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American Public Health Association
133rd Annual Meeting & Exposition
December 10-14, 2005
Philadelphia, PA
 APHA 2005
 
Session: Evidence Based Topics in Maternal Child Health
3296.1: Monday, December 12, 2005: 2:30 PM-4:00 PM
Roundtable
Evidence Based Topics in Maternal Child Health
This is a roundtable discussion about a varitey of evidence based topics in Maternal Child Health issues. The discussants will cover topics in newborn screening, domestic violence,what is skilled maternity care in a third world situation, how touch helps in the greiving process, and the role electronic has in the future of maternal child health care. This presentation will address how the lack of integrated services between newborn screening programs and the medical home has significantly decreased the effectiveness of providing immediate and short-term follow-up after the screening process. WHO's Safe Motherhood Needs Assessment methodology is examined, which includes interviews with a range of staff and clients as well as observation-based assessments of supplies, equipment and infrastructure, adapted to reflect local conditions and the latest findings in maternal health. Human touch and the greiving process will be discussed, along with numerous other new studies regarding treatment for profound grief and trauma, it is suggest that mental health care professionals need to consider referrals for concurrent alternative treatments in promoting the health and resolution of grief. The three keys to violence prevention that have been used in numerous violence prevention areas. We will discuss the three keys are: 1) that violence is complex and requires a comprehensive approach. 2) risk and resiliency factors must be addressed, and 3) violence prevention requires an integrated strategy for action.
Learning Objectives: 1)The participants will be able to identify emergeing issues in evidence based maternal child health issues, ie 2)The three keys to violence prevention that have been used in numerous violence prevention areas. The three keys are: 1. that violence is complex and requires a comprehensive approach. 2. risk and resiliency factors must be addressed, and 3. violence prevention requires an integrated strategy for action. 3)Participants will be able to discuss how the lack of integrated services between newborn screening programs and the medical home has significantly decreased the effectiveness of providing immediate and short-term follow-up after the screening process.
Organizer(s):Carol Nelson, CPM, LM
Table 1Linking Newborn Screening and the Medical Home: A Paramount Partnership
E. Stephen Edwards, MD, FAAP
Table 2Effects of intentional touch therapy on bereaved mothers' grieving process
Diane A. Kempson, MSW, PhD
Table 3Comprehensive Newborn Screening Followup: Evidence from the Mississippi Model
Daniel Bender, MHS
Table 4Caring for North Carolina’s Children: Results of the Child Care Workforce Study
Erin Schwab, MSW, Teresa Derrick, MPA, Susan Russell, MS
Table 5Newborn screening for metabolic disorders in the United States: Is there a need for a comprehensive federal guideline?
Gillian Haber, BS MPH
Table 6Factors related to participation in a postpartum weight loss study
Jaspreet Chowdhary, MPH, Rebecca Brouwer, MS, Geeta Swamy, MD, Lori Carter-edwards, PhD, Lori Bastian, MD, MPH, Cheryl Lovelady, PhD, Miriam Morey, PhD, truls Ostbye, MD, PhD
Table 7Violence against Women: A Comprehensive Approach to Prevention in Families and Communities
Larry Cohen, MSW
Table 8How skilled is “skilled care?” Results from maternal health surveys in Burkina Faso, Kenya, and Tanzania
Ellen Brazier, MA, Ellen M. Themmen, MPH, Elizabeth L. Westley, MPH
Table 10Integrated model for immigrants living with domestic violence
Jill Silverman, MD, Patricia L. Stern, MPH, LMSW
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; Epidemiology; Public Health Education and Health Promotion; Public Health Nursing; Socialist Caucus; Women's Caucus

The 133rd Annual Meeting & Exposition (December 10-14, 2005) of APHA