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Session: The Third Annual Outstanding Student Papers in Maternal and Child Health
4054.0: Tuesday, November 9, 2004: 8:30 AM-10:00 AM
Oral
The Third Annual Outstanding Student Papers in Maternal and Child Health
The purpose of this session is to showcase outstanding work regarding to maternal and child health submitted by students in related fields. The session covers a broad range of topics within the field of MCH. This annual 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 presenting author's disclosure statements.
Learning Objectives: At the end of the session the participant will be able to: 1. Evaluate unmet needs and satisfaction with care by CSHCN through analysis of the 2001 National Survey of Children with Special Health Care Needs. 2. Assess changing relationships of socio-demographic factors of LBW between the two generations of African-American and white women. 3. Discuss the disparities between age and racial/ethnic groups in pregnancy-associated death. 4. Know how to apply two screening measures for postpartum depression. 5. Describe the intercorreltation between SOFT, Attachment Theory, and breastfeeding success.
Organizer(s):Thomas Vallin, MPH
Moderator(s):Bernard Guyer, MD, MPH
8:30 AMIntroductory Remarks
8:35 AMPostpartum depression: Screening tools and associated risk factors
Sona P. Patel, MPH, Karen A. McDonnell, PhD
8:52 AMSOFT: A definitive tool for nurses to measure (S)skin-to-skin, (O)open eye-to-eye,(F)finger- tip -touch and (T)time-together between the infant and mother in the immediate postpartum period and it's effect on breastfeeding rates  [ Recorded presentation ]
Leslie Bramson, RN, MPH, Gretchen Page, MPH, CNM, Tahereh Zamansani, BS, MPH, Carol Melcher, MPH, RN
9:09 AMIntergenerational relationships between socioeconomic factors and low birth weight among African-American and white women
Debbie Barrington, MPH
9:26 AMPregnancy-associated but not related deaths in Illinois, 1994-1998  [ Recorded presentation ]
Laura E. Studee, MPH, Stacie Geller, PhD, Deborah Rosenberg, PhD
9:43 AMSCHIP Eligibility and Access to Care for Children with Special Health Care Needs: Results from A Nationally Representative Survey  [ Recorded presentation ]
Hao Yu, Andrew Dick, PhD, Peter G. Szilagyi
See individual abstracts for presenting author's disclosure statement and author's information.
Organized by:Maternal and Child Health
Endorsed by:Public Health Student Caucus
CE Credits:CME, Health Education (CHES), Nursing

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