141st APHA Annual Meeting and Exposition

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Online Program

4056.0
Improving Pregnancy Outcomes: Promoting mothers’ physical and psychosocial well-being before, during, and after pregnancy

Tuesday, November 5, 2013: 8:30 a.m. - 10:00 a.m.
Oral
This session highlights the importance of physical and psychosocial factors during the preconception, prenatal, and postpartum periods for promoting maternal health and favorable birth outcomes. Presentations specifically examine the association of maternal obesity, stressful life events, and sexually transmitted infections with preterm delivery, low birthweight, maternal weight gain in pregnancy, and post-partum weight loss.
Session Objectives: Describe preconception, prenatal, and post-partum strategies for promoting maternal physical and psychosocial well-being and favorable birth outcomes
Moderator:
Janine Lewis, MPH
Organizers:
Kee Chan, PhD and Tyan Parker Dominguez, PhD, MPH, MSW

8:30am
Welcoming Remarks
8:32am
Chlamydia trachomatis - new evidence for association with adverse birth outcomes, Florida 2008-2010   
Karla Schmitt, PhD, MPH, ARNP and Daniel Thompson, MPH
8:52am
Beginning obesity prevention before birth in a U.S./Mexico border community   
Christine B. Williams, MPH, Juanita Garcia, B.S. and Sheila Gahagan, MD, MPH
     
9:12am
Preterm birth in the US: The importance of preconception stressful life events and pregnancy-related determinants   
Whitney P. Witt, PhD, MPH, Erika Rose Cheng, MPA, Lauren E. Wisk, PhD, Kristin Litzelman, PhD, Debanjana Chatterjee, MA, Kara Mandell, MA and Fathima Wakeel, PhD, MPH
     
9:32am
Integrating obstetrical care and WIC nutritional services to address maternal obesity and postpartum weight retention   
Matthew Goldshore, MPH, Susan M. Gross, PhD, MPH, RD, Erika Werner, MD, Janice Henderson, MD, MA, Marycatherine Augustyn, PhD, Emily Newport, BA, Patricia Waddy and David M. Paige, MD MPH
     
9:52am
Discussion

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

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

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

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