The 130th Annual Meeting of APHA |
4050.0: Tuesday, November 12, 2002: 8:30 AM-10:00 AM | |||
Oral | |||
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The purpose of this session is to showcase outstanding work regarding maternal and child health submitted by students in related fields. The session covers a broad range of topics within the field of MCH. This first annual student session for the Maternal and Child Health Section is designed to promote academic contributions and achievement in maternal and child health among graduate students. | |||
Learning Objectives: 1) Identify potential problems with survey design and implementation 2) Identify factors associated with service utilization among women in India with maternal morbidity. 3) Describe ways to improve pregnancy outcomes in second-born twins. 4) Discuss the relationships between Social Development Model constructs and violent behavior at the transition to middle school. 5) Discuss the positive effects of social and community support systems on reducing the likelihood of prenatal depression. | |||
See individual abstracts for presenting author's disclosure statement and author's information. | |||
Holly A. Grason, MA Thomas Vallin, MPH | |||
Linda Randolph | |||
Perinatal mortality in first-born versus second-born twins: Effects of birthweight and fetal growth restriction Wendy C. Sheay, MPH, Cande V. Ananth, PhD, MPH | |||
Utilization of medical services among rural women with maternal morbidity in Karnataka state, southern India Geeta Nanda, MHS | |||
Association between prenatal depression and indicators of health behavior, income status, predisposing health conditions, and protective support Sarah C. Janicki, AB, Virginia Rauh, ScD, Jennifer F Culhane, PhD, MPH | |||
Pre-testing tobacco and media survey items for adolescents Megan E. Brown, MPH, Cristine Delnevo, PhD, MPH, Shyamala Muthurajah, MPH, MBBS, M Jane Lewis, DrPH | |||
Transition to middle school and the prediction of violent behaviors Andrea N LaFazia-Nielsen, MSW, Tracy Harachi, MSW, PhD, Richard F. Catalano, PhD, Michelle Bell, MSW, PhD | |||
Organized by: | Maternal and Child Health | ||
Endorsed by: | Public Health Student Caucus; School Health Education and Services | ||
CE Credits: | Health Education (CHES), Nursing, Pharmacy, Social Work |