4274.0 Improving Pregnancy Outcomes: Politics, Disparities, and Cutting Edge Research

Tuesday, November 6, 2007: 4:30 PM
Poster
This poster session will present work centered on improving pregnancy outcomes in high-risk populations that disproportionately suffer from poor birth outcomes. Posters present results of new research on labor induction, modifiable risk factors, and community-based and policy-based interventions for improving pregnancy outcomes and reducing disparities.
Session Objectives: Participants in this poster session will be able to: 1) Identify modifiable risk factors that can be targeted for improving pregnancy outcomes in high-risk women and reducing disparities 2) Discuss community-based and policy-based interventions for improving pregnancy outcomes and reducing disparities
Organizers:
Tyan Parker Dominguez, PhD, MPH, MSW , Judith R. Katzburg, PhD, MPH, RN and Janine Lewis, MPH

Board 1
Empowering Families of Milwaukee: A community-based approach to improving pregnancy, birth, and infant outcomes
Terri A. Birt, MEd
Board 2
Complementing the Education of Medical Residents Core Curriculum on the Issue of Prematurity
Diane Mary Zipley, MS
Board 3
Assessing the Impact of Age, Gestation, SES, and Ethnicity on Labor Inductions
Barbara L. Wilson, RNC, MSN
Board 4
Motivating college-age women to modify drinking and sexual behaviors to avoid FAS
Amy Columbo and Lesa A. Dixon-Gray, MSW, MPH
Board 5
Identification of modifiable factors associated with low birth weight infants
Lorena K. Royer, RN, MPH
Board 6
Improving perinatal outcomes in African American women: The Aintie Tia Program
Kathryn Cardarelli, PhD, Kim Parish Perkins, Scott Ransom, DO, MBA, MPH, Ralph Anderson, MD and Jamboor Vishwanatha, PhD
Board 7
Regional Cooperation Agreements: Policy-making to enhance the delivery of risk-appropriate perinatal care
Andrea J. Hoberman, MPH, CLE, Jennifer L. Taylor, MPH, Jennifer L. Pavelka, MA, Arlene Cullum, MPH, Barbara J. Murphy, RN, MSN, CDE, Ellen R. Silver, RNP, MSN and Cynthia D. Fahey, MSN, RN, PHN

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

Organized by: Maternal and Child Health
Endorsed by: Women's Caucus, Socialist Caucus, HIV/AIDS, Epidemiology, APHA-Committee on Women's Rights, Black Caucus of Health Workers

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