Session: Systems to Improve Maternal and Child Health

3280.1: Monday, November 8, 2004: 2:30 PM-4:00 PM

Roundtable

Systems to Improve Maternal and Child Health

Learning Objectives: At the completion of this session, the participant will: 1. Identify one new system approach to addressing maternal or child health. 2. Apply an approach to one's own practice setting.

Organizer(s):

Jane Pearson, RN

Facilitator(s):

Judith R. Katzburg, PhD, MPH, RN

Table 1

Developing a physically active lifestyle: Initial results from a grounded theory study with African American women
Amy Harley, MPH, RD

Table 2

Assessing the Long-term Impact of a Comprehensive Hospital-Based Program that Supports Breastfeeding and Attachment on Mothers Delivering at Ten San Bernardino Hospitals
Kauai N. Kennedy, MPH, Gretchen Page, MPH, CNM, Carol Melcher, MPH, RN, Tahereh Zamansani, BS, MPH

Table 3

Race/Ethnicity Variations in Pregnancy-related Care, Costs, and Outcomes among Disabled and Non-Disabled Enrolled Medicaid Women in Four States
M. Beth Benedict, DrPH, JD, Norma I. Gavin, PhD

Table 4

Evaluating community coalitions and partnerships
Frances D. Butterfoss, PhD, Richard S. Kurz, PhD

Table 5

Using community mobilization strategies to support early childhood development in Early Head Start: Case study findings from 6 sites
Ann Zukoski, DrPH MPH, Sharon Rosenkoetter, PhD, Joanne Knapp-Philo, PhD, Shannon Wanless, MA

Table 6

Improving the Impact of Teen Health Outreach: The Office on Women's Health's Young Women's Sounding Board
Patrick T. Koeppl, Nancy Mulligan

Table 7

Parental Screening Tools: Facilitating early identification of developmental delays
Theresa Saracho, PHN

Table 8

Increasing Access to Emergency Obstetric Services: Experience in Rajasthan, India *
Venkatesh Srinivasan, MPH, PhD, Hemant Dwivedi, M Sc, Dileep Mavalankar, MD, DrPH

Table 9

Enabling Environment for Skilled Care during Childbirth
Ellen M. Themmen, MPH, Johnmark Opondo, MD, MPH, Ann Starrs, Ellen Brazier, MA, Pamela L. Bolton, MHS, Heather E. Kelly, MPA

Table 10

Pattern of Breast Feeding and Weaning at Benghazi
Ratan Singh, MD, Mailud Al- Amari, MPH, Mahesh P . Sharma, M D

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; Black Caucus of Health Workers; Community Health Planning and Policy Development

CE Credits:

CME, Nursing

The 132nd Annual Meeting (November 6-10, 2004) of APHA