Online Program

4388.0
Student Poster Session

Tuesday, November 3, 2015: 4:30 p.m. - 5:30 p.m.
Poster
„X This session showcases student research findings and provides a forum for student researchers to engage in discussion on a personal level with other conference attendees. Numerous maternal and child health topics are presented, including individual, community, and system effects on maternal and child health outcomes, such as birth outcomes, racial/ethnic disparities in asthma among high school students, survival disparities in pediatric acute lymphocytic and myeloid leukemia, effect of child maltreatment on the development of alcohol and substance use, and survival disparities in pediatric acute lymphocytic and myeloid leukemia.
Session Objectives: „XObjective 1: Identify individual risk factors associated with maternal and child health outcomes „XObjective 2: Examine effect of child maltreatment on the development of alcohol and substance use „XObjective 3: Identify differences in maternal characteristics that may be associated with severe psychological distress in African-American pregnant women „XObjective 4: Analyze system and community characteristics influencing maternal and child health outcomes, including birth outcomes, racial/ethnic disparities in asthma among high school students, survival disparities in pediatric acute lymphocytic and myeloid leukemia, and reproductive health outcomes
Organizer:

Board 1
Development of a Chinese Version of the Postpartum Women Health Quotient Scale   
Shenxian Wan, Master, Huiling Li, PhD, Pamela Hinds and Jichuan Wang, PhD
Board 2
Survival Disparities in Pediatric Acute Lymphocytic Leukemia and Acute Myeloid Leukemia: An Analysis of Population-Based Florida Cancer Registry (1981-2009)   
Erin Dunn, BA, MD/MPH Candidate, Kevin J. Moore, BA, MD/MPH (c), Feng Miao, MSc and Tulay Koru-Sengul, MHS, PhD
Board 3
Effect of child maltreatment on the development of alcohol and substance use   
McLean D. Pollock, PhD, MSW, LCSW, Sandra L. Martin, PhD, Sherri Green, PhD, LCSW, Chirayath Suchindran, PhD and Carolyn T. Halpern, PhD
Board 4
Improving WIC Retention in Vermont: Beneficiary Attitudes toward Co-Location in Medical Homes   
Erin Pichiotino, Lillian Chang, Eunice Fu, George Taylor, Brian Till, Amy Triano, John Whittier, Donna Bister, Alison Howe, MS and Jan K. Carney, MD, MPH
Board 6
Asthma in Miami-Dade County, Florida and United States High School Students: Contrasting Trends in Racial/Ethnic Disparities   
Catherine Hibbitt, BS, MPH, Consuelo Beck-Sague, MD, FAAP, Florence Ukpai, BS, Mary Shaw-Ridley, PhD, MCHES and Janvier Gasana, MD, MPH, PhD
Board 7
Impact of the WIC Food Package Change: A Literature Review   
Aaron Pelina, Maria Koleilat, DrPH, MPH and Shannon E. Whaley, PhD
Board 8
Characteristics Associated with Severe Psychological Distress (SPD) in a Cohort of African American (AA) Pregnant Women   
Lesya Ekshyyan, MPH(c), BS, Jaime Slaughter, PhD, MPH, Dawn Misra, PhD and Cleopatra Caldwell, PhD
Board 9
Barriers in Pediatric Obesity Clinic Attendance   
Ray Yeager, MPH, Laura Shaffer, Ph.D., Brooke Sweeney, M.D., John A. Myers, PhD, MSPH, Gilbert Liu, M.D., Thomas Burkhead, M.Eng. and Kyle Brothers, M.D.

See individual abstracts for presenting author's disclosure statement and author's information.

Organized by: Maternal and Child Health
Endorsed by: Women's Caucus, APHA-Committee on Women's Rights