NH AIM/ERASE Maternal Mortality Webinar Series - Beyond Kegels: Understanding the Mental Health Implications of Childbirth-Related Pelvic Floor Injuries and Conditions

Thursday, October 16, 2025, 12:00 PM - Monday, October 16, 2028, 1:00 PM

AMA PRA Category 1 Credits™ (1.00 hours), ANCC Nursing Contact Hours (1.00 hours), CME-Designated Participation Credit (1.00 hours)

This session will provide a general introduction and overview of pelvic floor injuries and conditions, including rates of occurrence and risk and protective factors. Our AIM implementation team and the NHPQC will briefly share administrative updates and relevant elements from New Hampshire's active Patient Safety Bundles. We will then hear from Kimberley Johnson, PhD, Postdoctoral Fellow, Department of Community and Family Medicine and Department of Psychiatry at DHMC, who will discuss the mental health and quality of life implications of childbirth-related pelvic floor injuries (including presentation of her dissertation data) and provide practical tools including screening, treatment resources, and example scripts for use in patient settings. We will end the hour with an interactive Q&A session.

Presenter

Kimberley Johnson, PhD
Postdoctoral Fellow
Department of Community and Family Medicine and Department of Psychiatry
Dartmouth Hitchcock Medical Center

1. Describe the prevalence and scope of childbirth-related pelvic floor injuries, including related mental health implications for patients.
2. Identify one or more pelvic floor injury screening tools, treatment resources, and/or patient-facing discussion scripts that can be incorporated into the perinatal care setting.

In support of improving patient care, Dartmouth Health is jointly accredited by the Accreditation Council for Continuing Medical Education (ACCME), the Accreditation Council for Pharmacy Education (ACPE), and the American Nurses Credentialing Center (ANCC), to provide continuing education for the healthcare team. 

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