At the end of this activity, the learner or healthcare team should be able to:

• Describe how MS CHAMPS is advancing efforts to improve birth outcomes and drive better births across Mississippi.
• Recognize materno-toxicity and apply a shared language and working model to identify and interrupt it in real time. Describe the current landscape of birth doula support in Mississippi and the role doulas play in supporting birthing families.
• Explain how MS CHAMPS is working to transform maternity care teams and strengthen maternity care practices across Mississippi.
• Identify key components of integrated maternity care and describe what integrated care looks like in practice.
• Identify effective strategies and best practices for collaboration between members of the maternity care team and doulas.
• Apply strategies to sustain Baby-Friendly practices and principles following designation.
• Examine how community-centered research, lived experience, and health system accountability can strengthen the role of birthworkers within Mississippi's maternal health ecosystem.
• Describe how doula care can influence patients' experiences during labor, delivery, and postpartum recovery.
• Identify and apply creative teaching strategies that engage staff, improve knowledge retention, and support sustainable practice change.
• Implement culturally responsive strategies that honor cultural traditions, incorporate family and community support, and promote respectful, responsive birth experiences that build trust, strengthen connection, and support positive maternal outcomes.