5027.0: Wednesday, October 24, 2001: 8:30 AM-10:00 AM

Oral Session

Epidemiology Reproductive and Women's Health

See individual abstracts for presenting author's disclosure statement.
Learning Objectives: Refer to the individual abstracts for learning objectives
Presider(s):Lowell Sever
8:30 AMBlood pressure, BMI, waist-to-hip ratio and Alzheimer's Disease
Victoria M. Moceri, PhD, Walter A. Kukull, PhD, Irvin Emanuel, MD, Gerald van Belle, PhD, Eric B. Larson, MD
8:45 AMPrevalence and predictors for lifetime suicide attempts among Mexican American women: The role of intimate partner abuse
E. Anne Lown, DrPH, William A. Vega, PhD
9:00 AMNeighborhood level measures of socioeconomic context in maternal and infant health
Catherine Cubbin, PhD, Paula A. Braveman, MD, MPH, Kristen S. Marchi, MPH, Brooke Maury, BA, Susan Egerter, PhD, Gilberto Chavez, MD, MPH
9:15 AMMethodological challenges of using a reproductive health survey among Afghan refugee women, Pakistan 2000
Basia Tomczyk, RN, DrPH, MS, Tila Khan, MD, Munawar Sultana, Michelle Hynes, MPH, Hoyt G Wilson, PhD, Howard Goldberg, PhD
9:30 AMA Global Toll of Genetic Disorders and Other Birth Defects: Opportunities for Prevention and Management
Christopher P. Howson, PhD
9:45 AMAge at Infant Death Distributions (AIDD): An Underutilized Perinatal Indicator
Joann Petrini, MPH, Karla Damus, RN, PhD, Rebecca Russell, MSPH, Caroline Alter, MS, Michael Davidoff, MPH, Michael Davidoff, MPH
Sponsor:Epidemiology
Cosponsors:Maternal and Child Health; Occupational Health and Safety; Population, Family Planning, and Reproductive Health; Social Work; Socialist Caucus; Women's Caucus
CE Credits:CME, Health Education (CHES), Nursing, Pharmacy, Social Work

The 129th Annual Meeting of APHA