Learning Session 1
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 This is a belated edition of the Support for Birth weekly newsletter. Earlier this week, while digging out and defrosting after the storm, we were busy with the first learning session on January 11. Because travel was treacherous, we met by webinar with 11 of the 12 teams who were scheduled to travel to Winston Salem that day. While it was a disappointment not to see those teams in person, we were still able to get off to a good start on the important work we will do together over the next few months. We are grateful for the flexibility of those teams that were able to shift gears at the last minute and still participate meaningfully in the launch of this initiative.
1. Follow up for January 11 teams:
· Don't forget to send in the summary of your team's discussion of the Patient-Centered Care topic you were assigned. I think we all agree that the patient's perspective is an important factor in being able to increase the rate of vaginal birth, and we are committed to incorporating the patient's view into our efforts to improve the quality of maternity care. If your team has not found time to have this conversation yet, that is an important next step.
· Make sure your team finds a time to meet, if you haven't already, to work on the Teams Worksheet to prepare a draft action plan for this project, and send us (kberrien@unch.unc.edu) your goals and objectives page. This is something that teams will do during the January 25 session, so January 11 teams need to get this done by then so we will all be on track as we prepare to move forward in February.
2. Preparation for January 25 teams:
· If you will be attending the January 25 session in Raleigh, make sure all team members are ready to go. Information about the location is available on the Learning Session 1 webpage on our website (scroll down the page to find the information for the Raleigh session). Registration/continental breakfast will be at 8:30 and we will start promptly at 8:55 (and end promptly at 3:30).
· At the learning session, one member from each team should be prepared to introduce all team members and share with the group one challenge your team faces to reducing the c-section rate and/or one opportunity you've identified to improve the rate of vaginal birth.
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Baseline Data
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 This data is what will guide your team as you make decisions about actions to take over the next few months to increase the rate of vaginal birth. If your hospital has not completed baseline data submission, it is not too late, but it needs to happen quickly. Contact Jessica (jphipps@email.unc.edu) to come up with a strategy for completing baseline data. Several teams have heard from Jessica about missing elements in the data that was submitted; please try to follow up with Jessica as quickly as possible so your data will be as accurate and complete as possible. As teams saw during the January 11 webinar, the baseline data is already yielding some important results and suggesting steps we can take in North Carolina hospitals to promote vaginal birth for first-time mothers.
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Contact Kate
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Kate Berrien, RN, BSN, MS
UNC Center for Maternal & Infant Health
CB# 7181
Chapel Hill, NC 27599
kberrien@unch.unc.edu
Phone: 919-843-9336 Fax: 919-843-7866 |
