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4292.0: Tuesday, November 9, 2004: 4:30 PM-6:00 PM | |||
Poster | |||
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| This session showcases papers submitted by students that deal with issues related to birth outcomes for both infants and women. Topics covered include: 1) racial, ethnic, social, and environmental factors related to low birthweight, 2) promoting healthy birth outcomes, 3) birth defects surveillance systems, and 4) maternal morbidity and mortality. This student session was initiated by the Maternal and Child Health Section to promote academic contributions and achievement in maternal and child health among graduate students. See individual abstracts for the presenting author’s disclosure statement. | |||
| Learning Objectives: At the conclusion of the session, the participants will be able to: 1. Discuss risk factors associated with low-birth weight including maternal work related stress, and residential segregation by race and ethnicity. 2. Discuss ways of promoting healthy pregnancy outcomes among Arabic women and women with factor V Leiden. 3. Construct a template for creating a birth defects surveillance system training program for hospital staff. 4. Identify possible intervention strategies to reduce preventable deaths and near-miss morbidities through multidisciplinary focused education about seriously ill pregnant women. 5. Describe the relationship between acculturation and postpartum depression for Latinas. | |||
| Thomas Vallin, MPH | |||
| Best practices for reducing the percent of infants born low birthweight in Ohio Elizabeth J. Esterly, PhD | |||
| Do Neighbors Matter? Birth Outcome Differences Between Native- and Foreign-Born Black Women in Urban Minnesota by Residential Racial Concentration Anna Nibley Baker, MPH, Wendy L. Hellerstedt, MPH, PhD, Phyllis L. Pirie, PhD | |||
| Disparity of Low Birth Weight Among Black Women: Is the Race of the Father a Proxy for Perceived Ethnic/Racial Discrimination? Haslyn E. R. Hunte, MPH, MPIA | |||
| Promoting a healthy pregnancy and healthy baby in Arabic immigrant women Hanan Gabry, MSN, RN | |||
| Development of Indiana Birth Defects Surveillance System educational program for hospital staff at birthing hospitals in Indiana Krysta S. Barton | |||
| Maternal morbidity and mortality and point of entry to medical care Suzanne M. Cox, MPH, Sarah J. Kilpatrick, MD, PhD, Stacie Geller, PhD | |||
| Latina postpartum adaptation: An exploratory study Eileen J. Santa, MA, Ester R. Shapiro, PhD, Alice Carter, PhD, Marilyn Augustyn, MD | |||
| Effects of maternal intestinal parasitic infection on infant birth outcomes in southeast Brazil Brettania L. Walker, MPH, Rebecca T. Parkin, PhD, MPH, Carolina Ferrao Huibers Vitor | |||
| Racial and ethnic disparities in maternal smoking, placental abruption and placenta previa Thomas M. Brady, PhD | |||
| See individual abstracts for presenting author's disclosure statement and author's information. | |||
| Organized by: | Maternal and Child Health | ||
| Endorsed by: | APHA-Committee on Women's Rights; Public Health Student Caucus | ||