The 130th Annual Meeting of APHA

Session: Birth defects and developmental disabilities
3116.0: Monday, November 11, 2002: 10:30 AM-12:00 PM
Oral
Birth defects and developmental disabilities
The purpose of this session is to highlight important activities in birth defects and developmental disabilities epidemiology. A number of different research areas and methodologies will be highlighted. Specific presentations will: examine the role of important risk factors like smoking and birthweight on childhood disability; highlight the efforts to prevent birth defects and developmental disabilites by targeting lead poisoning and folic acid prevention; examine trends in birth defects suveillance in international settings; and examine national policies for ultrasound screening to identify fetal anomalies prenatally.
Learning Objectives: 1. Identify the key factors in birth defects surveillance. 2. Recognize the impact of public health prevention efforts in lead and folic acid. 3. Identify the importance of birth weight in childhood disability.
See individual abstracts for presenting author's disclosure statement and author's information.
Organizer(s):Coleen Boyle
Moderator(s):R. Louise Floyd, DSN, RN
Gilberto Chavez, MD, MPH
10:30 AMEffects of prenatal exposure to tobacco and low birthweight on the development of childhood disabilities
Marygrace E. Yale, PhD, Keith G. Scott, PhD, Carrie Lazurus, BA, Craig A. Mason, PhD, Antonio Gonzalez, BS
10:35 AMMajor congenital anomalies at birth in Benghazi, Libyan Arab Jamahiriya
Ratan Singh, MD, Omar Ehmida Al-Sudani, OE
10:40 AMPreventing birth defects: A nationwide effort to train future health professionals about folic acid
Sandra Maldague, MPH, Carol Hogue, PhD, MPH, Janis Biermann, MS
10:45 AMShifting the lead belt: Changes in the prevalence of childhood lead poisoning in Philadelphiathy
Richard E Tobin, MS, MPA
10:50 AMTargeted fetal anomaly scanning in Edinburgh: Implications for policy change
Julie D Clark, BSc MPH, Sue Payne, Dr, Peter Donnelly, MD MPH MBA FRCP
10:55 AMWithdrawn -- Pregnancy outcomes in women taking anti-asthmatic medications in the Georgia Medicaid population
George J. Joseph, MS, Jeffrey A. Kotzan, PhD, William E. Wade, PharmD
Organized by:Maternal and Child Health
Endorsed by:Epidemiology; School Health Education and Services
CE Credits:CME, Health Education (CHES), Nursing, Pharmacy, Social Work

The 130th Annual Meeting of APHA