Session: Multi-level Analysis of Racial Disparities in Preterm Birth Rates and Individual and Neighborhood Characteristics
3245.0: Monday, November 17, 2003: 12:30 PM-2:00 PM
Oral
Multi-level Analysis of Racial Disparities in Preterm Birth Rates and Individual and Neighborhood Characteristics
Learning Objectives: Refer to the individual abstracts for learning objectives
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Organizer(s):Janet T. Eyster, PhD
Presider(s):Elizabeth Zell
12:30 PMConceptual and methodological issues associated with multi-level modeling applied to perinatal health disparities
Jessica Burke, PhD, Patricia O'Campo, PhD, Isabelle Horon, DrPh
12:48 PMUsing individual- and neighborhood- level characteristics to predict preterm births in Wake County, North Carolina
Jay S. Kaufman, PhD, Barbara A. Laraia, PhD, MPH, RD, Paul A. Buescher, PhD, Lynne C. Messer, MPH
1:06 PMRelationship between preterm delivery and community and maternal characteristics in urban Michigan settings: An example of hierarchical data analysis
Janet T. Eyster, PhD, Claudia Holzman, DVM, MPH, PhD, Bao Ping Zhu, MD, MPH, Jian-Ping He, MD, M. Hossein Rahbar, PhD, Michael Rip, PhD
1:24 PMNeighborhood context and preterm birth in Philadelphia
Jennifer F Culhane, PhD, MPH, Irma T. Elo, MPA, PhD
1:42 PMDiscussant
Michael D Kogan, PhD
Organized by:Statistics
Endorsed by:Community Health Planning and Policy Development; Epidemiology; Medical Care; Socialist Caucus
CE Credits:CME, Health Education (CHES), Nursing, Pharmacy

The 131st Annual Meeting (November 15-19, 2003) of APHA