3050.0 Innovative strategies for infant mortality prevention among high-risk populations

Monday, October 27, 2008: 8:30 AM
Oral
The purpose of this session is to identify risk factors for infant mortality, and to discuss potential strategies for infant mortality prevention.
Session Objectives: 1. Describe major trends and patterns in infant mortality in the United States. 2. Identify population groups with an elevated risk of infant mortality. 3. Discuss selected infant mortality prevention strategies.
Organizer:
Marian MacDorman, PhD
Moderator:
Marian MacDorman, PhD

8:30 AM
Innovative strategies to improve neonatal outcomes in NYC Public Hospitals
Consuelo U. Dungca, EdD, RN and Marlene Allison, RN, MPH
     
8:45 AM
Factors associated with unfavorable birth outcomes: Findings from the 1996-2003 Mississippi linked birth and death data
Lei Zhang, PhD MBA, Reagan Cox, MPH and Juanita C. Graham, MSN RN
9:00 AM
High risk neonates born at the threshold of viability: Does resuscitation improve survival over time?
Laura Hurley, MD, Rachel Everhart, MS, Regina Cox and Beena Kamath, MD
     
9:15 AM
American Indian and Alaska Native infant deaths in the Pacific Northwest: Identifying prevention areas using the Perinatal Periods of Risk Method (2000-2004)
Alison C. Pyle, MN/MPH
     
9:30 AM
Evaluating sudden infant death classification and capturing all deaths with sleep-related factors (SRF): Results from NYC
Lindsay Senter, MPH, Judith Sackoff, PhD, Kristen Landi, MD and Lorraine Boyd, MD, MPH

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

Organized by: Maternal and Child Health
Endorsed by: Community Health Workers SPIG, Public Health Education and Health Promotion, Socialist Caucus, Women's Caucus

CE Credits: CME, Health Education (CHES), Nursing

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