Birth Equity Modules Course Preview

Learn more about PQI's Birth Equity Modules Course in this video preview!

The Birth Equity Modules Course provides interactive education designed for perinatal healthcare professionals who are working to ensure health equity in their organizations and includes four 30-60 minute web-based modules:

Module 1: Creating an Anti-Racism Statement for Perinatal Facilities

Module 2: Improving Data Collection and Data Review by Race and Ethnicity

Module 3: Performing Team and Family Debriefs From a Racial Equity Lens

Module 4: Ensuring Perinatal Care Standards Are Met for Birth Equity

Purchase the modules at https://www.perinatalqi.org/store/viewproduct.aspx?id=23879172.

Presenters' Bios

Renée Byfield, MS, RN, FNP, C-EFM: Renée Byfield is the Program Director, co-author, national faculty, and a birth equity coach with the Institute for Perinatal Quality Improvement (PQI). She is a clinical leader, specializing in obstetric and newborn care. She has diverse experience in nursing leadership, management, teaching, simulation-based education, team training, program development, perinatal patient safety and quality improvement in hospital, academia, surgical, and ambulatory settings. Ms. Byfield was the 2022 Diversity Equity Inclusion Leadership Award (DEILA) recipient at the AWHONN National Convention. In 2018, Ms. Byfield was selected by the March of Dimes, as a Georgia Nurse of the Year Finalist. As a Program Development Specialist at AWHONN, she has authored and facilitated development of nationally recognized curricula such as the Perinatal and Neonatal Orientation Education Programs (POEP and NOEP) and led multistate Postpartum Hemorrhage Project and other quality improvement initiatives focusing on mitigating the leading causes of preventable maternal mortality. Ms. Byfield’s leadership in quality improvement, program implementation and development of comprehensive, innovative educational programs testifies to her robust capacity for spearheading transformative change in maternal healthcare practices.

Debra Bingham, DrPH, RN, FAAN :  Debra Bingham is the Chief Executive Officer for the Institute for Perinatal Quality Improvement (PQI), perinatal consultant, and a retired Associate Professor of Healthcare Quality and Safety from the University of Maryland School of Nursing (UMSON). Bingham is working to expand the utilization of implementation science and improvement science theories, frameworks, methods and tools in an effort to eliminate preventable perinatal morbidity and mortality and eliminate perinatal racial disparities. Prior to founding PQI and working at UMSON Bingham was the first executive director of the California Maternal Quality Care Collaborative (CMQCC) where she helped create and launch programs that contributed to a 50% reduction in maternal mortality in the state of CA including the first Obstetric Hemorrhage and Elimination of Elective Deliveries Prior to 39 Weeks toolkits.  She then went on to become a Vice President at the Association of Women’s Health, Obstetric and Neonatal Nurses (AWHONN) where she co-developed and led the Post-Partum Hemorrhage Project, the Postbirth Warning Signs Program, and the Maternal Fetal Index. In 2015 she was awarded AWHONN’s Caring Award. At UMSON she was the principal investigator of the Advancing Implementation Science (AdvISE) grant funded by the Maryland Commission of Higher Education. The AdvISE grant expanded the utilization of improvement science theories frameworks, models, and QI methods and tools within UMSON’s Doctor of Nursing Practice (DNP) curriculum. While she worked at UMSON over 500 DNP students benefited from her expertise. In addition, the education she provided to over 100 faculty who taught in DNP courses at UMSON and other university sustains and expands Bingham’s impact and legacy. At PQI Bingham developed, co-authored, and launched the SPEAK UP Against Racism Action Pathway that includes Implicit and Explicit Racial Bias Education (live virtual education and on-demand modules). Over 1200 individuals have completed the SPEAK UP Champion education. She also created and taught PQI’s Implementing Perinatal Quality Improvement course, and co-authored and launched the innovative Intermittent Auscultation Simulation-Based on-line education. Bingham also provides consultation to various types of organizations. For example, she has consulted for organizations such as state departments of health, the Institute for Healthcare Improvement, schools of nursing, and the March of Dimes. She has been quoted in newspapers such as The New York Times, USA Today, Reuters, and the Associated Press. She has been interviewed on NPR by Renee Montagne, on Studio 1A, and on Katie Couric's podcast Next Question. She also lends her expertise by serving as a member of national expert panels. She is the author of numerous peer-reviewed publications and toolkits. She and her husband are the proud parents of four children, 13 grandchildren and five great-grandchildren.

Anna Kheyfets Daoud, MD, MPH :  Anna Kheyfets Daoud, MD, MPH has recently completed her MD at Tufts University School of Medicine and is starting her residency in obstetrics and gynecology at New York Presbyterian/Weill Cornell Medical Center. She has 8 years of experience conducting mixed-methods research on inequities in maternal and reproductive healthcare, with a focus on qualitative and quality improvement methods. Anna published the first standalone Maternal Equity Safety Bundle and assisted the Perinatal Neonatal Quality Improvement Network of Massachusetts in implementing it across the state. Her publications include research on inequities in abortion access, psychosocial stress impacting maternal outcomes, and how hospital quality impacts racial inequities in maternal care.

Audra Meadows, MD, MPH, FACOG :  Audra Robertson Meadows, MD, MPH, FACOG is a Professor and Vice Chair in the Department of Obstetrics, Gynecology, and Reproductive Sciences at the University of California, San Diego School of Medicine (UCSD). Dr. Meadows completed training in OB/GYN at The Brigham & Women’s Hospital and Massachusetts General Hospital at Harvard Medical School. After residency, she was awarded the Commonwealth Fund Fellowship in Health Equity Leadership and received a Master of Public Health degree from Harvard’s TH Chan School of Public Health. Dr. Meadows is a board-certified, academic specialists in General Obstetrics and Gynecology, a birth optimizer, and health systems innovator. While on faculty at Harvard Medical School, Dr. Meadows was a founding director of the Massachusetts perinatal quality collaborative, PNQIN MA, where she continues to lead implementation of the Massachusetts AIM Initiative and the PNQIN Maternal Equity Bundle across hospitals. In 2021, Dr. Meadows transitioned to UCSD where she is active in clinical practice, leads an NIH-funded hybrid effectiveness-implementation study of safety bundles to improve maternal morbidity and inequity, directs the Health Equity and Health Systems Science course for undergraduate medical students, and leads equity and justice initiatives for the department. Dr. Meadows is funded by the National Institutes of Health (NIH), Centers for Disease Control (CDC), and Robert Wood Johnson Foundation (RWJF) to investigate strategies to address maternal quality and birth experiences. Dr. Meadows serves on national boards and professional committees to address maternal health equity and has received national honors and awards for her career accomplishments and community service. In 2023, she was honored as a recipient of the SASCOG Award, ACOG Hale Endowed Annual Lectureship Award, UCSD Inclusive Excellence Award to the Culture and Justice Quorum, and the Diop Achievement Award for perinatal quality leadership.

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