4323.0 MCH Epidemiology and Data Poster Session

Tuesday, October 28, 2008: 4:30 PM
Poster
An eclectic group of posters examine a variety of measures and methods to assess health and human services and individual behavior on the health of mothers and infants. This session describes important methodological discussions of adequacy of prenatal care measures and WIC programs, both areas that present significant measurement challenges. Other papers describe services ranging from hospitals to child care centers, the measurement approaches and results.
Session Objectives: Describe development and assessment of health services Describe community and program efforts to improve fetal, perinatal and infant outcomes
Organizer:
Ann M. Dozier, RN, PhD

Board 1
Estimated prevalence for lifetime experience of intimate partner violence among women of childbearing age in eight states and territories, United States, BRFSS, 2006
Patricia P. Green, MSPH, James Tsai, MD, MPH and R. Louise Floyd, DSN, RN
Board 2
Impact of an integrated anti-racism, community mobilization, and infant mortality prevention program on community racial attitudes and health status
Denise C. Carty, MA, MS, Daniel J. Kruger, PhD, Tonya M. Turner, BA, Bettina Campbell, MSW, Luthor Hill and Yvonne Lewis, BBA, BS
Board 3
Practicing public health to identify positive influences in the lives of inner-city youth in Albany, New York
Kristi McClamroch, PhD, Dwight Williams, MSW, Asanté Shipp-Hilts, Mark Bobb-Semple, Ron Barrett and Bruce F. Coles, PhD
Board 4
Cost impact of modernizing delivery care in the Republic of Georgia: Assessment of delivery costs at two hospitals in Imereti region before (2004) and after (2007) training health care providers and implementing effective perinatal care practices
Mariella C. Tefft, BS, BSN, RN, MS, Nino Berdzuli, MD, MPH, Renée K. Fiorentino, BS, MPH, Julie M. Langsdale, BS, MPH and Nino Lomia, MD, MPH
Board 5
Developing quality measures for mother and child Care centers
Nadav Davidovitch, MD, MPH, PhD, Keren Dopelt, MA, Miriam Pais, RN, MA, Itamar Grotto, MD, MPH, PhD and Ofra Havkin, MD, MPH
Board 6
A new method for calculating Adequacy of Pre-Natal Care Utilization
Marshal Ma, MD, MPH, Suet Lim, PhD and Florentius Iweze, MD, MPH
Board 7
Maine Childhood Immunization Survey: Exploring Determinants of Immunization Compliance among Parents of Preschool-Aged Children
Alexander G. Dragatsi, MPH and Jiancheng Huang, MD, MS
Board 8
Number of foster care placements and loss as predictors of the behavior problems and posttraumatic stress symptoms of children in foster care
Lisa Benson, MS, Jacqueline Wallen, PhD and Edmond D. Shenassa, ScD
Board 9
Foster care disruption predicts posttraumatic stress symptomatology
Lisa Benson, MS, Jacqueline Wallen, PhD and Edmond D. Shenassa, ScD

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

Organized by: Maternal and Child Health
Endorsed by: Epidemiology

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