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American Public Health Association
133rd Annual Meeting & Exposition
December 10-14, 2005
Philadelphia, PA
APHA 2005
 
Session: Public Health Strategies for Child Health Promotion
3154.0: Monday, December 12, 2005: 12:30 PM-1:30 PM
Poster
Public Health Strategies for Child Health Promotion
Learning Objectives: 1. Identify the relationships between parental health beliefs and childhood immunization status in Hong Kong 2. Identify factors that were most predictive of age-appropriate immunization in Hong Kong children. 3. Identify and explain the major oral health diseases for children, ages 0-6; 4. Discuss key prevention strategies for oral health diseases in children, ages 0-6; 5. Identify common nutritional supplements used by mothers of Haitian and African American children 6. Describe prevalence of supplement use based on maternal and child demographics 7. Describe the relationship between use of supplements and child weight status 8. Evaluate implications of study findings when addressing healthy eating habits among Haitian and African American families Articulate the potential impact on coverage of a single provider visit for incompletely vaccinated children occurring around the second birthday, focused on administering catch-up vaccinations 9. Recognize the value of a such a visit in reducing racial/ethnic and regional disparities in vaccination coverage 10. Articulate the value of the National Immunization Survey in monitoring and estimating vaccination coverage.
Organizer(s):Hani K. Atrash, MD, MPH
Karen Bell, MPH
Board 1Healthy smiles through child care health consultation: A distance learning course
Tobie Barton, MA, Jonathan Kotch, MD, MPH
Board 2Smoke detectors in low-income, minority households - a ten year study
Robert Himmelsbach, BA, Kristen Rappazzo, BA, Richard E. Tobin, MS, MPA
Board 3"My Child Won't Eat": Use of Appetite Stimulants among Children of African Descent
Emily Feinberg, Sc D, Nicole Prudent, MD, MPH, Mario Malivert, MD, MPH, Marie Ketly Foureau, MD, Alan F. Meyers, MD, MPH
Board 4Leadership and managerial support are essential to improving quality of care of severely malnourished children
Thandi Puoane, Dr PH, Katie Cuming, BM, DCH, David Sanders, MB, ChB, MRCP, Ann Ashworth, BSc, PhD, Mickey Chopra, BSc, BM, DCH, MS
Board 5A culturally based wellness intervention with American Indian children
Katherine Glaser, MPH, Norma Gray, PhD, Denise E. Wolf, MPH, Mary Z. Mays, PhD, Janice Jirsak
Board 6Potential for 90% vaccination coverage of young children
Tom T. Shimabukuro, MD, MPH, MBA, Elizabeth T. Luman, PhD, MS, Richard A. Schieber, MD, MPH, Carla A. Winston, PhD, MA
Board 7Risky behaviors among elementary school children
Jenifer Cartland, PhD, Holly S. Ruch-Ross, ScD
Board 8Can’t change, won’t change, might change, will change: Developing evidence based child health programmes in Ireland
Sean Denyer, MBChB MPH MFPHMI
Board 9Broward County pediatricians survey about depressed mothers
Jon Dodds, PhD, John Wright, MD
Board 10"House Parties: A Community-Based Model for Psychosocial Support for African American Women Who May Be Experiencing Depression "
Diane Davis, MGA, MSN, Claudia Morris
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; Community Health Workers SPIG; Public Health Education and Health Promotion; Public Health Nursing; Socialist Caucus; Women's Caucus
CE Credits:Oral Health

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