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4274.0: Tuesday, November 06, 2007: 4:30 PM-5:30 PM | ||||
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| This poster session will present work centered on improving pregnancy outcomes in high-risk populations that disproportionately suffer from poor birth outcomes. Posters present results of new research on labor induction, modifiable risk factors, and community-based and policy-based interventions for improving pregnancy outcomes and reducing disparities. | ||||
| Learning Objectives: Participants in this poster session will be able to: 1) Identify modifiable risk factors that can be targeted for improving pregnancy outcomes in high-risk women and reducing disparities 2) Discuss community-based and policy-based interventions for improving pregnancy outcomes and reducing disparities | ||||
| Organizer(s): | Tyan Parker Dominguez, PhD, MPH, MSW Judith R. Katzburg, PhD, MPH, RN Janine Lewis, MPH | |||
| Board 1 | Empowering Families of Milwaukee: A community-based approach to improving pregnancy, birth, and infant outcomes Terri A. Birt, MEd | |||
| Board 2 | Complementing the Education of Medical Residents Core Curriculum on the Issue of Prematurity Diane Mary Zipley, MS | |||
| Board 3 | Assessing the Impact of Age, Gestation, SES, and Ethnicity on Labor Inductions Barbara L. Wilson, RNC, MSN | |||
| Board 4 | Motivating college-age women to modify drinking and sexual behaviors to avoid FAS Amy Columbo, Lesa A. Dixon-Gray, MSW, MPH | |||
| Board 5 | Identification of modifiable factors associated with low birth weight infants Lorena K. Royer, RN, MPH | |||
| Board 6 | Improving perinatal outcomes in African American women: The Aintie Tia Program Kathryn Cardarelli, PhD, Kim Parish Perkins, Scott Ransom, DO, MBA, MPH, Ralph Anderson, MD, Jamboor Vishwanatha, PhD | |||
| Board 7 | Regional Cooperation Agreements: Policy-making to enhance the delivery of risk-appropriate perinatal care Andrea J. Hoberman, MPH, CLE, Jennifer L. Taylor, MPH, Jennifer L. Pavelka, MA, Arlene Cullum, MPH, Barbara J. Murphy, RN, MSN, CDE, Ellen R. Silver, RNP, MSN, Cynthia D. Fahey, MSN, RN, PHN | |||
| 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; Black Caucus of Health Workers; Epidemiology; HIV/AIDS; Socialist Caucus; Women's Caucus | |||
The 135th APHA Annual Meeting & Exposition (November 3-7, 2007) of APHA