The 130th Annual Meeting of APHA

Session: Newborn hearing detection and follow up
3048.0: Monday, November 11, 2002: 8:30 AM-10:00 AM
Oral
Newborn hearing detection and follow up
Learning Objectives: --How to use PRAMS to assess the impact of new legislation on newborn hearing screening programs; --How to assess the proportion of newborns receiving hearing screening using PRAMS; --Learn the impact that early diagnosis of hearing loss in infants has on social and language outcomes; --Be able to describe the evolution of EHDI activities over the last 10 years; --Gain knowledge about the current challenges to EHDI systems and learn planning stategies for enhancing future development of EHDI systems; --Become familiar with EHDI resources available at the national, state, regional, and local levels --Learn how to tap into resources available in participant's practice area --Learn about the successful implementation of the Massachusetts UHNS Program and how to apply similar activities in practice areas
See individual abstracts for presenting author's disclosure statement and author's information.
Organizer(s):Lee Ann Ramsey, BBA, GCPH
June Holstrum, Phd
Moderator(s):Lee Ann Ramsey, BBA, GCPH
8:30 AMEarly Hearing Detection and Intervention Resources and Services
Brandt Culpepper, PhD
8:45 AMPaving the way to progress: Early Hearing Detection and Intervention (EHDI) activities
Pamela Costa, MA, June Holstrum, Phd
9:00 AMStatus report of the Massachusetts Universal Newborn Hearing Screening Program, 1998-2002
Chia-Ling Liu, RN, MPH, MS, Erin L. DeWaard, MPH, Janet M. Farrell, BA, Sarah Stone, BA, Nancy Wilber, EdD, Deborah Allen, ScD
9:15 AMUse of PRAMS to assess newborn hearing screening, Oregon, 2000
Kenneth D. Rosenberg, MD, MPH, Alfredo P. Sandoval, MS, MBA, Tina Kent
Organized by:Maternal and Child Health
Endorsed by:Community Health Planning and Policy Development; Public Health Nursing
CE Credits:CME, Health Education (CHES), Nursing, Pharmacy, Social Work

The 130th Annual Meeting of APHA