3202.0: Monday, October 22, 2001: 4:30 PM-6:00 PM

Oral Session

Emerging Trends in Infant and Perinatal Mortality in the United States

See individual abstracts for presenting author's disclosure statement.
Learning Objectives: NA
Moderator(s):Howard Hoffman
4:30 PMUnexamined deaths: Perinatal mortality in the United States, 1995-1997
Wanda D. Barfield, MD, MPH, Lisa M. Flowers, BA, Joyce A. Martin, MPH, Kay M. Tomashek, MD, MPH, Solomon Iyasu, MD, MPH
4:45 PMDeterminants of feto-infant mortality in New York City
Melanie Besculides, DrPH, MPH, Kai-lih Liu, PhD, MPH, Fabienne Laraque, MD, MPH
5:00 PMAppropriateness of neonatal care and infant mortality in New York City, 1995-1998
Lisa Rabinowitz, Kai-Lih Liu, PhD, MPH, Marty Ellington, Jr, MD, MPH, Fabienne Laraque, MD, MPH
5:15 PMNarrowing of sex differences in infant mortality in Massachusetts
Urmi Bhaumik, MBBS, MS, DSc, Iain Aitken, MBBChir, MPH, Ichiro Kawachi, MD, PhD, Steve Ringer, MD, PhD, John Orav, PhD, Ellice Lieberman, MD, DrPH
5:30 PMChanges in race/ethnic-specific SIDS mortality differences following the “back-to-sleep” campaign, USA
Tonji Durant, PhD, Solomon Iyasu, MD, MPH, Marian MacDorman, PhD, Burney Kieke Jr., MS, Lisa Flowers, BA, Mary L Gaffield, PhD
5:45 PMBirthweight, race, and changes in infant mortality and cause-specific rates in the United States
Pradip K. Muhuri, PhD, Marian F. MacDorman, PhD, Trena M. Ezzati-Rice, MS
Sponsor:Maternal and Child Health
Cosponsors:Latino Caucus; Population, Family Planning, and Reproductive Health; Social Work; Socialist Caucus
CE Credits:CME, Health Education (CHES), Nursing, Pharmacy, Social Work

The 129th Annual Meeting of APHA