Oral

o This session is named after Dr. Greg Alexander, an extraordinary maternal and child health researcher and a mentor for numerous students. In this session, students disseminate findings from their independent or collaborative research projects that investigate a variety of maternal and child health issues, such as maternal gestational weight gain, maternal-infant bonding, hospital resource utilization for infants with birth defects, relationship of family meal frequency and maternal race/ethnicity, and barriers to receipt of flu shot among pregnant women in the US.

Session Objectives: Objective 1: determine impact of type of socioeconomic measure on race and gestational weight gain Objective 2: to discuss maternal-infant bonding and validity and reliability of a modified and shortened version of the Postpartum Bonding Questionnaire Objective 3: describe hospital use, associated charges and payer type among infants with spina bifida Objective 4: examine barriers to receipt of flu shot among pregnant women in the US Objective 5: assess association between family meal frequency and maternal race/ethnicity

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