The 130th Annual Meeting of APHA

Session: Emerging Issues in Infant and Perinatal Mortality in the United States
4048.0: Tuesday, November 12, 2002: 8:30 AM-10:00 AM
Oral
Emerging Issues in Infant and Perinatal Mortality in the United States
Learning Objectives: At the conclusion of the session, the participant will be able to describe emerging issues in infant and perinatal mortality research in the United States including those related to racial and ethnic disparities, and leading causes of death.
See individual abstracts for presenting author's disclosure statement and author's information.
Organizer(s):Marian MacDorman, PhD
Moderator(s):Howard J. Hoffman, MA
8:30 AMComparisons of stillbirths and early neonatal deaths ³ 28 weeks gestation, United States: 1995-1998
Wanda D. Barfield, MD, MPH, Kay Tomashek, MD, MPH, Solomon Iyasu, MBBS, MPH
8:45 AMFactors Affecting Infant Mortality among African-American Women in Brooklyn, NY
Michele G. Shedlin, PhD, Lawrence C. Shulman, MSW, ACSW, Fabienne Laraque, MD, MPH, Avis Hammond, MHS, Linda Mwaungulu, MPH
9:00 AMEthnic disparities in postneonatal mortality rates, New York City 1991-1999
Eileen Rillamas-Sun, MPH, Tamara Dumanovsky, PhD
9:15 AMDetection of infant deaths from overlay asphyxia and a resulting prevention initiative on safe sleeping practices for infants
Jacquelyn M. Caglia, BA student, Laurel A. Spielberg, MPH, DrPH
9:30 AMPregnancy Complications, Method of Delivery, and Infant Mortality due to Respiratory Distress Syndrome in the United States
Pradip K Muhuri, PhD, Marian F. MacDorman, PhD, Trena M. Ezzati-Rice, MS
Organized by:Maternal and Child Health
Endorsed by:Epidemiology; Injury Control and Emergency Health Services; Socialist Caucus
CE Credits:CME, Health Education (CHES), Nursing, Pharmacy, Social Work

The 130th Annual Meeting of APHA