3124.0: Monday, November 13, 2000: 2:30 PM-4:00 PM

Factors Influencing Perinatal and Childhood Mortality in the U.S

See individual abstracts for presenting author's disclosure statement.
Learning Objectives: Refer to the individual abstracts for learning objectives
Presider(s):Marian F. MacDorman, PhD
2:30 PMTwin and triplet sets and the risk of perinatal mortality
Joyce Anne Martin, MPH, Sally C. Curtin, MA
2:45 PMDecrease in Sudden Infant Death Syndrome Rates in California is for Real
Carrie J. Florez, BSW, Elizabeth Adams, PhD, Gilberto Chavez, MD, MPH, Henry F. Krous, MD
3:00 PMIncrease in the proportion of Sudden Infant Death Syndrome (SIDS) deaths reported in out of home settings (OHS) in California: 1992-1996
Elizabeth Adams, PhD, Kim Wells, BS, Rugmini Shah, MD, Iyasu Solomon, MD, MPH, Gilberto Chavez, MD, MPH
3:15 PMDisparate postneonatal mortality rates of Mexican-American infants with U.S.-born and Mexican-born mothers in Chicago: A population-based study
James W. Collins, MD, MPH, Ellen M. Papacek, MD, Aimee Drolet, PhD, Nancy Fisher Schulte
3:30 PMLeading causes of childhood mortality in Louisiana
Stacey Wiles, MPH, MG Frontini, PhD, Joan Borstell, MS, M. Holly Flood, MPH, J. Mark Shields, MD, MPH, MS
3:45 PMDoes the autonomy of women affect their health seeking behavior and child survival?
Cornelius Debpuur, PhD, Philomena Nyarko, PhD, Philip Adongo, MSc, Alex Nazzar, MD;MPH
Sponsor:Maternal and Child Health
Cosponsors:Environment; Epidemiology; Social Work; Socialist Caucus

The 128th Annual Meeting of APHA