First Baby Initiative Oversight Committee
Champions: Luis Bracero, MD, FACOG, CAMC
Women and Children’s Hospital, and Professor, Obstetrics and
Gynecology, WVU Health Sciences Center, Charleston; William
M. Holls, MD, Professor and Director of Labor & Delivery & Maternal
and Fetal Medicine Outreach, Department of Obstetrics and Gynecology,
West Virginia University School of Medicine, and David C. Jude,
MD, FACOG, Professor and Interim Chairman, Department of Obstetrics
and Gynecology, Joan C. Edwards School of Medicine at Marshall
University
Committee Members: Nancy Atkins, WV
Medicaid, Charleston; Cindy Beane, WV Medicaid, Charleston;
Melissa Baker, WVDHHR, Charleston; James Becker, WV
Medicaid, Charleston; Sue Binder, WV March of Dimes,
Charleston; Phyllis Bradley, RN, Camden Clark Hospital,
Parkersburg; Martha Carter, RN, NM, FamilyCare Health
Center, Scott Depot; Sonia Chambers, WV Health Care
Authority, Charleston; Ted Cheatham, PEIA, Charleston; Dan
Christy, WV Bureau of Public Health, Charleston; Ann Dacey,
RN, Nurse Coordinator, WV Perinatal Partnership, Morgantown;
Joyce Daniels, WV Perinatal Partnership, Charleston; Brenda
Dawley, MD, Marshall University Joan C. Edwards School of
Medicine, Huntington; Steve Dexter, Thomas Memorial
Hospital, South Charleston; Jim Doria, WV Bureau of Public
Health, Charleston; Kimberly Farry, MD, Associates for
Women's Health, Buckhannon; June Jett, RN, NM, United
Hospital Center, Bridgeport; Jim Kranz, WV Hospital
Association, Charleston; Tom Light, WV Bureau of Public
Health, Charleston; Lisa Marsh, Blue Cross/BlueShield,
Charleston; Jim Pitrilo, WV Health Care Authority,
Charleston; Martha Richardson, RN, The Health Plan, St.
Clairsville; Gail Rock, CNM, Morgantown; Michael Stitely,
MD, WVU School of Medicine, Morgantown; Gary Thompson, WV Bureau of Public Health, Charleston;
Nancy Tolliver, WV Perinatal Partnership, Charleston; Amy Tolliver,
WV State Medical Assn, Charleston; Jessica Toth, WV Health Care
Authority, Charleston; Amy Wenmoth, WV Health Care Authority,
Charleston; Marilyn G. White, WV Health Care Authority, Charleston
Resources for West Virginia First Baby Initiative
Resources
Childbirth
Connection has evidence-based information and resources
on planning for pregnancy, labor and birth, and the
postpartum period. Childbirth Connection is a national
not-for-profit organization founded in 1918 as Maternity
Center Association. On the top, there is a tab for Health
Professionals. Here you can find links to: The Cochran
Review of Labor Support (21 studies, 15 countries and over
15,000 women); Listening to Women report; the Nature and
Management of Labor Pain as well as information for
childbearing women.
World
Health Organization Reproductive Health Library has
materials and free videos on a range of topics.
This video highlights the importance of social support
provided by lay labor companions (doulas) during labor.
