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American Public Health Association
133rd Annual Meeting & Exposition
December 10-14, 2005
Philadelphia, PA
 APHA 2005
 
Session: Reducing Infant Mortality and SIDS: The Role of Health Care Services and Safe Sleeping Practices
4044.0: Tuesday, December 13, 2005: 8:30 AM-10:00 AM
Oral
Reducing Infant Mortality and SIDS: The Role of Health Care Services and Safe Sleeping Practices
This session will discuss the role of health care services and safe sleeping practices in reducing infant mortality and Sudden infant death syndrome (SIDS) in the United States.
Learning Objectives: At the conclusion of the session, the participant will be able to: 1. Describe patterns and trends in race/ethnic-specific infant mortality. 2. Discuss prenatal care coordination strategies for high risk pregnant women. 3. Describe safe sleeping practices for infants to reduce the risk of SIDS.
Organizer(s):Marian F. MacDorman, PhD
Howard J. Hoffman, MA
Moderator(s):Howard J. Hoffman, MA
8:30 AMPrenatal care coordination in an urban community clinic: Model to serve clients who are medically and socially at high risk  [ Recorded presentation ]
Janelle C. Peralez, MPH, RD, Pandora White, RN, CNP, Abbey C. Sidebottom, MPH, Megan K. Ellingson, MHA
8:45 AMBlack/White infant and neonatal mortality rates from 1979-2001 in Colorado, Massachusetts and Tennessee  [ Recorded presentation ]
Pamela C. Hull, PhD, Barbara J. Kilbourne, PhD, Dustin C. Brown, MA, RS Levine, MD, CH Hennekens, MD, DrPH
9:00 AMSocio-economic determinants of bedsharing in a population-based survey of new mothers
Martin B. Lahr, MD, MPH, Kenneth D. Rosenberg, MD, MPH, Jodi Lapidus, PhD
9:15 AMBedsharing and maternal smoking in a population-based survey of new mothers
Martin B. Lahr, MD, MPH, Kenneth D. Rosenberg, MD, MPH, Jodi Lapidus, PhD
9:30 AMAre mass media campaigns against co-sleeping warranted?
Peter D. Rumm, MD, MPH, Monica Kanal, BS, Divya Ullal, BS, Christopher Harvey, BS
See individual abstracts for presenting author's disclosure statement and author's information.
Organized by:Maternal and Child Health
Endorsed by:APHA-Committee on Women's Rights; Black Caucus of Health Workers; Epidemiology; Public Health Nursing; Socialist Caucus; Women's Caucus
CE Credits:CME, Health Education (CHES), Nursing

The 133rd Annual Meeting & Exposition (December 10-14, 2005) of APHA