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The Maternal and Child Health Section in interested in receiving papers pertaining to research, programs and policies in the following areas: • Adolescent Health: behavioral issues (smoking, substance abuse, interpersonal and family violence, eating disorders/behaviors, sexual health); outreach programs; injury (intentional and unintentional); access to care (connecting youth to providers), school health; abstinence education; teen parenting; family issues affecting mental health; issues of identity; peer relations; disparities • Breastfeeding and Infant Nutrition: Evidence-based Clinical Care, Innovative Programs, Policy Implementation, and Research • Child Care Committee: is soliciting papers addressing Evidence-based models of Child Care Health Consultant programs for the prevention of asthma, child maltreatment and obesity • Children with Special Health Care Needs: Initiatives to improve and expand the organization, financing and delivery of services and supports for children with special health care needs. Specific topics are medical home, family partnerships, health insurance, early and continuous screening and transitions from child- to adult-oriented health care • Enhancing Interactions In A Home Visiting Environment: Lessons From Evidence-Based Practice" Abstracts that address the following key themes are sought: (1) evidence-based best practices demonstrating ongoing integration of staff development in home visiting programs, (2) strategies for enhancing interactions between home visiting staff and targeted program populations, (3) innovative strategies for linking staff, families, and the community in home visiting programs, and (4) practice guidelines for addressing the challenges of implementing and sustaining home visiting programs • Epidemiology and Data: Areas of interest include: evidence-based evaluation of MCH programs, integration of qualitative and quantitative methods in MCH, models of data usage in MCH, engaging communities in MCH data issues and interpretation, participatory methods in MCH, case studies of evidence-based decision-making in MCH, multilevel modeling and analysis in MCH • Genetics and Bioethics: Genetics and Bioethics Areas of interest include issues regarding evidence–based policy for the delivery of genetic services; models for determining and evaluating long term health outcomes for infants identified through newborn screening, including the informatics infrastructure needed for this process; genetic services infrastructure building, and the cost effective value of early and continuous screening. • Graduate Education - The future research agenda for MCH:research questions, theoretical frameworks, analytic models, and data sources needed to address the broad multi-level determinants of women, infant, child, and adolescent health over the life span • Improving Pregnancy Outcomes: The importance of environmental determinants including the physical environment (air quality, second-hand smoke, soil or water pollutants), the socio-economic environment (neighborhood characteristics, community support), the political environment, and the health care delivery environment • Infant and child health: preventive services and chronic disease prevention, infant and child morbidity, fetal alcohol syndrome, birth defects research and surveillance, newborn hearing and metabolic screening, developmental screening, autism and developmental disabilities, and child development • Innovations in Maternity Health Services: When new research emerges that does not support conventional maternity care practices, such as electronic fetal monitoring, episiotomy, elective induction and cesarean section. Why do health care providers continue to routinely use these procedures?Appropriate “risk screening” could modify the use of these interventions. • MCH International Health Committee - Best practices for mother and child health: evidence-based innovations • Oral health particularly as it relates to pregnant women and young children • Policy and Financing of Women and Children's Health • SIDS, infant mortality and preterm birth; etiology, risk factors, reducing disparities, effective prevention programs. Role of medical intervention in preterm birth • Student Session: Papers from any topic in MCH will be accepted from individuals who are students at time of submission. The top five papers will be presented in a special oral session; other accepted papers will be considered for other sessions • Technology Theater Sessions • Violence Prevention in Families and Communities: child abuse/neglect, domestic violence, intimate partner abuse, elder adult abuse/neglect and peer violence • Women's Health: From family planning to menopause: opportunities and barriers in the use of evidence in research development, health education, practice and policy development.
Abstracts are judged on clarity of presentation, originality, methodology and contribution to the field of MCH. Highest rated abstracts, based on blinded peer review, are generally selected and placed in sessions according to the overall program plan for that year. Abstracts that include data based on completion of the study or project will have priority. A two-page summary providing more details on the research or program described in the abstract is strongly recommended. After typing in your abstract on the electronic submission website, press ENTER and then proceed to type in your two-page detailed summary. Abstracts must be received by deadline stated in the APHA guidelines at the beginning of this call for abstracts. Late submissions or FAX submissions will not be accepted. The MCH Section generally sponsors scientific sessions and poster sessions. Please indicate willingness to participate in each type of format, especially note if you are unable or unwilling to participate in a poster session. Please also note if you are a current student as MCH sponsors special student programs. For the 2004 conference, the MCH section is soliciting abstracts for two special categories: 1. A special student session. Topics must be related to the field of MCH but may cover a variety of discipline topics including all those listed above. Papers will be reviewed by leaders in the field of MCH and the top 5 scoring abstracts will be presented at a special oral session at the annual convention to recognize students entering the field of MCH. An award will be given to the student with the highest scoring abstract. Papers not selected for the special student session will be forwarded to other MCH Section committees for consideration in other scientific sessions at the annual meeting. 2. Technology Theater Sessions. These sessions enable presenters to access the Internet for their presentations and makes available to them special equipment (e.g. CD Rom players, special computer software, special computer attachments, telephone line, etc). If your presentation is "technology dependent" please submit your abstract to this session (please note this DOES NOT include a need for a PowerPoint projector). |
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