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Session: Child and Adolescent Epidemiology
3133.0: Monday, November 8, 2004: 10:30 AM-12:00 PM
Oral
Child and Adolescent Epidemiology
This session focuses upon applications of surveillance and epidemiology to the analysis and implementation of health promotion programs for children, demonstating a data-based approach to policy- and decision-making. The session provides opportunity for discussion of methods of data collection and policy question formulation, using state, local, and national surveillance systems. Finally, emphasis is given to identification and consideration of disparities in child health outcomes.
Learning Objectives: 1. Identify issues in child and adolescent epidemiology, especially related to minority and low-income populations. 2. Describe methods of data collection and analysis utilized in child and adolescent health studies.
Organizer(s):Rebecca Russell, MSPH
Karalee Poschman, MPH
Timothy Dye, PhD
Moderator(s):Timothy Dye, PhD
10:30 AMIntroductory Remarks
10:35 AMSupporting child fatality teams and the tracking of assessment data can help target prevention efforts  [ Recorded presentation ]
Susan M. Smith, MPH, EdD, Michael Ballard, EdD, June D. Gorski, Gregory Petty, PhD
10:52 AMMethods for school-based data collection of sensitive information with adolescents: Past, present, and future  [ Recorded presentation ]
Erika S. Trapl, BA, Elaine A. Borawski, PhD, Paul Stork, MBA, Natalie Colabianchi, PhD, Loren D. Lovegreen, MA
11:09 AMOverweight trends among low-income pre-school children: 1989 – 2003  [ Recorded presentation ]
Lynn S. Edmunds, MS, RD, Mary Lou Woelfel, MA, Barbara A. Dennison, MD, Howard Stratton, PhD, Victoria G. Lazariu, PhD
11:26 AMWithdrawn -- Childhood obesity in racially/ethnically diverse communities in Chicago
Helen Margellos, MPH, Ami M. Shah, MPH, Abigail Silva, MPH, Steven Whitman, PhD
11:43 AMHealth Status and Health Services Utilization among Hispanic Adolescents in the United States  [ Recorded presentation ]
Ravi K. Sharma, PhD, Kathleen A. McGinnis, MS, Patricia I. Documét, MD, DrPH
See individual abstracts for presenting author's disclosure statement and author's information.
Organized by:Maternal and Child Health
Endorsed by:Black Caucus of Health Workers; School Health Education and Services
CE Credits:CME, Health Education (CHES), Nursing

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