Talks

• Assessing the Extent and Impact of Rural Obstetric Unit Closures.

  Interrante JD, Sheffield EC
  National Academy for State Health Policy Maternity Care Deserts Policy Academy Webinar, Virtual., November, 2025

• An Overview of Maternity Care in Rural US Communities.

  Sheffield EC
  Guest Lecture for Dr. Zobeida Bonilla’s “Women’s Health” course (PubH 6675), University of Minnesota School of Public Health, Minneapolis, MN., October, 2025

• Rural Healthcare and Hospital Sustainability: A Maternity Care Perspective.

  Interrante JD, Sheffield EC
  League of Women Voters – Willmar, Community Hot Topics series, Willmar, MN., September, 2025

• Access to Maternity Care in Rural US Communities.

  Sheffield EC
  National Conference of State Legislatures’ Health and Human Services Committee Chairs and Vice Chairs Convening, Denver, CO., August, 2025

• State Policies and Rural/Urban Differences in Midwife-Attended Births.

  Busse CE, Sheffield EC, Fritz AH, Jefferson K, Vanderlaan J, Kozhimannil KB, Interrante JD
  Accepted for podium presentation at the National Rural Health Association 2025 Annual Conference, Atlanta, GA., May, 2025

• Meeting expectations about birth: Is the concordance of planned and actual delivery modes associated with postpartum care seeking?

  Sheffield EC
  Roundtable presentation at the American Public Health Association 2024 Annual Meeting, Minneapolis, MN., October, 2024

• Violence During Pregnancy: Racial/Ethnic Differences among Rural Residents.

  Sheffield EC, Fritz AH, Kozhimannil KB
  Podium presentation at the National Rural Health Association 2024 Health Equity Conference, New Orleans, LA., May, 2024

• Supporting Rural Victims of Intimate Partner Violence: Perspectives from Key Informant Interviews.

  Fritz AH, Sheffield EC, Chastain PL, Henning-Smith C, Lewis V, Kozhimannil KB
  Podium presentation at the National Rural Health Association 2024 Health Equity Conference, New Orleans, LA., May, 2024

• Update from the University of Minnesota Rural Health Research Center.

  Rydberg K, Tuttle M, Interrante JD, Sheffield EC, Jacobson I, Kozhimannil KB, Henning-Smith C
  Presented at the University of Minnesota School of Public Health, Division of Health Policy and Management Seminar Series, Minneapolis, MN., April, 2024

• Rural/Urban Differences in Rates of Intimate Partner Violence and Abuse Non-Screening among Pregnant and Postpartum United States Residents.

  Kozhimannil KB, Sheffield EC, Fritz AH, Henning-Smith C, Interrante JD, Lewis VA
  Podium presentation at the National Rural Health Association 2023 Annual Conference, San Diego, CA., May, 2023

• Elevating birthing people’s voices in rural maternity care.

  Sheffield EC, Higgins ICA, Barker M, Wouk K, Chetwynd E
  Presentation at the National Maternal Health Innovation Symposium, Chicago, IL and virtual., August, 2022