Session: Programs to Reduce Health Disparities and Infant Mortality
5115.0: Wednesday, November 19, 2003: 12:30 PM-2:00 PM
Oral
Programs to Reduce Health Disparities and Infant Mortality
Learning Objectives: Refer to the individual abstracts for learning objectives
See individual abstracts for presenting author's disclosure statement and author's information.
Organizer(s):Marian F. MacDorman, PhD
Moderator(s):Marian F. MacDorman, PhD
12:30 PMEliminating health disparities in low birth weight
Vicki Ann Alexander, MD, MPH
12:45 PMAddressing feto-infant mortality through the Perinatal Periods Of Risk Practice Collaborative
Jennifer Leigh Skala, MEd, Magda G. Peck, ScD
1:00 PMComposite “pictures” of infant mortality in Mississippi: 2003
Marianne E Zotti, DrPH, RN, Jaime Slaughter, MPH
1:15 PMInfant mortality, Perinatal Periods of Risk, and racial disparities in the Jackson Metropolitan Area
Jaime Slaughter, MPH, Marianne E Zotti, DrPH, RN
1:30 PMRisk factors for sudden infant death syndrome: Results of the perinatal periods of risk approach in Kansas City
Paul C. Dew, MD, MPH, Jinwen Cai, MD, MS, V. James Guillory, DO, MPH, Gerald L. Hoff, PhD, FACE, Rex Archer, MD, MPH
Organized by:Maternal and Child Health
Endorsed by:Asian Pacific Islander Caucus of APHA; Latino Caucus; Public Health Education and Health Promotion; Social Work; Socialist Caucus; Spirit of 1848 Caucus; Women's Caucus
CE Credits:CME, Health Education (CHES), Nursing, Pharmacy

The 131st Annual Meeting (November 15-19, 2003) of APHA