Welcoming Messages by Co-chairs Alvin D. Jackson, M.D., director, Ohio Department of Health (ODH), and Tom Breitenbach, CEO, Premier Health Partners, Inc.
Presentations on Current Efforts:
Karen Hughes, ODH, Efforts to Address Infant Mortality in Ohio, 1970-2008
Anna Starr, ODH, Efforts to Address Birth Defects and Congenital Anomalies
Edward Donovan, M.D., Cincinnati Children’s Hospital Medical Center, and Jay Iams, M.D., Ohio State University Medical Center, Ohio Perinatal Quality Collaborative
Sarah Redding, M.D, Community Health Access Project
Jewel Bell, Ohio Community Health Workers Association, Community Health Workers
Carolyn Slack, M.S., R.N., Columbus Public Health, Action Learning Collaborative
Edward Donovan, M.D., Cincinnati Children’s Hospital Medical Center, Infant Mortality Reduction Program
The Epidemiology of Infant Mortality In Ohio: An Overview by Elizabeth Conrey, ODH
