4131.0 The Importance of public health prevention in the early years: Role of immunizations and early detection

Tuesday, October 30, 2012: 10:30 AM - 12:00 PM
Oral
This session focuses on screening and preventive public health interventions in early childhood. The first paper examines factors associated with late detection of critical congenital heart disease. The other three papers are related to immunization, and cover topics including parental decision-making, risk factors associated with incomplete immunization, and strategies including telephone reminders and home visits to improve immunization coverage rates.
Session Objectives: 1. Discuss the relationship between delayed detection of critical congenital heart disease and level of delivery nursery (Levels I or II versus Level III). 2. Explain predictors of H1N1 vaccine acceptance among parents. 3. Identify characteristics of mothers whose children are at elevated risk of not receiving the recommended hepatitis B vaccine within 3 days of birth 4. Discuss evidence for the effectiveness of telephone reminder systems in increasing child immunization coverage rates.
Organizers:
Ruth Perou, PhD and Marianne Hillemeier, PhD, MPH
Moderator:
Marianne M. Hillemeier, PhD, MPH

10:30am
Welcoming Remarks
10:45am
Effectiveness of telephone reminders and home visits to improve measles, mumps and rubella immunization coverage rates in children
Mark Lemstra, BSc,MS,DrSC,MPH,DrPH,PhD,PhD, John Moraros, MD, PhD, Robert Buckingham, DrPH and Duvaraga Sivajohanathan, BSc, MPH Candidate
11:00am
Risk factors associated with missed hepatitis B vaccine birth dose, Arizona, 2009
Omar A. Contreras, MPH, Audrey Mitchell, MPH, CHES, Shoana Anderson, MPH and Clarisse Tsang, MPH
     
11:15am
Determinants of Timely versus Late Postnatal Detection of Infants with Critical Congenital Heart Disease
April Dawson, MPH, Cora Peterson, PhD, Scott Grosse, PhD, Tiffany Colarusso, MD, Richard Olney, MD, MPH, Jean Paul Tanner, MPH, Russell Kirby, PhD, Jane Correia, BS, Sharon Watkins, PhD and Cynthia Cassell, PhD
11:30am
Parental decision-making about H1N1 vaccines for children
Karen Hilyard, PhD, Sandra C. Quinn, PhD, Kevin H. Kim, PhD, Donald Musa, DrPH and Vicki Freimuth, PhD
     
11:45am
Introductory Remarks

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

Organized by: Maternal and Child Health
Endorsed by: Public Health Nursing, School Health Education and Services, APHA-Committee on Women's Rights

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

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