Meeting on Maternal and Childbirth Health Systematic Reviews
March 1-3, 2007 - Tulane School of Public Health and Tropical Medicine

Meeting Description

The objectives of this meeting were to assess the barriers to:
1)  Performing systematic reviews on maternal and childbirth health issues;
2)  Updating existing systematic reviews; and
3)  Implementing these findings into practice.

The symposium had strong participation from a multidisciplinary and international body of professionals, including healthcare providers, researchers/scientists, public health specialists and healthcare policy makers, and the meeting provided a unique forum for engaging those from clinical, public health and policy backgrounds in discussions about the meeting objectives, in order to develop strategies for the diffusion of evidence-based findings in practice and research.

Meeting Organizers

This meeting was developed and led by faculty and staff from the Tulane School of Public Health and Tropical Medicine, with funding from the Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality (AHRQ).

Meeting Funding

Funding for this meeting was made possible (in part) by 1 R13 HS 16273-01 from the Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality (AHRQ). The views expressed in written meeting materials or publications and by speakers and moderators do not necessarily reflect the official policies of the Department of Health and Human Services; nor does mention of trade names, commerical practices or organizations imply endorsement by the U.S. Government.

Results of the symposium will be published in the Winter 2008 issue of Pediatric and Perinatal Epidemiology.