5020.0 Improving pregnancy outcomes Poster Session 2: Public Health without Borders

Wednesday, October 29, 2008: 8:30 AM
Poster
This poster session will present a variety of cutting edge clinical, organizational, and policy-related issues pertaining to maternal, fetal, and infant health, including preconception care, prenatal exercise, maternal mental health, and health care waivers.
Session Objectives: 1. Identify racial/ethnic disparities in access to and content of preconception care for promoting healthy pregnany outcomes 2. Describe innovative programs for improving maternal emotional and physical well-being during pregnancy 3. Discuss cutting edge policy approaches to improving pregnancy outcomes in vulnerable populations
Organizers:
Tyan Parker Dominguez, PhD, MPH, MSW , Janine Lewis, MPH and Judith R. Katzburg, PhD, MPH, RN

Board 1
California Border Healthy Start Project: Improving maternal mental health
Maria Lourdes F. Reyes, MD, MPH, Rosalinda Cano-Hays, RN and Yuridia Batche
Board 2
Racial and Ethnic Variations in Prepregnancy Body Mass Index and the Risk for Macrosomia in Missouri Infants, 1990-2004
Will R. Ross, MD, Floy Stewart, Susan Hoffstetter, PhD and Terry L. Leet, PhD, MPH
Board 4
Factors affecting achievement of ideal weight gain during pregnancy -- Preliminary findings from 2007 Los Angeles Mommy and Baby (LAMB) Project
Yvonne Y. Lau, MPH, RD, Shin Margaret Chao, PhD, MPH, Chandra Higgins, MPH, Karen M. Coller, PhD, MPH, Cynthia Harding, MPH, Angie Denisse Otiniano, MPH, Eunice Muthengi, MPH, MSW, Fathima Wakeel, PhD and Michael C. Lu, MD, MPH
Board 5
Racial and Ethnic Disparities in Preconception Care Utilization: Findings from the Los Angeles Mommy and Baby (LAMB) Survey
Luu Cortes Doan, Michael C. Lu, MD, MPH, Eunice Muthengi, MPH, MSW, Angie Denisse Otiniano, MPH, Fathima Wakeel, PhD, Karen M. Coller, PhD MPH, Shin Margaret Chao, PhD, MPH, Cynthia Harding, MPH, Giannina M. Donatoni, PhD, MT(ASCP), Yvonne Y. Lau, MPH, RD, Chandra Higgins, MPH, Marian Eldahaby and Diana E. Ramos, MD, MPH
Board 6
Perceived Barriers to Preconception Care: Findings from the Los Angeles Mommy and Baby (LAMB) Survey
Angie Denisse Otiniano, MPH, Eunice Muthengi, MPH, MSW, Fathima Wakeel, PhD, Luu Cortes Doan, Karen M. Coller, PhD MPH, Michael C. Lu, MD, MPH, Shin Margaret Chao, PhD, MPH, Cynthia Harding, MPH, Yvonne Y. Lau, MPH, RD, Chandra Higgins, MPH, Marian Eldahaby, Giannina M. Donatoni, PhD, MT(ASCP), Erin Rains and Diana E. Ramos, MD, MPH
Board 7
Racial and Ethnic Disparities in Preconception Health Status and Behaviors: Findings from the Los Angeles Mommy and Baby (LAMB) Survey
Eunice Muthengi, MPH, MSW, Fathima Wakeel, PhD, Angie Denisse Otiniano, MPH, Luu Cortes Doan, Karen M. Coller, PhD MPH, Michael C. Lu, MD, MPH, Cynthia Harding, MPH, Shin Margaret Chao, PhD, MPH, Marian Eldahaby, Giannina M. Donatoni, PhD, MT(ASCP), Yvonne Y. Lau, MPH, RD, Chandra Higgins, MPH and Diana E. Ramos, MD, MPH
Board 8
Racial and Ethnic Differences in Contraceptive Behaviors and Unintended Pregnancies: Findings from the Los Angeles Mommy and Baby (LAMB) Survey
Eunice Muthengi Karei, MPH, MSW, Fathima Wakeel, PhD, Karen M. Coller, PhD MPH, Luu Cortes Doan, Angie Denisse Otiniano, MPH, Michael C. Lu, MD, MPH, Shin Margaret Chao, PhD, MPH, Cynthia Harding, MPH, Giannina M. Donatoni, PhD, MT(ASCP), Yvonne Y. Lau, MPH, RD, Chandra Higgins, MPH, Marian Eldahaby and Diana E. Ramos, MD, MPH
Board 9
Improving pregnancy outcomes through health policy: The Arkansas Women's Health Waiver
Victoria L. Evans, MPH, Holly C. Felix, PhD, Mary McGehee, PhD, Tsai Mei Lin, MS and Ruth L. Eudy, MSW, PhD
Board 10
Mommas on the Move: An evaluation of a pilot prenatal physical activity program
Kathleen Poole, PhD, CHES, Melissa Grim, PhD, CHES and Jenn A. Leiferman, PhD

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

Organized by: Maternal and Child Health
Endorsed by: Food and Nutrition