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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, October 26, 2008

2:30 PM-3:30 PM Sun
   2039.0Physical, environmental and psychosocial factors and their effects on maternal and child health outcomes (Poster)
   2039.1Innovative Topics in Maternal Child Health (Poster)
   2039.2Interesting topics in Maternal Child Health (Poster)
   2045.1Current Issues in Women's Health (Poster)

Monday, October 27, 2008

8:30 AM-10:00 AM Mon
   3031.0Adolescent Health (Oral)
   3047.0Risk and Resilience in Adolescence: High risk and health promoting behaviors (Oral)
   3048.0Improving pregnancy outcomes using a life course perspective: Stepping outside traditional prenatal care borders (Oral)
   3049.0Impact of Hospital Practices on Breastfeeding Behavior (Oral)
   3050.0Innovative strategies for infant mortality prevention among high-risk populations (Oral)
   3070.0Beyond Physical Health: Addressing Mental Health Needs of Women (Oral)
10:30 AM-12:00 PM Mon
   3100.0Disparities in Women's Health Across the Globe. (Oral)
   3113.0Preventing Childhood Obesity: Strategies and Outcomes (Oral)
   3119.0Maternal, Infant, Child and Family Health (Oral)
   3120.0Epidemiology of Sexually Transmitted Infections (Oral)
   3138.0Women’s health across the lifecourse (Oral)
   3139.0Preconception Health and Health Care: Theory and Practice (Oral)
   3140.0Maternal Health and Pregnancy (Oral)
   3141.0Greg Alexander Outstanding Students Papers Session: (Oral)
   3147.0Innovative Strategies for Reaching Youth (Oral)
   3156.0Innovations in School Asthma Programs (Oral)
   3161.0Cancer and its Impact on Women's Lives and Health (Oral)
12:30 PM-1:30 PM Mon
   3178.0Risk behaviors and health promotion in context: school, family and physician's office (Poster)
   3179.0Improving pregnancy outcomes Poster Session 1: Public Health without Borders (Poster)
   3180.0Reproductive Health and HIV/STI Issues (Poster)
   3181.0Adolescent Health: International Perspectives (Poster)
   3185.0Expanding the Borders of Cervical Cancer Prevention and Control (Poster)
12:30 PM-2:00 PM Mon
   3204.0Community Health Access and Outcomes: Focus on Asthma (Oral)
   3222.0Safe Motherhood (Oral)
   3228.0Utilizing Family Traditions and Oral History for Health Promotion (Oral)
   3229.0Developing the MCH Agenda (Oral)
   3241.0Family Planning and HIV Integration (Oral)
   3251.0Student Best : Outstanding Research in Health Education (Oral)
   3256.0Emerging Issues in Women's Health: Examining the Nature of Discovery and Delivery to meet Women's Health Needs (Oral)
2:30 PM-3:30 PM Mon
   3279.0US Adolescent Health (Poster)
2:30 PM-4:00 PM Mon
   3332.0Child Survival & Child Health (Oral)
   3337.0Evaluating Breastfeeding Support Practices (Oral)
   3338.0Returning to our routes: the newest innovations in prenatal care, labor, delivery and the culture of normal birth (Oral)
   3339.0Folic Acid (Oral)
   3340.0 Improving pregnancy outcomes by moving beyond biomedical borders: Examining stress in pregnancy (Oral)
   3350.0Moving Oral Contraceptives Over the Counter (Oral)
   3358.0GLBT Youth : Meeting the Health Needs of All Students (Oral)
   3364.0HPV: Not Just a Women's Health Issue (Oral)
4:30 PM-5:30 PM Mon
   3378.0Disaster and Emergency Preparedness (Poster)
   3388.0Posters : Body Image and BMI (Poster)
   3389.0Human Sexuality Posters: K-12 (Poster)
   3390.0Health Education Posters: Additional Topics (Poster)
   3391.0School Health Education Posters: Programs and Policies (Poster)
4:30 PM-6:00 PM Mon
   3408.0Childhood Obesity Among Children of Mexican Descent: A Binational Perspective (Oral)
   3420.0New Innovations in Maternity Health Services (Oral)
   3421.0Adolescent sexuality, pregnancy and parenting (Oral)
   3436.0Women's Health Without Social, Political, and Geographical Borders (Oral)

Tuesday, October 28, 2008

8:30 AM-10:00 AM Tue
   4004.0Access to Abortion and Reproductive Health Care (Oral)
   4045.0Adolescent pregnancy prevention in the real world: The evidence base for programs and their adaptation for special populations (Oral)
   4046.0Healthy Child Care America: Supporting Health and Social Emotional Development of Young Children in Child Care Settings (Oral)
   4047.0Children with Special Health Care Needs: Old Problems; New Wisdom (Oral)
   4048.0Preventing Fetal Alcohol Spectrum Disorders Through Education, Intervention, and Policy (Panel Discussion)
   4052.0Sexual Behavior: A Life Course Perspective (Oral)
   4053.0Family Planning Integration: Postpartum, Postabortion and Maternal and Newborn Services (Oral)
   4061.0Bullying and Violence Prevention in Schools (Oral)
   4067.0Reproductive Health: The Realities of Borders (Oral)
10:30 AM-12:00 PM Tue
   4083.0Improving Health Outcomes for Inner City Children (Oral)
   4105.0Pregnancy, Outcomes and Infant Health (Oral)
   4106.0The Reality: The Role of TBAs in Communities (Oral)
   4107.0Improving perinatal outcomes across racial/ethnic borders: Examining persistent disparities (Oral)
   4107.1Women's reproductive and perinatal health: interventions and evidence for reducing racial and ethnic disparities (Oral)
   4121.0Issues in School Health Professional Preparation (Oral)
   4124.0Beyond Lactation: Breastfeeding as a Feminist Issue and Women's Reproductive Right (Oral)
12:30 PM-2:00 PM Tue
   4168.0School-Based Health Centers to Enhance Child Health Access and Reduce Disparities (Oral)
   4169.0The Comprehensive Medical Home: Access to Child Development and Mental Health Services (Oral)
   4171.0Maintaining Health Insurance Coverage for Vulnerable Children (Oral)
   4178.0Women's Health (Oral)
   4199.0Martha May Eliot Awards Luncheon (Business Meeting)
   4212.0Abstinence in Teen Sexuality Education (Oral)
   4215.0Roundtable : Programs and Strategies in School Health : From Abstinence to Fitness (Roundtable)
   4219.0Rethinking Theoretical Frameworks toward Preventing Gender-based Violence (Oral)
   4220.0Sex, Drugs, and Poverty and HPV in Appalachia (Oral)
2:30 PM-3:30 PM Tue
   4233.0Improving Community Health Services (Poster)
2:30 PM-4:00 PM Tue
   4283.1Safe Motherhood & Breastfeeding Practices (Oral)
   4289.0Martha May Eliot Forum: Meeting the Health Care Needs of Mothers and Babies Beyond Boundaries or Borders (Oral)
   4312.0Let's Talk About Sex: Sex Work, Voluntary and Forced (Oral)
4:30 PM-5:30 PM Tue
   4313.0Maternal, Infant, Child and Family Health Poster Session (Poster)
   4314.0Adolescent Health Epidemiology Poster Session (Poster)
   4317.0IH Poster Session 2: Women's Health (Poster)
   4319.0IH Poster Session 4: Maternal & Child Health (Poster)
   4321.0MCH Policy and Fiance Poster Session/ SIDS and Infant Mortality (Poster)
   4322.0MCH Infant and Child Health Poster Session (Poster)
   4323.0MCH Epidemiology and Data Poster Session (Poster)
   4324.0MCH Innovations in Maternity Health Services Poster Session (Poster)
   4325.0Breastfeeding Support for Low-Income Mothers: Successful Programs (Poster)
   4326.0Ensuring relevance: Health promotion with special populations (Poster)
   4328.0Reproductive Health and Family Planning in Diverse Populations (Poster)
   4331.0Obesity Prevention Posters in Schools and Colleges (Poster)
4:30 PM-6:00 PM Tue
   4384.0Transcending the Borders of Health Care for Women (Oral)

Wednesday, October 29, 2008

8:30 AM-9:30 AM Wed
   5020.0Improving pregnancy outcomes Poster Session 2: Public Health without Borders (Poster)
   5021.0Infant and Child Health Poster Session-2 (Poster)
   5022.0MCH Womens Health Poster Session (Poster)
   5023.0Understanding Risks and Creating Interventions to Improve the Health of Women and Newborns. (Poster)
   5024.0MCH Children with Special Health Care Needs and Issues in family and community violence prevention (Poster)
8:30 AM-10:00 AM Wed
   5035.0Promoting Positive Youth Development and Preventing Violence (Oral)
   5036.0Emergency and Disaster Preparedness: Models and Outcomes (Oral)
   5058.0Women’s Health (Oral)
   5061.0Community Strategies to Support Breastfeeding (Oral)
   5062.0Family and community violence: prevention and intervention (Oral)
   5063.0Policy and Financing of Women's and Children's Health (Oral)
   5073.0Family Planning and the Global Development Agenda (Oral)
   5084.0Promoting School Nutrition Environments for Obesity Prevention (Oral)
   5087.0Health Effects and Cost of Violence Against Women (Oral)
10:30 AM-12:00 PM Wed
   5097.0Preventing Health Disparities in Children (Oral)
   5119.0Child Survival & Child Health 2 (Oral)
   5120.0Child Health (Oral)
   5121.0Improving perinatal outcomes: A survey of cutting edge issues (Oral)
   5122.0Child Development (Oral)
   5130.0Parent-adolescent Communication about Sexuality (Oral)
   5136.0Curricular Trends in Reproductive Health Education for Youth (Oral)
   5137.0Schools and Communities Working Together in School Health and Emergency Preparedness (Oral)
12:30 PM-2:00 PM Wed
   5146.0Community Planning for Positive Outcomes in Maternal and Infant Health (Oral)
   5172.0Maternal Mental Health During and After Pregnancy (Oral)
   5173.020 years of Safe Motherhood Initiative in Africa, Back to the Beginning (Oral)
   5174.0Women’s health and Pregnancy (Oral)
   5192.0Policies and Programs for Promoting Tobacco Free Schools (Oral)
   5196.0Health Care Status and Needs of Women in Prison (Oral)

The 136th APHA Annual Meeting & Exposition (October 25-29, 2008) of APHA