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The Importance of Prenatal Care and the Role of Community Health Workers

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MCN webinar prenatal control
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Timezone
Eastern (ET)
Description

In this seminar participants will be able to identify the HRSA performance measures related to pregnancy care, as well as two unique risk factors for pregnant women migrant farm workers during the workshop. We will also reflect on the important role that community health workers play in improving access to prenatal care for pregnant women.

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Learning Objectives
  1. Identify the two HRSA performance measures related to pregnancy care
  2. Reflect on the role of community health workers in improving access to prenatal care
  3. Identify two unique risk factors for pregnant migrant farmworker women
  4. Analyze the readiness of their own work setting to assist pregnant women to access prenatal care

Presenters

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Candace

Kugel

FNP, CNM, MS

Migrant Clinicians Network

Candace Kugel, FNP, CNM, MS (she/her) has over 30 years’ experience in health care for the underserved. She is a Family Nurse Practitioner and Certified Nurse-Midwife with extensive expertise in training and technical assistance to under-resourced communities and working to provide health services to farmworkers, immigrant workers and their families, and other underserved populations. She has worked in various clinical settings, including family planning, migrant health, community health centers, and private practice. She previously worked as a Clinical Specialist for Migrant Clinicians Network and as a Clinical Consultant for the HRSA Bureau of Primary Health Care. Kugel has extensive experience in the US and internationally with training of community health workers and health education using popular education methodology. She has written and provided continuing education on cultural competency, women’s health access and services in under-resourced settings, and many other topics.

Grant Information

This project is supported by the Health Resources and Services Administration (HRSA) of the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services (HHS) under cooperative agreement number U30CS09742, Technical Assistance to Community and Migrant Health Centers and Homeless for $1,094,709.00 with 0% of the total NCA project financed with non-federal sources. This information or content and conclusions are those of the author and should not be construed as the official position or policy of, nor should any endorsements be inferred by HRSA, HHS or the U.S. Government.

Continuing Education Credit (CEU)

To receive CME* or CNE credit after viewing this webinar, you must:

  1. Complete the Participant Evaluation associated with this webinar
  2. Send an email with your first and last name stating which webinar you completed to contedu@migrantclinician.org
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