5042.0 Maternal and Infant Health Epidemiology

Wednesday, November 2, 2011: 8:30 AM
Oral
From both population-based and cross- sectional studies, presenters in this session will discuss the role played by maternal attributes, food insurity, pregnancy and birth outcome; racial and tribal disparities, including socio-economic constraints on infant mortality.
Session Objectives: Describe the socio-economic and traditional risk factors affecting infant mortality. Discuss racial disparity in infant mortality Understand the relationship of food insecurity and maternal attributes to infant mortality
Moderator:
Claudia A. Kozinetz, PhD, MPH

Introductory Remarks
8:35 AM
Stillbirth and subsequent risk of infant mortality
Hamisu Salihu, MD, PhD, Euna August, MPH, Hanna Weldeselasse, Brian Biroscak, MS, MA, Emanny Sanchez and Alfred Mbah, PhD
     
8:50 AM
Does the mode of delivery affect breastfeeding?
Indu B. Ahluwalia, PhD, MPH, Ruowei Li, MD, PhD and Brian Morrow, MA
     
9:05 AM
Traditional risk factors underlie the racial disparity in infant mortality rates (365d, IMR) among term (37-42 wks) births: A population-based study
Gayle Soskolne, MD, Amanda Bennett, MPH, Kristin M. Rankin, PhD and James W. Collins, MD, MPH
     
9:20 AM
Interaction between maternal age and depression is associated with household food insecurity: Cross-sectional analyses among two samples of low-income families with infants and toddlers
Nicholas Tilton, BS, Anna Quigg, PhD, BCBA, Margo Candelaria, PhD, Laura Scaletti, MA, Maureen Black, PhD and Falguni Patel, BA
     
9:35 AM
Pregnancy and birth outcome improvements for American Indians in the Healthy Start Project of the Inter-Tribal Council of Michigan, 1998-2008: An 11-year cohort study
Rebecca Coughlin, MPH, Elizabeth Kushman, MPH, Glenn Copeland, MBA and Mark L. Wilson, ScD
     
  
Discussion

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

Organized by: Epidemiology
Endorsed by: Maternal and Child Health, Socialist Caucus, American Indian, Alaska Native and Native Hawaiian Caucus

CE Credits: Medical (CME), Health Education (CHES), Nursing (CNE), Public Health (CPH)

See more of: Epidemiology
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