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4051.0: Tuesday, November 9, 2004: 8:30 AM-10:00 AM | |||
Oral | |||
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This session will examine environmental risks (cooking and tobacco smoke, SARS, and hospital delivery) and social factors (maternal literacy and social status) that affect maternal and child mortality and morbidity. These papers represent major regions of the world and identify important, and often neglected risk factors. They provide a variety of research methodologies and intervention strategies applicable to rural and urban settings. | |||
Learning Objectives: 1. Recognize enviromental factors in maternal and child health outcomes. 2. Describe effective research methodologies for assessing outcomes. 3. Identify intervention strategies to reduce environmental risks. | |||
Judy Lewis, MPhil | |||
Judy Lewis, MPhil | |||
Introductory Remarks | |||
Labor augmentation in an Egyptian teaching hospital Karima Khalil, MBBCH, MPH, Mohamed Cherine, MD, Amr Elnoury, MD, Hania Sholkamy, PhD, Miral Breebaart, BA, Nevine Hassanein, MD | |||
Becoming a mothers during the SARS outbreak in Hong Kong Joan E. Dodgson, PhD, RN, MPH, A. Marie Tarrant, PhD(c), MN, RN, Yuet-Oi Chee, RN, RM, IBCLC | |||
Effects of cooking smoke and tobacco smoke on the risk of stillbirth: Evidence from India Vinod Mishra, PhD, MPH, Robert D. Retherford, PhD, Kirk R. Smith, PhD, MPH | |||
Giving women the power to act: Mothers change the face of child health in rural Bolivia Lynn Johnson, MPH, Piedad Villegas, RN | |||
Using innovative technology for the health education of Afghan women and families Gillian Howey Kimura, MPH, Seema Khandelwal, MPH, Howard Zucker, MD, Jeannine Greenfield, ScD, RN | |||
See individual abstracts for presenting author's disclosure statement and author's information. | |||
Organized by: | Maternal and Child Health | ||
Endorsed by: | Epidemiology; Public Health Education and Health Promotion; Social Work | ||
CE Credits: | CME, Health Education (CHES), Nursing |