The 130th Annual Meeting of APHA

Session: Improving pregnancy outcomes and reducing infant mortality
3186.0: Monday, November 11, 2002: 12:30 PM-2:00 PM
Poster
Improving pregnancy outcomes and reducing infant mortality
Learning Objectives: 1. Describe a process for addressing infant mortality and identify key risk factors related to infant mortality 2. Identify clinical and public health approaches to reducing impact of the key risk factors related to infant mortality. 3. Describe the impact of the "Back-to-Sleep" campaign upon the SIDS rate in the United States during the 1990s. 4. Discuss the methods used by pediatric nurse practitioners in implementing SIDS prevention strategies 5. Describe racial and ethnic variation in birth outcomes 6. Discuss the importance of examining and reporting racial and ethnic differences in birth outcomes as we work to eliminate disparities. 7. Understand the importance for pregnant women to gain adequate weight during their pregnancy
See individual abstracts for presenting author's disclosure statement and author's information.
Organizer(s):Hani K. Atrash, MD, MPH
Board 1Down with infant mortality: Vermont's data analysis and collaborative strategy planning process
Donald R. Swartz, MD, Jan K. Carney, MD, MPH, Sharon Moffatt, MS, RN, Sarah W. Kerschner, MSN, Margaret Brozicevic
Board 2Pediatric nurse practitioners' support of the "Back to Sleep" campaign: Factors affecting their practice
Georgia L. Heiberger, EdD, MSN, PNP
Board 3Relationship of intrauterine growth retardation to diabetes mellitus in adulthood: Evidence from two US population studies
Xuguang Guo, PhD, Beverly Warden, PhD
Board 4Racial and ethnic differences in birth outcomes in North Carolina
Sandra J. Diehl, MPH, Shelley L. Galvin, MA, Trude A. Bennett, DrPH, Paul A. Buescher, PhD
Board 5Statewide study of adverse reproductive outcomes in New Jersey through the simultaneous application of GIS to rural and urban areas
Marcia M. Sass, ScD, Adrienne J. Headley, MD, Mark C. Fulcomer, PhD, Katherine Chung, MD, Michelle LaRue, Virginia Salvesen, Jenny L. Clayton, Michael W. Holton
Board 6Realtionship between prenatal care utilization and neonatal brain injury in low birth weight infants
Joan Rosen Bloch, PhD
Board 7Reducing birth defects in Latin America: An innovative partnership strategy for increasing awareness of the impact of adequate prenatal health care on birth defects reduction
Mary-Elizabeth M. Reeve, PhD, MPH
Board 8Factors predicting hospital readmission of normal newborns
Mary Kelly, Dr P H
Board 9Relationship between the Institute of Medicine's weight gain guidelines and infant birth weight
Jamie Blair Bussel, MPH, Diane J. Abatemarco, MSW, PhD, Mona Shah, MPH, Mary Hrywna, MPH, Edmond S. Malka, MPH
Board 10Maximizing the efficacy of fluconazole prophylaxis for the prevention of systemic candidiasis among extremely low birthweight infants
Myra L. Barnes, MPH, Louise Lawson, PhD, Bonnie L. Burke, MS, Neonatal Candidiasis Study Group, M. Gary Karlowicz, MD
Organized by:Maternal and Child Health
Endorsed by:Community Health Planning and Policy Development; Epidemiology; Population, Family Planning, and Reproductive Health; Public Health Nursing; School Health Education and Services; Socialist Caucus
CE Credits:Nursing, Social Work

The 130th Annual Meeting of APHA