4050.0: Tuesday, November 14, 2000: 8:30 AM-10:00 AM

International Maternal and Child Health and Breastfeeding Combined Poster Session

See individual abstracts for presenting author's disclosure statement.
Learning Objectives: Refer to the individual abstracts for learning objectives
Board 1Midwifery practices and advocacy: Surving managed care and other challenges
Jo-Anna L. Rorie, CNM, MPH
Board 2Against the odds: Breastfeeding experiences of low-income women
Jeanne Raisler, DrPH, CNM, FACNM
Board 3Breastfeeding develops better airways and overall general health
David C. Page, DDS
Board 4Does exclusive breastfeeding promote child survival in poor developing countries?
Minja K. Choe, PhD, Vinod K. Mishra, PhD, MPH
Board 5Early Infant Feeding and Care Practices of Latina Immigrant Mothers
Britt Rios-Ellis, PhD, Susan M. Enguidanos, MPH, Toni Espinoza-Ferrell, MPH, Margarita Sanchez, MD
Board 7Breat feeding Practices in Pakistan: Findings from the National Health Survey of Pakistan 1990-94
Ghazala Kabani, MHS, Masood A. Shaikh, MD, MPH, Irshad A. Shaikh, MD, MPH
Board 8Determinants of physical activity among Taiwanese adolescents
Tsu-Yin Wu, PhD
Board 9How Community Participation Helped an NGO in Haiti to Achieve High Impact
Bette Gebrian, RN, MPH, PhD, J. Anne Pope, MPH
Board 11Puzzling decline in child mortality in West Africa: A comparison of The Gambia and Senegal
Allan G Hill, Valerie Delaunay, William B. MacLeod
Board 12Traditional versus biomedical maternity care in rural Guatemala
Dana A Glei, MA, Noreen Goldman, D.Sc
Sponsor:Maternal and Child Health
Cosponsors:Epidemiology; Food and Nutrition; International Health; Population, Family Planning, and Reproductive Health; Women's Caucus

The 128th Annual Meeting of APHA