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MoMMA's Voices Program Receives CDC Contract to Connect Patients to Maternal Health Quality Improvement Projects

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Wednesday, October 4, 2023
Partnership, Culture, Curriculum, Human, Research, CDC, Organization, Pre-eclampsia, Death, Patient, Korea Disease Control and Prevention Agency, Knowledge, Mortality, Health, Mental health, Voices, Safety, Momma, Nursing

This award will help MoMMA's Voices to expand their engagement with state perinatal quality collaboratives to ensure the patient voice is integrated into quality improvement projects, particularly those focusing on substance use disorder and maternal mental health.

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  • This award will help MoMMA's Voices to expand their engagement with state perinatal quality collaboratives to ensure the patient voice is integrated into quality improvement projects, particularly those focusing on substance use disorder and maternal mental health.
  • Maternal mortality rates in the United States are alarmingly high, with 32.9 deaths per 100,000 live births.
  • A 2021 CDC report found that maternal mortality rate rose from 861 deaths in 2020 to 1,205 deaths in 2021.
  • MoMMA's Voices goal is to bridge the gap between what happens to patients during their maternal health experiences and the quality improvement initiatives designed to improve that experience.

Daydream State Announces Capitol Hill Block Party 2023 Festival Lineup

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Tuesday, February 28, 2023
Entertainment, Music, Events, Concerts, Karma, Comet Tavern, Capitol Hill Block Party, Capitol Hill, Krewella discography, PinkPantheress, Cavetown, Lost Lake Cafe and Lounge, Heart, PNW, Disc jockey, Main stage, Muna (Muna album), Chophouse Row, Tongue, CHBP, Kerri Watt, Paper, Between Friends, Momma, Sale, Multimedia, VIP, Friends, Bear, William Avery Cochrane, Film producer, Nightclub, Child

Today, Daydream State announced the lineup of performers for its 25th annual Capitol Hill Block Party (CHBP) music and arts festival scheduled for July 21-23 in the heart of Capitol Hill in the Pike/Pine corridor.

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  • Today, Daydream State announced the lineup of performers for its 25th annual Capitol Hill Block Party (CHBP) music and arts festival scheduled for July 21-23 in the heart of Capitol Hill in the Pike/Pine corridor.
  • View the full release here: https://www.businesswire.com/news/home/20230228005618/en/
    Daydream State Announces Capitol Hill Block Party 2023 Festival Lineup (Graphic: Business Wire)
    “For 25 years, Capitol Hill Block Party has brought people together with music, art and community in the heart of Seattle,” said Kate Harris, Sponsorship Director & Associate Producer.
  • Earlier this month, Daydream State announced the festival lineup for its DAY IN • DAY OUT 2023 festival as well.
  • Please visit the Capitol Hill Block Party website ( www.capitolhillblockparty.com ) for ticket pricing and programming information and follow the event on Facebook ( Capitol Hill Block Party ), Instagram ( @capitolhillblockparty ) and Twitter ( @CHBlockParty ) to keep up with festival updates.

MoMMA's Voices Awarded New Funding to Further Amplify BIPOC and Other Historically Marginalized Patient Voices in Maternal Health

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Thursday, January 27, 2022
People, Disease, Death, Mortality, Mother, Patient, Culture, Life, Pre-eclampsia, Center, Trust, BIPOC, CDC, Head, Organization, Pelvic pain, Program, Korea Disease Control and Prevention Agency, Woman, Lived experience, Momma, Pharmaceutical industry, Medicine, Merck

With this new grant, MoMMA's Voices is preparing to engage hundreds of new patient and family partners (PFPs) across the U.S. in 2022.

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  • With this new grant, MoMMA's Voices is preparing to engage hundreds of new patient and family partners (PFPs) across the U.S. in 2022.
  • This program teaches both advocates and providers how to use the Lived Experience Integration framework to engage as partners wherever maternal health improvements are needed.
  • "MoMMA's Voices breaks down silos between maternal health organizations to amplify lived patient experiences that represent the voices of the women and their families affected by maternal health conditions," said Eleni Tsigas, chief executive officer of the Preeclampsia Foundation.
  • "The continued funding of our patient-centric work ensures patients continue to have a role in addressing the U.S. maternal health crisis."

MoMMA's Voices and AIM Launch the First-Ever Lived Experience Integration™ Into QI Community of Learning in 23 States

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Thursday, January 13, 2022
Mortality, Patient, Momma, Maternal health, Pre-eclampsia, HRSA, Innovation, Disease, Human, Thornburgh v. American College of Obstetricians & Gynecologists, Hotel manager, Lived experience, COL, AIM, Health, Program, Live, Mother, QI, American College, ACOG, Organization, Pharmaceutical industry, Medicine, Gynaecology, Merck

"The integration of patients' lived experience into quality improvement teams is critical to the success ofour efforts to decrease preventable maternal morbidity and mortality in the U.S.," said AIM SeniorDirectoratACOG ChristieAllen.

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  • "The integration of patients' lived experience into quality improvement teams is critical to the success ofour efforts to decrease preventable maternal morbidity and mortality in the U.S.," said AIM SeniorDirectoratACOG ChristieAllen.
  • The Lived Experience Integration into QI Community of Learning (COL) training program is an eight-weekeducational series created by MoMMA's Voices and funded by AIM.
  • The program will run January toMay 2022 and will serve three cohorts of 23 AIM state and jurisdiction-based teams, Indian HealthServicesfacilities, andotherhealthcareentities.
  • During the eight-week AIM COL program, each cohort will learn how to effectively build a patientengagement culture centered on the Lived Experience Integration, a concept developed by MoMMA'sVoices.

Comedian and Podcast Host Jared Freid Releases Debut Album Announcing: Always A Momma Bear

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Wednesday, September 4, 2019
Entertainers, Comedians, Betches, Momma, Rich Vos, American humor

NEW YORK, Sept. 4, 2019 /PRNewswire/ --New York City-based comedian Jared Freid , host of " The JTrain Podcast " and co-host of Betches' "U Up?"

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  • NEW YORK, Sept. 4, 2019 /PRNewswire/ --New York City-based comedian Jared Freid , host of " The JTrain Podcast " and co-host of Betches' "U Up?"
  • announces the release of his debut album, Always A Momma Bear.
  • Always A Momma Bear is produced by Virtual Comedy Network, best known for producing and distributing curated audio and video from today's most prolific comedians.
  • "I'm pumped to be releasing my debut stand-up album, said Freid.

New Aging Parents Book, "Living with Momma" Helps People Care for Their Families and Themselves

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Tuesday, April 23, 2019
Human activities, Caregiver, Unpaid work, Momma, Humans, Human behavior, Caregiving, Stress

More than 63 million Americans are currently responsible for caring for their parents and their grown children at the same time.

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  • More than 63 million Americans are currently responsible for caring for their parents and their grown children at the same time.
  • As someone who has experienced similar situations in her own life, Elizabeth B. Adams uses her personal experience to encourage families.
  • ThroughLiving with Momma,caregivers will overcome their fatigue and feel prepared to navigate whatever challenges life brings to their families.
  • Elizabeth B. Adams, MAPT, is an ordained minister and founder of The World Peace Project and the L.I.V.I.N.G.

'Hell on Heels' Litigator Shares Life Lessons in 'Wisdom from Momma'

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Monday, April 8, 2019
Momma, Candor, Tenacity, American comics, Comics

The book contains life advice from Momma, whose spirit and tenacity guided her and her family through their most trying times.

Key Points: 
  • The book contains life advice from Momma, whose spirit and tenacity guided her and her family through their most trying times.
  • As a respected divorce lawyer, Michelle is not one to shy away from difficult topics, and she brings that same candor to her book.
  • She acknowledges her family's difficulties (her dad battled depression and her family struggled financially) and shows how her mother's strength and life philosophies were the family's guiding force.
  • I hope readers get as much from reading Momma's wisdom as I have from living it and writing about it."