3182.0 Emerging Issues in Infant Health

Monday, November 5, 2007: 12:30 PM
Poster
This session presents recent research on SIDS and infant mortality, including geographic and race/ethnic differentials. Potential intervention strategies are also examined.
Session Objectives: Upon completion of this session, participants will be able to: 1) Describe geographic and race/ethnic-specific trends in US infant mortality. 2) Evaluate the impact of interventions such as home visiting programs, and clinician continuation education programs. 3) Discuss the accuracy of SIDS diagnosis.
Organizers:
Marian MacDorman, PhD and Kimberlee Wyche-Ethridge, MD, MPH

Board 1
Spatial variation and cause specific infant mortality in Florida
Jessica C. Bishop, MS and Lisa M. Jordan, PhD
Board 2
Evaluating accuracy of the SIDS diagnosis process: Results from the Mississippi SIDS/SUIDS coroner survey
Juanita C. Graham, MSN RN and Sarah Hendrix, MSN APRN BC FNP
Board 3
An analysis of deaths among infants and children born into Oklahoma's Children First nurse home visitation program, 1997-2004
Mary E. Cox, MSW, MPH
Board 4
Widening Disparities in Infant, Neonatal, and Postneonatal Mortality among Major US Metropolitan Cities, 1985-2002
Gopal K. Singh, PhD, Michael D. Kogan, PhD, Robert A. Hummer, PhD, Peter C. Van Dyck, MD, MPH, Maribeth Badura and Karen Hench
Board 5
Infant mortality in Mississippi, 1996-2005: Trend and risk Analysis
Lei Zhang, PhD MBA, Sandra Hayes, MPH, Charles Sledge, MS, Vernesia Wilson, MPH and Juanita C. Graham, MSN RN
Board 6
National Institute of Child Health & Human Development (NICHD) Nurse Continuing Education Program on Sudden Infant Death Syndrome (SIDS) Risk Reduction
Hanan Kallash, MS
Board 7
Wisconsin neonatal mortality by race/ethnicity, birthweight, and prematurity: 1991-2005
Wen-Jan Tuan, MS, Peggy Hatfield, PhD and Gloria Johnson-Powell, MD
Board 8
SIDS/Infant Mortality and Preterm Birth: Two community projects in Washington, D.C. working to decrease deparities in SIDS/infant mortality and preterm birth in the African American and Hispanic communities
Dona L. Dei Dei, RN/MSN and Mary Elizabeth Connal, RN/MS
Board 9
Adapting the Fetal and Infant Mortality Review (Fimr) Process to Address Mch-Related Morbidity Events
Kathleen A. Buckley, MSN, CNM, Ann Koontz, DrPH, CNM and Madelyn Renteria, RN, MPA

See individual abstracts for presenting author's disclosure statement and author's information.

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

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