4268.0 Home Visiting Initiatives: Poster Session

Tuesday, October 30, 2012: 2:30 PM - 3:30 PM
Poster
Given the renewed interest in broader dissemination of home visiting programs through funding under the Affordable Care Act, the MCH Section is seeeking abstracts describing research, evaluation or implementation of home visiting programs. Given the existing evidence base for many programs our interest is in unique approaches or applications, as well as outomes as these programs are scaled up.
Session Objectives: Compare various home visiting initiatives on birth outcomes Discuss home visiting interventions to improve child health and development Evaluate training and quality of home-based healthcare workers and programs
Organizer:
Kimberly Sidora-Arcoleo, MPH, PhD
Moderator:
Kimberly Sidora-Arcoleo, MPH, PhD

Board 1
Preventing recurrent preterm births and improving maternal – infant health via a home visitation system of care: A randomized clinical trial
Melanie Lutenbacher, PhD, MSN, FAAN, Patricia C. Temple Gabbe, MD, MPH, Mary S. Dietrich, PhD, Sharon M. Karp, PhD, MSN, CPNP, Deborah Narrigan, MSN, CNM, William Walsh, MD and Lavenia Carpenter, MD
Board 2
Does home visiting improve birth outcomes? Findings from the 2007-2008 Virginia PRAMS
Monisha Shah, MPH
  
Board 3
Home Visiting Initiatives: Developing and implementing a new maternal, infant and child health home visitation program for field public health nurses
Annamarie Tirsbier, RN, PHN, Martha Garcia, RN, BSN, Fely Bonifacio, RN, MSN, PHN, Ute Powell, RN, PHN, Cristeta Soriano, RN, BSN, Ofelia Gamez, RN, BSN, Libby Grasse, RN, BSN, PHN, Debal Acquaro, PHN, MSN, Joanne Klein, RN, BSN, PHN, Linda Lake, RN, PHN, MSN and Paulina Bobenrieth, MPH, PHN, RN
Board 4
Description of Interventions Used in Medicaid Reimbursed Prenatal Case Management
L. Michele Issel, PhD RN, Kelsey Gilmet, RN, MN and Jaime Slaughter, MPH, PhD
Board 5
Public health nurse decision-making and at-risk postpartum case closure
Denise Thompson, MSN, PHN, RN
Board 6
Implications for engagement and retention of home-based service delivery for military families: The Strong Families Strong Forces program
Abigail Ross, MSW, MPH, Eileen Evans, BS, Ellen Kreida, MSW, Bonnie Wennerstrom, MSW, Ruth Paris, PhD and Ellen DeVoe, PhD
Board 7
Home Visiting Care Coordination program for CYSHN
Marilyn Hartzell, MEd, Candace Artemenko, RN, BSN, Nancy Lowry, RN, MSN and Mary Ann Evans, PhD, MPH
Board 8
Improving the Health and Development of Young Children in Los Angeles: Best Start LA Begins to Bear Fruit
Ian Hill, MPA, MSW, Sarah Benatar, PhD, Heather Sandstrom, PhD and Fiona Adams, BA
Board 9
Improving the quality and productivity of home based healthcare provided by 134 women HIV health care workers in South Africa with aerobic laughter therapy psychosocial support programs over three and six month periods
Memory Matanda, MSc (psychology), Bill Gee, Laughterologist, Malik Jaffer, MPH and Estelle Du Toit, Professional Nurse
Board 10
Considering social determinants in maternal and child health: Methods and preliminary findings from the Healthy Beginnings Study
Tetine Sentell, PhD, Kamila Mistry, PhD, MPH, Maria Trent, MD, MPH, Tashi Rowe, BA, Elizabeth McFarlane, PhD, MPH, Tina L. Cheng, MD, MPH, Judy Schaechter, MD and The National Children's Study Formative Research Group on Child Health Disparities

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

Organized by: Maternal and Child Health
Endorsed by: Community Health Workers

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