Online Program

5181.0
MCH Program evaluation for pregnant women

Wednesday, November 6, 2013: 12:30 p.m. - 2:00 p.m.
Oral
This session will discuss the results from various initiatives in the US and Haiti targeting maternal health services, telephonic maternity support programs, and home visiting and the associated outcomes for mothers and their children.
Session Objectives: Evaluate impact of participation in a telephonic maternity support program on costs among pregnant women Evaluate the effects of a Medicaid home visiting program for mothers and infants Explain early findings from the Maternal and Infant Health Program home visiting program onchildrne's injury rates
Moderator:
Melanie Lutenbacher, PhD, MSN, FAAN
Organizers:
Kimberly Arcoleo, PhD, MPH and Lesley A. Cottrell, Ph.D.

12:30pm
Determinants of institutional delivery among women in rural Haiti   
Marie Seraphin, MPH, Catherine Striley, PhD, MSW, MPE, Ismael Teta, PhD and Mohamed Ayoya, MD, PhD
12:50pm
Measuring the effectiveness of a telephonic maternal health program   
Wade Bannister, PhD and Melissa Lo, MS
1:10pm
Effects of a Medicaid home visiting perinatal program on maternal and child health: Who benefits the most?   
Cristian Meghea, PhD, Lee Anne Roman, MSN, PhD and Jennifer Raffo, MA
1:30pm
Effects of a Medicaid home visiting perinatal program on infant injury   
Cristian Meghea, PhD, Jennifer Raffo, MA and Lee Anne Roman, MSN, PhD

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

Organized by: Maternal and Child Health
Endorsed by: Women's Caucus

CE Credits: Medical (CME), Health Education (CHES), Nursing (CNE), Public Health (CPH) , Masters Certified Health Education Specialist (MCHES)