The 130th Annual Meeting of APHA

Session: Special Topics in Maternal and Child Health Epidemiology: Data for Programs and Policy Making
5163.0: Wednesday, November 13, 2002: 2:30 PM-4:00 PM
Oral
Special Topics in Maternal and Child Health Epidemiology: Data for Programs and Policy Making
Learning Objectives: Refer to the individual abstracts for learning objectives
See individual abstracts for presenting author's disclosure statement and author's information.
Presider(s):Adrienne S. Ettinger, MPH, ScM
2:30 PMWithdrawn -- Risk Factors for Prematurity, Idiopathic Preterm Labor and Premature Rupture of Membranes at Harare Maternity Hospital, Zimbabwe
SA Feresu, BA(CUR), MPH, PHD, SD Harlow, PhD, GB Woelk, PHD
2:45 PMVery low birth weight in African-American infants: The effect of maternal lifetime exposure to interpersonal racial discrimination
James W. Collins Jr, MD, MPH, Richard J. David, MD, Arden S. Handler, DrPH, Stephen N. Wall, MD, MSH, Bobby Sasson, MPH
3:00 PMImpact of child fatality review teams on children's death rates
Witold M. Migala, MPH, PhD, Elizabeth Rossmann Beel, MPH, Michael J. Kazda, MA
3:15 PMUsing epidemiologic methods to increase the utility of preterm birth rates
Rebecca Russell, MSPH, Joann Petrini, MPH, Karla Damus, RN, PhD, Michael Davidoff, MPH
3:30 PMImplementation of PRAMS in an urban population of new mothers to gather data to better inform policy makers and service providers
Ronna L. Chan, MPH, Elizabeth Eustis-Turf, PhD
3:45 PMTrends in excessive pregnancy weight gain, macrosomia, and cesarean section, United States, 1989-1999
Julia C. Rhodes, PhD, Kenneth C. Schoendorf, MD, MPH, Jennifer D. Parker, PhD
Organized by:Epidemiology
Endorsed by:Population, Family Planning, and Reproductive Health; Women's Caucus
CE Credits:CME, Health Education (CHES), Nursing, Pharmacy, Social Work

The 130th Annual Meeting of APHA