141st APHA Annual Meeting and Exposition

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Recorded Annual Meeting Presentations (RAMP) are now available for purchase.
Only $90 for presenters, $140 for registered attendees and $200 for non-attendees.

Online Program

5122.0
Improving Pregnancy Outcomes: The Role of Social Determinants of Health

Wednesday, November 6, 2013: 10:30 a.m. - 12:00 p.m.
Oral
This session describes disparities in and social determinants of birth-related outcomes, such as preterm delivery, low birthweight, and cesarean delivery. Presentations incorporate international, national, community-level, and longitudinal survey data on chronic health conditions, stressful life events, and place-based factors in understanding racial/ethnic and socioeconomic disparities in adverse outcomes. as well as highlights gaps in services and inequities in care that must be addressed to eliminate disparities in maternal and infant health.
Session Objectives: Describe ways in which social determinants help to explain racial/ethnic and socioeconomic disparities in preterm delivery, low birthweight, and cesarean delivery.
Moderator:
Kee Chan, PhD
Organizers:
Janine Lewis, MPH and Tyan Parker Dominguez, PhD, MPH, MSW

10:30am
Welcoming Remarks
     
10:32am
Racial and ethnic disparities in cesarean deliveries among women with chronic health conditions   
Kelley Swatzell, DrPH, MPH and Martha S. Wingate, DrPH
10:52am
Preconception stressful life events predict low infant birthweight among women in the United States   
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
     
11:12am
Racial disparity in birth outcomes: Diversity between local communities   
Catherine L. Kothari, MA, Luz Carmen Sweezy, MA , MPA, Amy B. Curtis, PhD, MPH and James Wiley, PhD
     
11:32am
Disparity and social determinants of preterm birth in Taiwan - a study of national data   
Shu-Ti Chiou, MD, PhD, Yu-Hsuan Lin, Baai-Shyun Hurng, PhD, Chi-Hsiang Chung and Jen-Huai Chiang
11:52am
Discussion

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

Organized by: Maternal and Child Health
Endorsed by: Public Health Education and Health Promotion

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

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