
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E7 —Building Early Childhood Systems: Strategic Planning, Budgeting and Partnerships
Lorrie GrevstadECCS Grant Lead, Public Health Nurse Consultant, Washington State Dept of Health
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