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SIDS & Infant Mortality: Interventions to Improve Infant Mortality

142nd APHA Annual Meeting and Exposition (November 15 - November 19, 2014): http://www.apha.org/events-and-meetings/annual
Wednesday, November 19, 2014: 12:30 PM - 2:00 PM
Oral
This session will identify several examples of intervention programs designed to increase awareness about SIDS and reduce risk factors contributing to SIDS outcomes.
Session Objectives: By the end of this session, attendees will be able to: • Identify strategies to increase awareness of SIDS in a timely and cost effective manner. • Demonstrate innovative ways to educate and promote awareness of SIDS by utilizing a variety of approaches • Describe intervention examples across the nation for SIDS intervention programs
Organizer:
Lena Camperlengo, RN, MPH, DrPH
Moderator:
Melissa Baker, MA

12:30pm
Leveraging Social Media to Increase Sudden Infant Death Syndrome (SIDS) Awareness in Los Angeles County (LAC)
Luz Beatriz Arboleda-Babcock, Registered Nurse and Public Health Nurse, Diana E. Ramos, MD, MPH and Silvia Prieto
Audio (mp3) recording Recorded Presentation (mp4)
12:50pm
Beyond international rankings of infant mortality: How the United States compares with Europe
Marian MacDorman, Ph.D., T.J. Mathews, M.S., Jennifer Zeitlin, MD and Ashna Mohangoo, Ph.D.
Audio (mp3) recording Recorded Presentation (mp4)
1:10pm
Maternal and Child Health Improvement by Kentucky's HANDS Home Visiting Program
Corrine Williams, ScD, Ibitola Asaolu, MPH, Joyce Robl, EdD(c), MS, CGC, Brenda English, Kylen Smith, MPH, CPH and Tracey Jewell
Audio (mp3) recording Recorded Presentation (mp4)
1:30pm
Collaborative Improvement and Innovation Network (CoIIN) to Reduce Infant Mortality: Regions IV and VI Results
Ashley Hirai, PhD, Sara Donahue, DrPH, MPH, Vanessa Lee, MPH, David de la Cruz, PhD, MPH, Reem Ghandour, DrPH, MPA, Katherine Flaherty, ScD and Michael Lu, MD, MPH
Audio (mp3) recording Recorded Presentation (mp4)

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

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

CE Credits: Medical (CME), Health Education (CHES), Nursing (CNE), Public Health (CPH)

See more of: Maternal and Child Health
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