Maternal Health Provider Training: Reproductive Justice for Equitable Maternal Health

Friday, July 7, 2023, 8:00 AM - Monday, July 7, 2025, 5:00 PM

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The New Jersey Department of Health developed this course for the purpose of providing explicit and implicit bias training for clinical and non-clinical maternal health service providers in accordance with New Jersey Statute 26:2H-12.108. This course reviews the historical and present effects racial implicit and explicit biases have had pregnancy on outcomes and maternal health.  This course will also provide learners with the tools to recognize the differences between racial explicit bias and racial implicit bias and utilize techniques to mitigate those biases.

1. Describe the maternal health crisis in the US and NJ.
2. Discuss New Jersey-specific racial inequities in maternal health outcomes.
3. Apply techniques that advocate for reproductive justice.
4. Identify explicit and implicit bias and their potential impact on maternal health.
5. Apply strategies to mitigate bias when providing obstetric care.

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4. Click on the title of this activity: Maternal Health Provider Training: Reproductive Justice for Equitable Maternal Health

For any challenges concerning registration and course enrollment please contact Rutgers UBHC Center for Continuing Education for immediate assistance. 

This course is designed for employees of hospitals that provide provide inpatient maternity services, birthing center licensed in the State of New Jersey and any facilities that provide maternal health care.  Learners that do not meet this criteria will be unenrolled in the course. Rutgers reserves the right to determine learner eligibility. 

In order to access the activity, please click on the "Register" tab and complete your registration or enter your log-in information. Then click on the "Online Content & Tests" tab and select "Pre-Test" to start the program. When registering for this course please complete learner profile. 

To receive CE credit for this activity, eligible participants must: 1) formally register for the activity, 2) complete the pre-test, 3) review the activity in its entirety, 4) complete the post-test and, 5) complete the activity evaluation. Participants will then be able to download their CE certificate. 

As an enrolled learner in this course, you may be contacted via the email used for registration for participation in further educational activities that support the learning objectives discussed in this course. 

Learners are not permitted to skip any segments of modules in this educational activity. We recommend that you being the course with Module 1. 

In support of improving patient care, this activity has been planned and implemented by Rutgers Biomedical and Health Sciences and The New Jersey Department of Health. Rutgers Biomedical and Health Sciences is jointly accredited by the Accreditation Council for Continuing Medical Education (ACCME), the Accreditation Council for Pharmacy Education (ACPE), and the American Nurses Credentialing Center (ANCC), to provide continuing education for the healthcare team.

Physicians: Rutgers Biomedical and Health Sciences designates this enduring material for a maximum of 2.0 AMA PRA Category 1 Credits™.  Physicians should claim only the credit commensurate with the extent of their participation in the activity.

Nurses: This activity is awarded 2.0 ANCC contact hours. (60 minute CH)

Pharmacists: The knowledge-based activity qualifies for 2.0 contact hours of continuing pharmacy education credit. The certificate printed after completing the evaluation for this activity is for personal tracking purposes only.  Your NABP e-Profile ID and date of birth must be saved to your CloudCME profile in order for RBHS to report your activity completion to CPE Monitor.  CPE credit will be processed no later than 60 days following your participation in this activity.

Pharmacists' NABP e-Profile ID and date of birth will be collected during registration. CPE credit will be processed approximately 60 days after completion of the program evaluation.

Nurses and pharmacists should claim only those contact hours actually spent participating in the activity.

Psychologists: Rutgers Biomedical and Health Sciences is approved by the American Psychological Association to sponsor continuing education for psychologists. Rutgers Biomedical and Health Sciences maintains responsibility for this program and its content. This activity will offer 2.0 CE credits for psychologists.

Social Workers: This program is approved for social work continuing education hours by Rutgers University Behavioral Health Care in accordance with New Jersey administrative code 13:44G-6.4 and recognized by The New Jersey Board of Social Work Examiners. This program is approved for 2.0 cultural competency or general social work continuing education hours.

Estimated time to complete this activity as designed is 2.0 hours.

Peer Review Statement: In order to help ensure content objectivity, independence, and fair balance, and to ensure that the content is aligned with the interest of the public, RBHS has resolved all potential and real conflicts of interest through content review by non-conflicted, qualified reviewers. This activity was peer-reviewed for relevance, accuracy of content, and balance of presentation by: Stephanie Marcello, PhD, Richa Shah, PharmD, Laura Burns, LCSW, Rutgers University Behavioral Health Care; Brandie Wooding, MSN, RN, Maternal Care Quality Collaborative; Damali Campbell Oparaji, MD, Rutgers NJ Medical School.

This activity was reviewed on June 21, 2023.

Field Test Statement: This activity was pilot-tested for time required of two hours of participation by Laura Burns, LCSW.

Disclosure: In accordance with the disclosure policies of Rutgers and to conform with Joint Accreditation requirements and FDA guidelines, individuals in a position to control the content of this education activity are required to disclose to the activity participants: the existence of any relevant financial relationship with any entity producing, marketing, re-selling, or distributing health care goods or services consumed by, or used on, patients, with the exemption of non-profit or government organizations and non-health care related companies, within the past 24 months; and the identification of a commercial product/device that is unlabeled for use or an investigational use of a product/device that is not yet approved.

Faculty: Uche Blackstock, MD has no relevant financial relationships to disclose:

Peer Reviewers: Stephanie Marcello, PhD, Richa Shah, PharmD, Laura Burns, LCSW, Rutgers University Behavioral Health Care; Brandie Wooding, MSN, RN, Maternal Care Quality Collaborative; Damali Campbell Oparaji, MD, Rutgers NJ Medical School have no relevant financial relationships to disclose.

Field Testers: Laura Burns, LCSW has no relevant financial relationships to disclose.

Activity Director: Mildred Mendez, MSM, BS has no relevant financial relationships to disclose.

Planners: Mildred Mendez, MSM, BS, Kimberly Lourenceo, MPH, Sarah Muller-Robbins, MPH, BSN; Brandie Wooding, MSN, RN have no relevant financial relationships to disclose. 

Rutgers UBHC Center for Continuing Education: Laura Burns, Program Coordinator, has no relevant financial relationships to disclose.

Off-Label/Investigational Use Disclosure: Faculty are required to disclose discussion of off-label/investigational uses of commercial products/devices in their presentation. These disclosures will be made to the audience at the time of the activity.

Content Disclaimer: The views expressed in this activity are those of the faculty. It should not be inferred or assumed that they are expressing the views of any manufacturer of pharmaceuticals or devices, Rutgers University or New Jersey Department of Health.

It should be noted that the recommendations made herein with regard to the use of therapeutic agents, varying disease states, and assessments of risk, are based upon a combination of clinical trials, current guidelines, and the clinical practice experience of the participating presenters. The drug selection and dosage information presented in this activity are believed to be accurate. However, participants are urged to consult all available data on products or procedures before using them in clinical practice.

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AMA PRA Category 1 Credits™ (2.00 hours), ACPE Credits (2.00 hours), ANCC Contact Hours (2.00 hours), Non-Physician Attendance (2.00 hours), Psychologist: APA CE Credits (2.00 hours), Social Worker: NJBSWE CE Credits (2.00 hours)

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Mitigation of Relevant Financial Relationships

All relevant financial relationships for all individuals in control of content have been mitigated.

No faculty are available for this activity at this time.

On November 1, 2021, N.J. Statute 26:2H-12.108 was adopted. This statute requires that every N.J. hospital that provides inpatient maternity services and every birthing center licensed in the State, pursuant to P.L. 1971, c.136 (C.26:2H-1 et seq.,) shall implement an evidence-based explicit and implicit bias training program. 

This activity was developed in collaboration with The Partnership for Maternal and Child Health of Northern New Jersey.