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Center for Healthy Living Events

  • Oct 13

    What Happens After Families Go Home? Understanding Real-World Breastfeeding Challenges and Parent Experiences

    October 13, 2026 11:00 to October 13, 2026 12:00

    This webinar will help hospital teams better understand the breastfeeding challenges mothers experience after discharge and identify opportunities to improve education, support, and continuity of care.

    This session will provide insight into what parents commonly report once they return home, including barriers to breastfeeding continuation, conflicting messaging, emotional stressors, and gaps between hospital education and home realities.

    The webinar will also explore how hospitals, community organizations, and WIC programs can work together to create more consistent, supportive breastfeeding experiences for mothers.

    Speaker
    Asia Sartor, BHWP, CHES, IBCLC
    Management Analyst IV / Peer Counselor Program Coordinator
    Infant Feeding Branch, WIC Program
    Health & Developmental Services Section
    Department of Health, Developmental & Independence Services
    Texas Health and Human Services Commission

    Moderator
    Alice Gong, MD
    Professor of Pediatrics
    Director, Premiere Program
    Joe R. and Teresa Lozano Long School of Medicine
    UT Health San Antonio
    TCHMB Chair

    Continuing Education:

    • McGovern Medical School at the University of Texas Health Science Center at Houston is accredited by the Accreditation Council for Continuing Medical Education (ACCME) to provide continuing medical education for physicians. McGovern Medical School at the University of Texas Health Science Center at Houston designates this live activity for a maximum of 1 AMA PRA Category 1 Credit™. Physicians should claim only the credit commensurate with the extent of their participation in the activity.
    • Cizik School of Nursing at UTHealth Houston is accredited as a provider of nursing continuing professional development by the American Nurses Credentialing Center’s Commission on Accreditation. Cizik School of Nursing at UTHealth Houston designates this live activity for a maximum of 1 nursing continuing professional development ANCC contact hour(s). Nurses should claim only the credit commensurate with the extent of their participation in the activity.
    • This webinar is approved for 1.0 Entry-Level CHES/MCHES® credits! The Michael & Susan Dell Center for Healthy Living is a Designated Provider of continuing education contact hours (CECH) for Certified Health Education Specialists/Master Certified Health Education Specialists (CHES/MCHES®) through The National Commission for Health Education Credentialing, Inc. (NCHEC®).
    • The CPE activity application for this presentation is pending CDR review and approval for 1 CPEU.

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  • Oct 20

    From Research to Action: A Roadmap for a Healthier Texas

    October 20, 2026 12:00 to October 20, 2026 1:00

    As Texas prepares for the 90th Legislative Session in 2027, public health researchers, advocates, and community partners have an important role in ensuring that policy discussions are informed by credible evidence and the needs of Texas children and families. This webinar will highlight the Partnership for a Healthy Texas and its collaborative work to develop and advance evidence-based policy priorities for the upcoming legislative session. Presenters will discuss how the Partnership brings together organizations and experts from across the state to identify policy opportunities, engage key audiences, and promote healthier outcomes for Texans.

    The webinar will also introduce the Texas Research-to-Policy Collaboration (TX RPC) Project and its nonpartisan approach to connecting health researchers with Texas policymakers. Participants will learn about tools and resources developed and implemented by the TX RPC Project to provide legislators with timely, accessible, and policy-relevant research. Examples will address child-centered public health topics including school health, family and child health, nutrition, physical activity, and tobacco prevention and cessation. Together, these initiatives demonstrate how research translation, strategic partnerships, and sustained engagement can help inform public health policy in Texas.

    By the end of this webinar, participants will be able to:

    1. Describe the complementary roles of the Partnership for a Healthy Texas and the Texas Research-to-Policy Collaboration Project in supporting evidence-informed public health policy.
    2. Identify key child-centered public health topics and policy opportunities being considered in preparation for the 90th Texas Legislative Session.
    3. Explain how research-to-policy tools and resources can translate public health evidence into timely, accessible, and relevant information for legislators and other policy audiences.

    Speakers

    Clayton Travis, MSSW
    Director of Advocacy and Health Policy, Texas Pediatric Society

    Joel Romo
    President and Founder
    Texana Public Affairs

    Shelby Flores-Thorpe, PhD, MEd, CHES
    Postdoctoral Fellow, UTHealth Houston School of Public Health - NCI Cancer Control Research Training Program 

    Moderator

    Deanna Hoelscher, PhD, RDN, LD, CNS, FISBNPA
    Austin Regional Dean and John P. McGovern Professor of Health Promotion, Health Promotion & Behavioral Sciences, UTHealth Houston School of Public Health in Austin 

     

    Continuing Education

    • This webinar is approved for 1.0 Entry-Level CHES/MCHES® credits! The Michael & Susan Dell Center for Healthy Living is a Designated Provider of continuing education contact hours (CECH) for Certified Health Education Specialists/Master Certified Health Education Specialists (CHES/MCHES®) through The National Commission for Health Education Credentialing, Inc. (NCHEC®).

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