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Midwives at the Center of Community-Based Care: Reclaiming the Past to heal the Future
Presented by Lisa Kiser, DNP, CNM, WHNP
Lisa Kiser, DNP, CNM, WHNP, is a certified nurse-midwife and women's health nurse practitioner who is on faculty as a Clinical Assistant Professor at UArizona Nursing. Lisa's doctoral project was focused on increasing access to cervical cancer screening in uninsured and underinsured women, and she is committed to increasing access to quality healthcare for all women. Lisa has lived in Central America and enjoys working with women from all cultures and women who speak Spanish. She greatly appreciates the opportunity to work with women across the lifespan, and offers care to women from menarche (onset of periods) through menopause and beyond. Lisa is a native Arizonan who loves the desert. She greatly values being outdoors and runs, bikes and hikes. Lisa's understanding of wellness is one of balance and connection, and she sees her role as a health care provider as one of partnering with patients to build their own capacity for well-being. Lisa provided care at UCHC's Continental Family Medical Center and Arivaca locations.
About the Series:
This new series is focused on sharing the healing practices from each culture to bring awareness to other health practitioners, patients and families with hopes of education, awareness about how these heritage healing practices compliment western medicine with positive health outcomes for patients, ultimately creating health equity.
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