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Click below for a series of free narrated slide presentations given by the March of Dimes on various topics in perinatal health.

• Dr. Jennifer Howse - Surgeon General's Conference on Preventin Preterm Birth (Day 1) (9:33)
  
• Dr. Jennifer Howse - Surgeon General's Conference on Preventin Preterm Birth (Day 2) (8:15)
  
• Dr. R.A. Shepherd - Surgeon General's Conference on Preventin Preterm Birth (Day 2) (10:09)
  
• Overview of Premature Birth (1:29:08)
  
• Healthy Babies are Worth the Wait (1:10:59)
  
• Partnerships for Healthy Children (4:51)
  
• March of Dimes and Disparaties in Perinatal Health (1:02:09)
  
• Newborn Screening (1:07:09)
  
• Prematurity and Genetics (1:05:02)
  
• Disparities in Birth Outcomes (54:54)
  

Links to Continuing Education on Prematurity
• Kentucky Perinatal Association's Health Professional Education on Prematurity (FREE)
• Late preterm web cast - Dr. Ruth Ann Shepherd, Ky Dept for Public Health
• Patient Safety in OB Webcast - Dr. Mark Pearlman, University of Michigan
• Understanding Preterm Birth Webcast – Dr. Karla Damus, Albert Einstein College of Medicine
• Clinical Directors Network, Inc. (CDN) is dedicated to providing and improving comprehensive and accessible community-oriented primary and preventive health care services for poor, minority, and underserved populations. Webcasts, live and archived, are presented on a variety of topics
• AWHONN Journals Continuing Nursing Education (AWHONN members: $5 per CE hour; Non-members: $12.50 per CE hour): The online Continuing Nursing Education site for AWHONN’s Journal of Obstetric, Gynecologic & Neonatal Nursing and Nursing for Women’s Health.
• Medscape Ob/Gyn & Women's Health CMEs (Site Registration Required): This website lists CME opportunities with Clinical Reviews, Journal and News articles archived on Medscape. CMEs on other medical topics, from Allergy and Clinical Immunology to Urology, are available as well.
• American Academy of Family Physicians CME Center (Fees and membership requirements vary by course): Online CMEs are available on Cultural Diversity, Healthcare Quality, Access and Education, Neonatal Screening, Healthcare Quality Assurance, and Tobacco Use Cessation, as well a variety of other topics.
• March of Dimes Compendium on Preterm Birth (FREE): The March of Dimes Compendium on Preterm Birth is a new online curriculum for health professionals about how to detect patients at risk for early delivery and assess behavrios that trigger premature birth. The compendium may be used for self-study or group presentations, features downloadable slide sets for presentations, provides evidence-based perinatal and neonatal medical references and recommended readings, includes print and online resources for professionals and consumers, and provides free continuing education credits.
• Preterm Labor Assesment ToolKit (FREE):This free toolkit provides guidance for the assessment and triage of women with suspected preterm labor. The objective of the toolkit is to standardize the assessment and diagnosis of preterm labor among health care professionals to allow for a uniform diagnosis of preterm labor, timely interventions, proper transport of patients at greatest risk for preterm delivery, a decrease in unnecessary hospitalizations and treatments, improved allocation of scarce nursing/hospital resources, and increased maternal-fetal safety.
• NICUniversity provides neonatologists and other members of the professional neonatology community with continuing education credits, as well as neonatology research and information, working to improve neonatalogists’ patient management and outcomes through unbiased, balanced educational information

Links to Additional Professional Resources and Information

• The March of Dimes home page provides links and information on parent education, preterm birth, genetic research, and healthcare. [Some information also available in Spanish.]
• The website of the March of Dimes Prematurity Campaign provides fact sheets, a resource library, medical perspective reports, and information on various prematurity-related programs.
• Peristats presents perinatal outcomes and risks statistics for the United State, each state, and selected counties and cities. Peristats also includes maps and graphs for information and presentations with slides available for download
• The American College of Obstetricians and Gynecologists advocates for quality health care for women, the maintaince of standards for clinical practice and continuing education, promotion of patient education, understanding, and involvement in medical care, and awnreness of changing issues facing women’s health care. Resources available include guidelines, committee opinions, clinical review newsletters, and Obstetrics and Gynecology (Green Journal). [Some information available in Spanish.]
• The Association of Women's Health, Obstetric and Neonatal Nurses promotes the health of women and newborns by aiming to strengthen the nursing profession through advocacy, research, education and other professional and clinical resources to nurses and other healthcare professionals. Their website provides access to news, position statements, scholarship programs, legislative agendas, job listings and conference information.
• The American College of Nurse Midwives provides position statements, clinical bulletins and continuing education opportunities for midwives on their website. The “Quickinfo” factsheets provide brief summaries on specific topics as well as external links and references.
• Information on “Advances in Neonatal Care: Official Journal of the National Association of Neonatal Nurses” and Nursing Continuing education opportunities through the association, and guidelines and position statements on a variety of topics are available on the National Association of Neonatal Nurses website.
• Focusing on safety, effectiveness, patient-centeredness, timeliness, efficiency, and equity, the Institute for Healthcare Improvement campaigns to improve the lives of patients, the health of communities, ,and the joy of the health care workforce. The Literature section on IHI.org features books and peer-reviewed articles, chosen by their Advisors as some of the best available literature in a specific Topic or Subtopic.
• The Maternal and Child Health Bureau is a bureau of the Health Resources and Services Administration (HRSA), U.S. Department of Health and Human Services. Their website provides reports on national statistics of maternal and child health indicators, information about Maternal and Child Health programs in the United States, featured publications and additional links to external sources of information on specific topics.
• The Kentucky Perinatal Association is a non-profit incorporated volunteer association of health care providers, consumers and organizations with a common purpose toward the recognition of maternal-infant health care issues dedicated to the provision of comprehensive solutions through educational outreach and advocacy.

Folic Acid Resources
• Folic Acid (FREE): Approximately thirty minutes in length, this module aims to train health professionals and students to counsel on the benefits of folic acid in the prevention of birth defects and other conditions.
• Folic Acid-Spinal Bifida Association (FREE):This free tutorial teaches practitioners how to counsel women about folic acid in a sensitive manner and provides printable resources for patient distribution.
• Prevention Of Neural Tube Defects And Other Health Risks Through Folic Acid Education (FREE): Jointly sponsored by Swedish Medical Center and the March of Dimes, this online CME course is designed to enhance the understanding of preconceptional folic acid supplementation amongst health care professionals and to effectively identify under-educated patient populations.

Sexually Transmitted Disease Resources
• Self-Study Sexually Transmitted Disease Modules for Clinicians- Centeres for Disease Control (FREE):The Self-Study STD Curriculum Modules for Clinicians includes seven web-based educational modules, each based on a specific STD topic. Each module is considered to be an individual course, and a student may complete as many modules as he or she chooses. The modules are based on the curriculum developed by the National Network of STD/HIV Prevention Training Centers which includes the treatment and management recommendations of the 2002 CDC STD Treatment Guidelines.

Smoking Cessation Resources
• The American Heart Association provides this list of links to some of the many resources on smoking cessation including templates, patient material downloads, outlines for system-wide change, practitioners’ guidelinesand strategies, and other websites of interest.
• Smoking Cessation for Pregnancy and Beyond: Learn Proven Strategies to Help Your Patients Quit (FREE-Download Required): This program, based on the "Virtual Practicum" model, is intended for health care providers who will be assisting their female patients in quitting smoking, in particular, patients who are pregnant or in their child-bearing years. This program offers various learning tools, including interactive case simulations and comprehensive discussions of the patient visits, mini-lectures on relevant topics from leading experts, including former Surgeon General Dr. C. Everett Koop and Dr. Neil Benowitz, interviews with real patients who have quit, and a dedicated web site of pertinent links and office resources.
• Kentucky QuitLine (1-800-QUIT NOW)

• The National Guideline Clearinghouse (NGC) is a comprehensive database of evidence-based clinical practice guidelines and related documents of the Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality (AHRQ), U.S. Department of Health and Human Services
• The National Library of Medicine provides an index of journal articles (Pubmed), as well as links to external resources on specific topics. Resources for patients’ use are also available.

Home Visitation Resources
• HANDS Home Visiting Program in Kentucky