Education Meeting

March 3, 2010

 


 

 

   

Peggy Rosati Allen, CNM, WHNP, MS

Chronic Fatigue Syndrome: Experiences of Women during Pregnancy, Childbirth and the Postpartum Period will provide a synopsis of expert opinion and the current scientific evidence, albeit scant, that addresses the experience of childbirth in women with chronic fatigue syndrome.  The presentation will include a panel of women with chronic fatigue syndrome who will share their experiences of pregnancy, childbirth, and early parenting. Target audience for this presentation will be women with chronic fatigue syndrome and their families who may be anticipating or have experienced pregnancy, birth, and early parenting.

 

Peggy Rosati Allen, CNM, WHNP, MS is an Assistant Clinical Professor with BirthCare HealthCare, faculty practice for the graduate nurse-midwifery and women’s health nurse practitioner programs with the University of Utah College of Nursing.  She is also the author of “Chronic Fatigue Syndrome:  Implications for Women and their Health Care Providers During the Childbearing Years”, published as a feature article in the July/August 2008 issue of the Journal of Midwifery and Women’s Health.  Peggy was awarded the 2009 Journal of Midwifery and Women’s Health Mary Ann Shah New Author award for this publication, an award sponsored by the publisher Elsevier and the JMWH editorial board given to a first-time published author whose article, among other criteria, makes a significant contribution to clinical practice, policy, education, or research.

 

 

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