Ascension AL Grand Rounds 2023 - Disparities in Diabetes Pregnancy Outcomes

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ONLINEDiabetesLabor/DeliveryWomen's Health

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Thursday, October 12, 2023, 6:00 AM - Sunday, October 12, 2025, 6:00 PM


AMA PRA Category 1 Credits™ (1.00 hours), AAPA Credit(s) (1.00 hours), ACPE Contact Hour(s) (1.00 hours), ANCC Contact Hour(s) (1.00 hours), APA Credit(s) (1.00 hours), Non-Physician Attendance (1.00 hours)

For a woman who is facing financial, cultural, psychological, or social challenges, discovering that she has gestational diabetes mellitus (GDM) represents a significant burden. By better understanding challenges underserved women with GDM face, multidisciplinary clinical teams can make essential changes in health care delivery to optimize outcomes not just during pregnancy, but also, equally importantly, beyond pregnancy to prevent long-term disease.

Disclosures:
Faculty: Ashley Battarbee, MD
* Has no relevant financial relationships with ACCME-defined commercial interests
* Will not be discussing the off-label or investigational use of products
* All Ascension planners and reviewers have no relevant financial relationships with ACCME-defined commercial interests.

Course Chair reviewed and found no Conflict of Interest

1. Understand how this diagnosis is experienced in these vulnerable populations helps to bridge gaps in health care delivery and promote positive behavior change
2. Review how low-income populations often lack affordable and dependable access to medical care and more frequently have concomitant diagnoses of GDM and obesity
3. Summarize how diabetes care is influenced by limited medical access, financial concerns, poor postpartum follow-up, communication barriers, psychological stressors, low health literacy, and discordant perceptions between health care professionals and patients

This activity was planned by and for the healthcare team, and learners will receive 1.00 IPCE credits for learning and change.

Ascension adheres to ACCME Criteria, Standards and Policies regarding industry support of CE/CME. Disclosure of faculty and their commercial relationships will be made prior to the activity.

Mitigation of Relevant Financial Relationships

Ascension adheres to the ACCME’s Standards for Integrity and Independence in Accredited Continuing Education. Any individuals in a position to control the content of a CE activity, including faculty, planners, reviewers or others are required to disclose all relevant financial relationships with ineligible entities (commercial interests). All relevant conflicts of interest have been mitigated prior to the commencement of the activity.

Commercial Interest: No commercial interest was received for this CE/CME activity.