3016.0: Monday, October 22, 2001: 12:30 PM-2:00 PM

Oral Session

Community Organizations Reducing Infant Mortality and Childhood Morbidity

See individual abstracts for presenting author's disclosure statement.
Learning Objectives: Refer to the individual abstracts for learning objectives
Moderator(s):Lorna Wilson, RN, MSPH
12:30 PMAsthma Screening: A Review of the Science
Leslie P. Boss, MPH PhD, Lani S. M. Wheeler, MD, FAAP, FASHA, Paul V. Williams, MD, L. Kay Bartholomew, EdD, MPH, Virginia S. Taggart, MPH
12:45 PMBuilding partnerships and securing resources to prevent neural tube defects in North Carolina
Sarah Verbiest, MPH, MSW
1:00 PMDevelopment of a multifaceted community breastfeeding initiative: Blending community organization with public health training
Lynn D. Woodhouse, EdD, MPH, Martha Peterson, MPH, PA-C, CHES, Sonia Bouvier, MPH, Jessica King, MPH, CHES, Janina Sposito, MPH, CHES, Samantha Ruschman, BS, Adenike Bitto, MD, DrPH, CHES
1:15 PMIncreasing sales of "free" services: Helping eligible families understand EPSDT applies to them
Mary deCoen, MEd, CTRS, Caroline R. Colbert, MEd, CHES
1:30 PMInfant Mortality in New York City: A Cross-cutting Approach
Fabienne Laraque, MD, MPH, Goldie Watkins-Bryant, MPH, Linda Mwaungulu, MPH, Melanie Besculides, DrPH, Eve Cagan, MPH, Blair Cohen, PhD, Lili Farhang, Laura Mascuch, MSW, Uniqua McIntyre, MPH, Scottie Owings-Leaks, New York City Department of Health Infant Mortality Task Force
Sponsor:Community Health Planning and Policy Development
Cosponsors:Maternal and Child Health; Population, Family Planning, and Reproductive Health; Public Health Nursing; Social Work; Socialist Caucus; Women's Caucus
CE Credits:CME, Health Education (CHES), Nursing, Pharmacy, Social Work

The 129th Annual Meeting of APHA