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Poster Session 10: Maternal and Child Health III

Wednesday, November 6, 2013: 8:30 a.m. - 9:30 a.m.
Poster
This session will highlight posters which will discuss the challenges and barriers to improving maternal and child health and highlight strategies which have been successful in addressing these barriers and challenges.
Session Objectives: Discuss the importance of maternal and child health in promoting healthier communities.

Board 1
Growth and nutrition of rural children in dhrangadhra, India   
Levani Odikadze, MPH(c), Ian Greaves, MBBS, FRACP, FAAS, Victoria Lawn and Jayasinhji Jhala, PhD
Board 2
Nutritional Assessment and Health Status of Refugee Children Arriving to Cleveland   
Drisana Henry, B.A., Mendel E. Singer, PhD, Margaret Larkins-Pettigrew, MD, MPPM, M.Ed, Ellen Rome, MD, MPH and Kate Conway, MD, MPH
Board 3
Effect of women's decision-making power on the use of skilled birth attendants at childbirth in Tanzania   
Kyoko Shimamoto, MPH, PhD and Jessica D. Gipson, MPH, PhD
Board 4
Environmental factors and risk of orofacial clefts in the democratic republic of congo   
Ugonna Ihenacho, MPH, Stephanie Ly, MPH, Haley Marie Raimondi, MA, William Magee, MD, DDS, Kathleen Magee, MEd, MSW and Jane Figueiredo, PhD
Board 5
Improving access to emergency obstetric care through local transport resources   
Samuel Usman, MBBS; PDM; MPHIL; MHM, Amina Aminu, MBBS; MPH, Mike Egboh, MPH, Abubakar Kende and Kuhu Maitra, MBBS,DCH,MD
Board 6
Preterm and low birth weight births among u.s. and foreign born mothers: Results from the los angeles mommy and baby (LAMB) project, 2010   
Chandra Higgins, MPH, Cinthiya Ather, MPH, Shin Margaret Chao, PhD, MPH and Suzanne Bostwick
Board 7
Health care status of women and their young children in tigray, Ethiopia   
Kyung-Sook Bang, RN, PhD, Insook Lee, RN, PhD, Young Sook Park, RN, PhD, Sun-Mi Chae, RN, PhD, CPNP, Juyoun Yu, RN, MSN, Hyunju Kang, RN, MPH and Sangjun Oh, RN, BSN, BA, Med
Board 8
Innovation in cord care saves newborn lives in Nepal   
Leela Khanal, MPH, MA, Nino Berdzuli, MD, MPH and Sandee Minovi, MA
Board 9
Domestic violence during pregnancy, maternal education, maternal autonomy, and rural-urban status as predictors of Indian women's maternal health care utilization and breastfeeding   
Mili Duggal, MPH, PGDHM, Sally A. Koblinsky, PhD and Raul Cruz-Cano, PhD
Board 10
Gap in care: Findings from the ulpán valley of Guatemala   
Bethesda O'Connell, MPH, Michael Bradfield, MPH and Megan Quinn, DrPH, MSc

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

Organized by: International Health
Endorsed by: Maternal and Child Health, APHA-Committee on Women's Rights

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