Committees
Click on a WAPC Committee below to view more information such as the committee charge, name of the committee chair, the committee description and publications the committee has developed.
Annual Meeting Planning Committee
Chairperson: | Charlene Galston, RNC, BSN, LCCE, MEd
Black River Memorial Hospital
Black River Falls, WI | | Charge: | Responsible to plan and coordinate the annual WAPC Statewide Perinatal Conference. | | WAPC Annual Meeting: | The 2007 WAPC Statewide Perinatal Conference will be held April 22-24 at the Concourse Hotel and Governor's Club in Madison. |
Top Infant & Family Committee | Co-Chairs: | Jill Paradowski, RN, MS
Milwaukee Health Department
Milwaukee, WI Mary Jo Snorek, RN, MSN, NNP
Children's Hospital of Wisconsin
Milwaukee, WI | | Charge: | To study and place in priority the needs to be addressed in the area of infant health care and family support, and to recommend to the Board of Directors activities WAPC should initiate to address these needs. |
Infant & Family Committee Publications
After Discharge Bill of Rights
Baby Steps
NICU Babies in the Community
Rationale & Recommendations for Comprehensive Infant Early Childhood Top
Nutrition Committee
| Chairperson: | Judy Zunk, MS, RD
Menomonee Falls, WI | | Charge: | To provide a means to coordinate relationships between persons and programs involved with perinatal nutrition and to otherwise promote quality assurance in perinatal nutrition. |
Nutrition Committee Publications
Perinatal Nutrition: Criteria for Quality Assurance and Workshop Manual
Breastfeeding Mother & Infant Criteria Set and Perinatal Outcomes
Wisconsin Breastfeeding Coalition Position Statement Nutrition Committee Publications Online
Breastfeeding fact sheet by the Wisconsin Breastfeeding Coalition
Breastfeeding terms you should know by the Wisconsin Breastfeeding Coalition
The Wisconsin Breastfeeding Resource Directory
Wisconsin Breastfeeding Coalition Position Statement (brief)
Wisconsin Breastfeeding Coalition Position Statement
Wisconsin Breastfeeding Coalition Position Statement References American Academy of Pediatrics
Breastfeeding Help
Gaining and Growing: Assuring Nutritional Care of Preterm Infants
US Department of Agriculture (Nutrition during pregnancy and breastfeeding)
Wisconsin Department of Health and Family Services (Nutrition fact sheets)
The World Health Organization Top Perinatal Data Committee | Chairperson: | Marianne Weiss, DNSc, RN
Marquette University
Milwaukee, WI | | Charge: | To establish, collect, maintain and promote standardized data to support the goals of improved perinatal health. |
Perinatal Data Committee Publications
The Power of Perinatal Data - Part II
The Power of Perinatal Data - Part II was held January 20, 2005 at Promega in Madison, Wisconsin . For a copy of the agenda, click here.
PeriData Information for Users and Administrators (click here).
This information sheet will answer such questions as: What is PeriData? Why does PC-LOG need to be replaced? What will PeriData provide for hospitals? Who has access to my hospital's perinatal data? When will PeriData be available? What will happen to PC-LOG? What will happen when the State Vital Records Program implements an On-Line Vital Records system? Why should my hospital enroll as a PeriData partner now? What is WAPC's role in PeriData? For a listing of hospital that have committed to PeriData as of January 20, 2005 (click here).
Below are the Powerpoint presentations from the January 20th meeting:
Marianne Weiss, RN, DNSc, Chair of the WAPC Perinatal Data Committee, "The Power of Perinatal Data - Part II" (click here). Dale Steber, IS Project Leader, Center for Urban Population Health, "PeriData.Net - Wisconsin's Perinatal Database" (click here).
Power of Perinatal Data – Part I was held December 5, 2003 at Promega in Madison, WI.
Perinatal Data Committee Publications Include
PeriData.Net™ presentation
Ron Cisler, PhD, Director of the Center for Urban Population Health
Susan Partington, PhD, RD, Network Trainer
Dale Steber, BS, IS Project Leader Power of Perinatal Data, The: A Local Perspective
Kathleen Blair, City of Milwaukee Health Department, WAPC Perinatal Data Committee
State of Perinatal Data in Wisconsin, The
Marianne Weiss, RN, DNSc, WAPC Perinatal Data Committee Chair Value of Perinatal Data, The: Improving Outcomes
Murray L. Katcher, MD, PhD, Chief Medical Officer, Wisconsin Division of Public Health Top Peripartum Committee | Chairperson: | Jackie Tillett, ND, CNM
University of Wisconsin-Milwaukee
Milwaukee, WI | | Charge: | To explore contemporary issues and promote education about evidence based care for women in the intrapartum and postpartum periods. |
Peripartum Committee Publications
Depression Screening Tools
Top Planning Committee | Chairperson: | Tim Boehmer, RPh
St. Elizabeth Hospital
Appleton, WI | | Charge: | - To address strategic issues related to the mission and goals of WAPC.
- To develop the overall policies and procedures that WAPC follows to design, implement and evaluate its perinatal continuing education programs.
- In cooperation with other WAPC Committees, to identify and address perinatal continuing education needs and themes.
- To foster communication on WAPC activities and issues among WAPC statewide. committees, WAPC Regional organizations, WAPC members, and other interested individuals and organizations throughout the state.
- To develop an annual plan of WAPC goals and activities.
- To promote awareness of and membership in WAPC.
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Planning Committee Online Publications
2006 Program Agenda
Top Preconception & Prenatal Care Committee
Preconception care is defined as the time before conception, through pregnancy and birth, and through the infant’s first year of life. | Chairperson: | Timothy Klatt, MD
Medical College of Wisconsin
Milwaukee, WI | | Charge: | To identify and set priorities to address preconception and prenatal health care needs and to create, implement and evaluate strategies to meet those needs. |
Preconception & Prenatal Care Committee Online Publications
Becoming a Parent Leaflet (English & Spanish)
Becoming a Parent Booklet & Preconception Checklist
Folic Acid Position Statement
Preconceptional Care Position Paper
Screening for Prenatal and Postpartum Depression
Women with Asthma
Women with Depression
Women with Diabetes
Women with Epilepsy
X-Ray Tests and Pregnancy
The Safety of Diagnostic Imaging During Pregnancy
Other Publications and Videos
Becoming a Parent: Things to Think About
Health Care Provider’s Guide to Preconception Risk Assessment Top Prenatal Testing Committee | Chairperson: | Dwight Cruikshank, MD
Medical College of Wisconsin
Milwaukee, WI | | Charge: | - Review and maintain a knowledge base of current professional literature on prenatal testing.
- Develop a set of criteria to assess individual prenatal tests in terms of their clinical, ethical and economic values.
- Determine which tests may be more appropriately recommended for the preconceptional period.
- Recommend specific tests appropriate for prenatal screening.
- Facilitate the development of collaborative professional and public education programs on prenatal testing and follow up.
- Consider recommendations for public policy initiatives that could promote effective and efficient prenatal testing.
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Prenatal Testing Committee Publications
Laboratory Testing During Pregnancy (3rd edition)
Top Public Affairs Committee | Chairperson: | Lynn Klemmer, RNC
Mercy Medical Center
Oshkosh, WI | | Charge: | - Monitor public policies.
- Advocate for public policies that affect perinatal health.
- Provide information to members.
- Educate the public and professionals about how to affect the public policy process.
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Public Affairs Committee Publications
The Healthcare Provider’s Role in Public Affairs
Top Tertiary Care Committee | Chairperson: | Chris Van Mullem, RNC
Aurora Sinai Medical Center
Milwaukee, WI | | Charge: | To serve as a forum within individuals who are involved in the provision of tertiary level perinatal care to discuss and address issues of mutual interest and concern. |
Tertiary Care Committee Publications
Guidelines for the Responsible Utilization of Neonatal Intensive Care
CEO Workgroup | Chairperson: | Debbie Gleisberg, RNC
St. Joseph Regional Medical Center
Milwaukee, WI Jan McIntosh, RNC, BSN
St. Joseph Regional Medical Center
Milwaukee, WI | | Charge: | To identify outreach education issues and make recommendations to WAPC about what the association might do to strengthen perinatal continuing education. |
CEO Work Group Publications
Fetal Monitoring Workgroup | Chairperson: | Chris Van Mullem, RNC
Milwaukee, WI | | Charge: | To produce, disseminate, and update a standardized curriculum for teaching basic fetal monitoring to health care providers |
Fetal Monitoring Work Group Publications
Fetal Monitoring Initiative Trainer’s Manual
Fetal Monitoring Learner’s Manual
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