2039.0 Physical, environmental and psychosocial factors and their effects on maternal and child health outcomes

Sunday, October 26, 2008: 2:30 PM
Poster
This session showcases student research findings and provides a forum for student researchers to engage in discussion in a personal level with other conference attendees. Numerous maternal and child health topics are presented, including substance abuse, labor support, suicidal behavior, physical inactivity, and improving maternal mortality
Session Objectives: Objective 1: list two potential evidence-based interventions for maternal and child populations Objective 2: compare methodological issues in studies of maternal and child health issues Objective 3: describe relationships of personal, family and environmental correlates and maternal and child health outcomes
Organizers:
Carol Shieh, RNC, MPH, DNSc , Jonathan B. Kotch, MD, MPH and Juhee Kim, ScD

Board 1
Bottles Up, Weight Down: The Relationship between Alcohol Consumption in Pregnancy and the Risk of Delivering a Small for Gestational Age Infant
Kristal Brown, BS, Angel Moore, BS, Ronee Wilson, MPH, Muktar Aliyu, MD, DrPH, Roger Zoorob, MD, MPH and Hamisu Salihu, MD, PhD
Board 3
Board 4
Partera-Doula: Exploring the Integration of Traditional Midwives into the Mexican Public Hospital System to provide labor and delivery support
Marcela Smid, MA, MS, Dolores Gonzalez Hernandez, MS, Lourdes Campero, MS, Leslie Cragin, CNM, PhD, Lisa M. DeMaria, MA and Dilys Walker, MD
Board 5
Board 6
Childbirth in three acts: Popular images of pregnancy and childbirth and mothers' responses to them
Laura Elizabeth Dodge, Vanessa Boland Edouard, MPH and Eugene Declercq, PhD
Board 7
Individual and Family Characteristics Associated with Suicidal Behavior among Adolescent Students in Puerto Rico, Academic Years 2002-03 and 2003-04
Linnette Rodriguez-Figueroa, PhD, Siobán D. Harlow, PhD, MaryFran R. Sowers, PhD, Margarita R. Moscoso, PhD, Kathleen B. Welch, MPH, MS and Brisa N. Sanchez, PhD
Board 10

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

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