Session: Student Poster Session in Maternal and Child Health
4285.0: Tuesday, November 18, 2003: 4:30 PM-6:00 PM
Poster
Student Poster Session in Maternal and Child Health
The purpose of this posternsession is to showcase work regarding maternal and child health submitted by students. The session covers a broad range of topics within the field of MCH. This 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. See individual abstracts for presenting author's disclosure statement.
Learning Objectives: Refer to the individual abstracts for learning objectives
See individual abstracts for presenting author's disclosure statement and author's information.
Organizer(s):Thomas Vallin, MPH
Board 1Association of Three Theoretical Constructs to Intention to Breastfeed in a Sample of Low-Income Women
Kristen J Wells, MPH, Nancy J. Thompson, MPH, PhD, Amy S. Kloeblen-Tarver, MPH, RD, LD, Lisa Angus, BA
Withdrawn -- Encouraging appropriate infant feeding practices in Indian Slums: A Positive Deviance Approach
Vani Sethi, MSc FN, Dr. Sushma Kashyap, Reader, Veenu Seth, lecturer, Dr. Siddharth Agarwal, MBBS
Board 2Learning How to Improve Breastfeeding and Infant Nutrition from the Community: Developing A Local Resource and Culturally Appropriate Intervention. Buguruka Village, Tanzania
Annapryssma A. Safari, BS, Judy Lewis, MPhil, April Kranz, BS, Alex Kay, BS
Board 3Relationship among obesity, quality of life, and health care in African American school children
Laura B Fiveash, RD, MPH, Donna J Petersen, MHS, ScD
Board 4Where do adolescents learn about herbs and nutritional supplements?
Tracy S Sesselberg, MA, Nicola J Gray, PhD, Karen M. Wilson, MPH, Jonathan D. Klein, MD, MPH
Board 5Shifting the lens: Utilizing a multiple method approach to explore perceptions of stress and coping among urban African American adolescents
Ameena Batada, MPH, Anita Chandra, MPH
Board 6Stress, social support, and well-being of families with a chronically ill child
Laura R Hoard, MS
Board 7Reprodcutive tract infections and poor birth outcomes in the Latina Population
Priya Kohli, BA, Julia Walsh, MD, DTPH, Marc Schenker, MD, MPH, Brenda Elvine-Kreis, MA
Board 8Erosion of the maternal and child healthcare infrastructure in Connecticut
Jill S. Trei, BS, Henry H. Chang, BA, Megan C. Lindley, BA, Xu Yao, BA, John Collins, CNM, Jann Dalton, MSW
Organized by:Maternal and Child Health
Endorsed by:Public Health Student Caucus

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