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Maternal and Child Health

NOTE: Sessions listed in italics have been organized by another section, SPIG, or caucus but are endorsed by Maternal and Child Health.


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Sunday, November 04, 2007

2:30 PM-3:30 PM Sun
   2035.1MCH and Asthma Epidemiology Poster Session (Poster)
   2038.0Student Research on U.S. and Global MCH Issues (Poster)
   2040.0Women's Health Across the Lifespan (Poster)
4:30 PM-5:30 PM Sun
   2048.0HIV/AIDS: Focus on Asia and Eastern Europe (Poster)
   2051.0Issues in US HIV and AIDS (Poster)
   2052.0Issues in Maternal Health: Global (Poster)

Monday, November 05, 2007

8:30 AM-10:00 AM Mon
   3016.0Educating for the Future (Oral)
   3024.0Strategies to Build Community Capacity to Engage in the Environmental Health Research Process (Oral)
   3024.1Using Science to Inform Air Pollution Policy (Oral)
   3026.0Perinatal Epidemiology (Oral)
   3030.0Community Innovations for Sustainable Food Systems (jointly-organized by the Food and Nutrition & Environment Sections) (Oral)
   3031.0Marketing To Children (Oral)
   3038.0Emerging Issues and Lessons Learned Regarding HIV Screening (Oral)
   3043.0Targeting HIV/AIDS Services to Population Needs (Oral)
   3044.0Community-based Approaches Are Essential in Global Fight to Increase Child Survival (Oral)
   3045.0Motherhood: Strategies for Safety (Oral)
   3046.0Institutionalizing Tuberculosis Control (Oral)
   3048.0Adolescent Risk Taking: Antecedents, Trends, and Interventions (Oral)
   3049.0The Role of Politics and Public Policy In Improving Pregnancy Outcomes (Oral)
   3050.0Promoting Maternal and Child Health: Abortion Access (Oral)
   3051.0System Supports For Breastfeeding (Oral)
   3058.0Communication and Disasters: Challenges and Needs Associated with Three Types of Disasters (Oral)
   3059.0Childhood Obesity Prevention (Oral)
   3060.0Improving Health through Engagement in Politics and Policy Change (Oral)
   3061.0Bridging the Gaps in Health Disparities (Oral)
   3062.0Issues in Sexual and Reproductive Health (Oral)
   3063.0Methylmercury Risk: Practice, Research, and Policy Issues (Panel Discussion)
   3065.0Health Disparities (Oral)
   3071.0HPV and Cervical Cancer: Exploring New Opportunities and Sharing What is Known (Oral)
   3072.0Maternal and Child Health Issues (Oral)
10:30 AM-12:00 PM Mon
   3108.0Expanding the Evidence Base: Status of Current Research (Oral)
   3115.0Global Climate Change and the Public Health Community: Mobilizing for Precautionary Action (Oral)
   3117.0Maternal Infant and Child Epidemiology (Oral)
   3120.0Infectious Disease Epidemiology (Oral)
   3121.0Nutrition in Schools (jointly-organized by the Food and Nutrition & School Health and Education Sections) (Oral)
   3122.0Community-based Approaches to Address Disparities in Food and Activity Environments (jointly-organized by the Food and Nutrition & Environment Sections) (Oral)
   3129.0HIV and Reproductive Health Issues (Roundtable)
   3132.0Emergency and Disaster Preparedness (Oral)
   3133.0The End of Polio (Oral)
   3134.0Investing in Health: Donors, Poverty, and Equity (Oral)
   3135.0What's Up with Tobacco? (Oral)
   3137.0Sickle Cell Disease: Epidemiology and Burden (Oral)
   3138.0Maternal Child Health - Data and Epidemiology (Oral)
   3139.0 Maternal and Child Health Issues In The U.S. And Around The World: A Showcase of Student's Papers (Oral)
   3140.0Sids Risk Factors and Safe Infant Sleep Practices Among Diverse Populations (Oral)
   3141.0 WHO Growth Standards: Background and Rationale for Developing a New International Growth Standard for Infants and Young Children (Oral)
   3149.0Migration and Sexual Health/Risk (Oral)
   3150.0A Strategic Framework for Improving Racial and Ethnic Minority Health and Eliminating Racial and Ethnic Health Disparities (Oral)
   3152.0Health Communication and Cancer (Oral)
   3153.0Health Behavior Change Through the Use of Innovations in Technology (Oral)
   3163.0Social, Cultural, Environmental and Political Contexts of Women's Health (Oral)
12:30 PM-1:30 PM Mon
   3170.0Poster Session I: The Use of Technology to Improve Public Health (Poster)
   3171.0Poster Session II: Physical Activity and Nutrition Issues (Poster)
   3172.0Poster Session III: Select Nutrition Policy Issues (Poster)
   3173.0Poster Session IV: Various Issues on Health and Nutrition (Poster)
   3173.1Poster Session V: Nutrition in Schools (Jointly-organized with the Food and Nutrition & School Health Education and Services Sections) (Poster)
   3181.0Infant and Child Health: Data for Decision-making (Poster)
   3182.0Emerging Issues in Infant Health (Poster)
   3183.0Adolescent Programs in the US (Poster)
   3186.0Cancer Prevention and Control Issues for Women (Poster)
12:30 PM-2:00 PM Mon
   3192.0Maternal Child Health (Oral)
   3205.0Improving Health Care through Integrative Approaches (Oral)
   3214.0Violence Epidemiology (Oral)
   3219.0Community-based Approaches to Address Disparities in Food and Activity Environments (jointly-organized by the Food and Nutrition & Environment Sections) part 2 (Oral)
   3225.0Maternal Mortality: The Shame of the World (Oral)
   3226.0Measuring the Effectiveness of Our Work (Oral)
   3227.0A Systematic Review of the Effectiveness of Community-Based Primary Health Care in Improving Child Health (Oral)
   3228.0Vertical Programming: Impact on National Health Programs (Oral)
   3242.0War and Public Health (Oral)
   3243.0Advances in Quality of Care: International (Oral)
   3245.0HPV Vaccine and Cervical Cancer Policy Opportunities and Implications: Moving Beyond School Mandates (Oral)
   3246.0Working Together to Improve Health (Roundtable)
   3247.0Tackling Global Warming: Health Education Steps Up to the Plate (Oral)
   3248.0Television and its Messages (Oral)
   3250.0Maternal-Child Health and Wellness (Oral)
   3252.0Health Promotion and Disease Prevention (Oral)
   3260.0Breast Cancer: From Awareness to Early Detection to Survivorship (Oral)
2:30 PM-3:30 PM Mon
   3275.0HIV Testing: Informed Consent, Context, Culture, and Individual Experiences (Poster)
   3277.1Contemporary Policy and Intervention Issues in HIV/AIDS (Poster)
   3277.2Critical HIV Care and Prevention Issues (Poster)
   3279.0Adolescent Programs in the US (3) (Poster)
   3280.0Issues in US FP/RH (Poster)
   3281.0Issues in Contraceptive Technology (Poster)
   3282.0Issues in International FP/RH (Poster)
   3283.0Adolescent Programs in the US (2) (Poster)
   3284.0Posters: Health and Physical Activity (Poster)
   3285.0Posters: Health and Obesity (Poster)
2:30 PM-4:00 PM Mon
   3308.0Wellness in Education and Practice (Oral)
   3315.0Twenty Years After Toxic Wastes and Race: Its Legacy for Environmental Health (Panel Discussion)
   3318.0Sexually Transmitted Disease Epidemiology (Oral)
   3320.1Approaches to Improve Nutrition in School Settings (Jointly-organized by the Food and Nutrition, Epidemiology, & School Health Education and Services Sections) (Oral)
   3328.0Health Behaviors, Protective Factors, and HIV Intervention Programs (Roundtable)
   3331.0Innovation and Progress in Donor Funding for International Health (Oral)
   3332.0The Politics between Industry and Public Policy: The Good and the Bad of How Industry Impacts Public Health (Oral)
   3333.0Nutrition and Food Security: Essential Links for Public Health (Oral)
   3334.0Helping Couples Meet Their Needs for Limiting Family Size (Oral)
   3335.0Strengthening Public Health Systems: the Role of NGOs and International Institutions (Oral)
   3339.0International Perspectives on Policies for Women and Children (Oral)
   3340.0Pregnancy Prevention and Parenting Programs that Meet Teens on Their Turf (Oral)
   3341.0Longitudinal parenting - challenges and opportunities (Oral)
   3342.0Disparities In Pregnancy Outcomes: The Role of Politics and Public Policy (Oral)
   3343.0Friendly Access: State Based Symposium on Maternal Child Health (Oral)
   3352.0Biotechnology, Women's Health and Reproductive Rights: Policy Domestically and Internationally (Oral)
   3354.0Health Issues in Vulnerable Populations (Roundtable)
   3356.0Lessons Learned: Health Education and Health Promotion in the School-Aged Population (Oral)
   3367.0Patient Navigation Research Program: Models to Improve Cancer Care for Women (Oral)
4:30 PM-5:30 PM Mon
   3389.0Posters: Minority Health Issues (Poster)
4:30 PM-6:00 PM Mon
   3405.0New Support for Community-Based Environmental Health Initiatives through Improved Collaboration among Federal Agencies, States, and Health Organizations (Oral)
   3406.0Built Environment I: Health in the Greenhouse: Global Climate Change and the Built Environment (Oral)
   3407.0The Use of Biomarkers to Assess Environmental Health Risk (Oral)
   3409.0Environmental and Policy Approaches to Promoting Physical Activity (Oral)
   3415.0Community Partnerships: Lessons Learned (Oral)
   3417.0From Backyards to Board Rooms: Experience from Avian Influenza Behavior Change Communication Programs in Asia, Africa and Beyond (Oral)
   3421.0Politics and Policy: Childbirth at the Crossroads (Oral)
   3422.0Infant Feeding and Health: First Results from the Infant Feeding Practices Study II (Oral)
   3427.0Health and Risk Communication (Oral)
   3429.0The Role of Parents in Raising Healthy Children (Oral)
   3431.0Vulnerable Populations (Oral)
   3435.0Violence Against Women: An Examination of Causes and Effects (Oral)
8:30 PM-10:00 PM Mon
   3444.0HIV/AIDS: Infection Prevention and Quality Assurance Strategies in Southern Africa (Oral)
   3445.0The Impact of Good Policy on Child Health (Oral)
   3446.0Global Experiences with the Non-pneumatic Anti-Shock Garment: A New First Aid Device for Saving Mothers' Lives from Obstetric Hemorrhage (Panel Discussion)

Tuesday, November 06, 2007

8:30 AM-10:00 AM Tue
   4007.0Maternal and Child Health (Technology Theater Sessions) (Oral)
   4020.0Bugs, Drugs, and Flu: Human Health Impacts of Intensive Animal Agriculture (jointly organized by the Environment and Food & Nutrition Sections) (Oral)
   4021.0Built Environment II: Housing and Health: Patterns of Residential Health and Safety Hazards and Successful Intervention Strategies in Urban and Rural Communities (Oral)
   4022.0Using the National Environmental Public Health Performance Standards to Improve Agency Capacity (Oral)
   4028.0WCRF-AICR 2nd Report on Food, Nutrition, Physical Activity and the Prevention of Cancer: A Global Perspective (Oral)
   4040.0Youth Violence Prevention and Interventions (Oral)
   4042.0Combating Malaria: What Works? (Oral)
   4043.0Conflict and Public Health: A Framework for Conceptualizing Their Interconnections (Oral)
   4044.0Global Concerns and Actions to Address Pandemic Influenza (Oral)
   4045.0Water, Water, Everywhere: Is it Safe to Drink? (Oral)
   4047.0Infant Mortality Risk Reduction Among Diverse Populations: From Research to Action (Oral)
   4048.0Healthy Child Care America: Building Partnerships to Support the Healthy Development of Young Children (Oral)
   4049.0Improving Children's Health Through Policy and Financing Strategies (Oral)
   4050.0Genetics and Newborns Screening: Practice, Policy and Ethics (Oral)
   4051.0Approaches For Evaluating Preconception Care Interventions (Oral)
   4052.0Breastfeeding Programs and Evaluation (Oral)
   4057.0Will It Really Be Health Care for All? Ensuring that 'Universal Health Coverage' Includes RH Services (Oral)
   4061.0Health Promotion in Minority Populations (Oral)
   4062.0Discussion: Physical Inactivity and Other Causes of Obesity (Roundtable)
   4063.0Health Promotion and Young Adults (Oral)
   4064.0Making a Difference in Public Health through Politics (Oral)
   4073.0Examining Influential Factors on Women's Health Policy and Politics (Oral)
12:30 PM-2:00 PM Tue
   4123.0Environmental Public Health Tracking: Information to Guide Practice and Policy (Oral)
   4124.0Children's Environmental Health: Toward Sustainable Understanding, Interventions, and Policies Worldwide (Oral)
   4125.0Meeting the Environmental Health Needs of Native American and Alaska Native Communities (Oral)
   4125.1The Common Ground of Food, Nutrition, and Ecological Health (jointly organized by the Environment and Food & Nutrition Sections) (Oral)
   4128.0Invited Session: Using Immunization Information Systems for Vaccination Assessment and Programmatic Policy Development (Oral)
   4130.0Asthma in School Children and Minority Populations (Roundtable)
   4132.0Value Enhanced Nutrition Assessment (VENA) in WIC: Creating New Policy and Guidance to Maximize WIC’s Role as a Premier Public Health Nutrition Program (Oral)
   4133.0The School Nutrition Dietary Assessment Study (jointly-organized by the Food and Nutrition & School Health and Education Sections) (Oral)
   4143.0Student Panel: Original Work in Primary Health Care and HIV/AIDS (Oral)
   4145.0Enlisting the Private Sector in Combating Communicable Diseases (Oral)
   4146.0Martha May Eliot Awards Luncheon (Business Meeting)
   4168.0Preserving Women's Rights to Abortion (Oral)
2:30 PM-3:30 PM Tue
   4190.0Posters: Child and Adolescent Health (Poster)
2:30 PM-4:00 PM Tue
   4211.0Built Environment III: Community Design, Physical Activity and Quality of Life (Oral)
   4212.0Consequences of Global Change on Human Health (Oral)
   4214.0Increasing Environmental Health Literacy of the Public, Policymakers, and Health Professionals (Oral)