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Session: Multi Media as a Tool to Educate Professionals and the Community about Maternal and Child Health Issues
4020.0: Tuesday, November 9, 2004: 8:30 AM-10:00 AM
Oral
Multi Media as a Tool to Educate Professionals and the Community about Maternal and Child Health Issues
This session will demonstrate a range of media tools that have been developed to address Maternal and Child Health Issues. The presentations include strategies for public education, individual patient education and techniques for using technology to complete community assessments.
Learning Objectives: At the completion of the session, the participant will be able to:

1. Identify strategies using technology to increase the public's knowledge about a public health issue.
2. Identify at least one technology-based approach for professional education.

Moderator(s):Ellen Hutchins, ScD
8:30 AMWelcoming Remarks
8:35 AMEducating expectant parents about household wells
Sherri A. Umansky, MA
8:50 AMA multimedia project to educate public health professionals about the genetics of common disorders
Holly L. Peay, MS, CGC, Karen Greendale, MA, Joseph D. McInerney, MS
9:05 AMEfficacy of a multimedia prevention education program for reducing risk for eating disorders in college women
Traci C. Green, MSc, Dana Mainelli, MSW, Lesley Folensbee, BA, Stephen F. Butler, PhD, Mona Villapiano, PhD, Debbie Franko, PhD, Laurie Mintz, PhD
9:20 AMUsing web technology to enhance technical assistance for local MCH jurisdictions in conducting community assessments: A complementary approach
Brianna Gass, MPH, Geraldine Oliva, MD, MPH, Suzanne Ezrre, BA, Nadia Thind, MPH, Judith A. Belfiori, MA, MPH
9:35 AMMyStudentBody.Com: An Interactive Multimedia Tobacco Prevention and Cessation Program for College Students
Traci C. Green, MSc, Diane Johnson, MPH, Diana Rancourt, Tara Cousineau, PhD, Emil J. Chiauzzi, PhD
9:50 AMDiscussion
See individual abstracts for presenting author's disclosure statement and author's information.
Organized by:APHA-Technology Theater
Endorsed by:Public Health Education and Health Promotion
CE Credits:CME, Health Education (CHES), Nursing

The 132nd Annual Meeting (November 6-10, 2004) of APHA