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Promoting neonatal equity & justice through collaboration
Aug 2024
Celebrate National Breastfeeding Month
Celebrate National Breastfeeding Month
"Milk is Medicine" is the theme at Saul's Light's 4th Annual NICU Health & Equity Summit is taking place Thursday, September 19 at 8 am at Children's Hospital New Orleans LCMC and virtually! Learn from their powerful keynote speaker, Dr. Aunchalee Palmquist.
The NICU Summit brings together healthcare providers, patient families, and community leaders to create collective solutions to increase human milk provision (breastfeeding) for NICU families throughout Louisiana.
Register for Delphi
Register for Delphi
NJC’s fearless Chair Kayla Karvonen will be presenting at Delphi Conference this coming September with a talk entitled "Why We Must Get Comfortable Talking About Racism in Healthcare Settings.”
Share your thoughts
Share your thoughts
Consistent feedback and data are vital components to the research process and clinical care. The research subcommittee is seeking feedback from NJC members about what is working well, areas for improvement, and potential new initiatives, with the goal of generating plans for the upcoming year to best serve the NJC research community.
GBM Video Available
GBM Video Available
Nursing Equity Initiatives
Nursing Equity Initiatives
Our most recent NJC General body meeting featured leaders of Nursing Equity Initiatives across the country and we now have our video available. Congratulations Dr. Vance on the fudning of the incredible work you presented here!
Watch this video to learn from
Ashley Darcy Mahoney, PhD, NNP-BC, FAAN, Senior Associate Dean for Faculty Affairs, Neonatal Nurse Practitioner, at The George Washington University School of Nursing and her experience developing Talk with Me Baby or Háblame Bebé, a bilingual language development app
Stephanie Adam, MSN, RN, NEA-BC, Nurse Manager of the NICU and Continuing Care Nurseries at Baystate Children’s Hospital, presented her work with Solutions for Patient Safety (SPS) on "Reducing Safety Disparities at Baystate Children’s Hospital.
Monica Germain, BSN, RN, CCRN, recently completed the Ravin Davidoff Health Equity Fellowship at Boston Medical Center, and shared her work with colleague Donna Stickney on "Diversifying the Nursing Workforce."
Ashlee Vance, PhD, MA, RN, RNC-NIC, Assistant Scientist, at Center for Health Policy & Health Services Research at Henry Ford Health, presented her project, titled "Nursing Program for Advancing Training in Health and Social Determinants (N-PATHS)" which was submitted as an R25 application to NINR (funding decision pending).
Health Equity Highlights - August
Health Equity Highlights - August
Find out about other non-NJC health equity focused events below
Register now for the upcoming events in September!
NICU Health & Equity Summit - Sept 19
Delphi Conference - Sept 23
And in October
Upcoming conference sponsored by the Institute of Equity and Justice in Health Sciences Education at the Icahn School of Medicine entitled, “Changing Norms: Uplifting Anti-Racist Work to Transform the Landscape of Medical Education.” It’s a free virtual conference scheduled from October 28-30th. Register here. Feel free to pass along to your friends and colleagues as well.
Committee Corner
Committee Corner
Advocacy + Policy
Advocacy + Policy
This committee is led by new junior leaders Drs. Kshama Shah and Sarah Swenson, new senior leader Dr. Levi Funches, and returning senior leader Dr. Valencia Walker. Stay tuned for their next event!
Get connected to their listserv with the interest button below.
Med Ed + Workforce Diversity
Med Ed + Workforce Diversity
This committee is led by new junior leaders Drs. Kaquanta Barlow and Shenell Reynolds, our previous junior leading serving new senior role Dr. Uche Anani, and returning senior leader Dr. Elizabeth Bonachea.
Sign-up to join the subcommittee with the link below.
Quality Improvement
Quality Improvement
This committee is led by junior leaders Drs. Gaby Cordova Ramos, Nick Heitkamp, and Michelle-Marie Pena (newly transitioned from the Med Ed & Workforce Diversity subcommittee), and lead by senior leaders Drs. Roopali Bapat and Susan Hwang.
If you're interested in joining this subcommittee, indicate your interest via the button below.
Research
Research
This committee is led by junior leaders Drs. Alejandra Barrero-Castillero and Ashlee Vance, and senior leaders Drs. Ashwini Lakshmanan and Henry Lee.
Sign up to present at the next Works In Project below.
Interested in joining the NJC general body or a committee? Connect here to join our listserv and upcoming events!
Contact us at neonataljustice@gmail.com or @NeonatalJustice
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