3181.0 Infant and Child Health: Data for Decision-making

Monday, November 5, 2007: 12:30 PM
Poster
Session Objectives: • Prioritize outreach workers activities within lead poisoning prevention programs. • Identify best known indicators for predicting lead poisoning. • Analyze the association between parent and child health behaviors to identify the influence of parents as role models. • Discuss the specific effect of poverty, as measured by low-income, on the physical health and quality of life among children in rich countries. • Construct an indicator of chronic poverty in childhood based on household income and country-specific low-income thresholds.
Organizers:
Hani Atrash, MD, MPH and Karen Bell, MPH

Board 1
Visual evaluations correlation with dust lead levels in homes
David Sentelle, BS, Robert Himmelsbach, BA and Peter Palermo, MS
Board 2
National policy on hypothermia prevention among newborns in Ukrainian maternities
Alexander FIlippovich Golubov
Board 3
Estimating prevalence of Fetal Alcohol Syndrome in Oregon
Laurin J. Kasehagen, MA, PhD, J. E. Hutchinson, PhD, M. Ruhlin, RHIA, Lesa A. Dixon-Gray, MSW, MPH, C. A. Gallia, PhD and Kenneth D. Rosenberg, MD, MPH
Board 4
Relationships among parent and child body composition, eating habits and physical and sedentary activities
Margaret O'Neil, PT, PhD, MPH, Patricia A. Shewokis, PhD, Rachel John, MPH and McKenzie Medeiros
Board 5
Infant Hearing Loss: A summary of recent progress and challenges
Marcus Gaffney, MPH, John Eichwald, MA and Susanna Visser, MS
Board 6
Media exposure and children's health: Is excessive screen time associated with health risks?
Angelika H. Claussen, PhD, Melody Johnson Morales, PhD, Ruth Perou, PhD and Susanna Visser, MS
  
Board 7
Compliance with RSV prophylaxis: A comparison between office and home settings
Caroline Ong Chua, MD, Vanessa V. Mercado, MD, Marvin Siegel, RN and Sergio G. Golombek, MD, MPH, FAAP
Board 8
Poverty and health-related functional status of first-grade children in a Quebec birth cohort
Béatrice Nikiéma, MD, MSc, Louise Seguin, MD, MPH and Lise Gauvin, PhD
Board 9
Getting Ready to Learn Program: An Early Intervention in Development & Learning
Rosa M. Avila, BA and Julie Baldwin, PhD
Board 10
Prevalence of birth defects in Oregon foster children
J. E. Hutchinson, PhD, Laurin J. Kasehagen, MA, PhD, Lesa A. Dixon-Gray, MSW, MPH and C. A. Gallia, PhD
  

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Organized by: Maternal and Child Health
Endorsed by: Socialist Caucus, Epidemiology

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