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Women's health and social vulnerability: substance use, incarceration, and immigration

142nd APHA Annual Meeting and Exposition (November 15 - November 19, 2014): http://www.apha.org/events-and-meetings/annual
Tuesday, November 18, 2014: 4:30 PM - 6:00 PM
Oral
The purpose of this session is to highlight the experiences of women who are socially vulnerable and thus at high risk for poor health and/or birth outcomes. The vulnerabilities described in this session range from substance use, immigration, and incarceration.
Session Objectives: Identify how perinatal health may be affected by social vulnerabilities Explain how substance use can increase the vulnerability of incarcerated women Define how social markers, such as immigration status, can affected healthy motherhood Identify the magnitude and effect of substance use disorders on birth outcomes
Organizers:
Wendy Hellerstedt, PhD, MPH and Marjorie Sable, DrPH, MSW
Moderators:
Marjorie Sable, DrPH, MSW and Wendy Hellerstedt, PhD, MPH

4:30pm
Intimate partner violence and unwanted pregnancy among Latina and Asian American women
Susan Cha, MPH and Victor Heh, PhD
4:50pm
Safe or Unsafe Motherhood: The Invisibility of Foreign-born Mothers in Philadelphia
Joan Bloch, PhD, CRNP, Cecily Knauer, PhD, Michelle Kensey, MSN, RN-BC, Marjie Mogul, MBA, PhD, Angela Guerriero, M.Ed., MA, MM, MT-BC, RYT and Jane Ryan, PhD, CNM
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5:10pm
Incarcerated Women's Strategies to Reduce the Influence of “Risky Relationships” on Drug Use
Claire Snell-Rood, Ph.D. and Michele Staton-Tindall, Ph.D., M.S.W.
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5:30pm
Prevalence and Impact of Substance Abuse Disorder on Women's Use of Perinatal Health Services, Obstetric Experiences, and Birth Outcomes among Singleton Deliveries in Massachusetts: 2003-2007
Milton Kotelchuck, MPH, PhD, Erika Cheng, PhD, MPA, Steven Evans, MPH, Hafsatou Diop, MD, MPH, Taletha Derrington, PhD, Hermik Babakhanlou-Chase, MPH, Candice Belanoff, ScD, Howard Cabral, PhD, MPH and Judith Bernstein, PhD, RNC
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See individual abstracts for presenting author's disclosure statement and author's information.

Organized by: Maternal and Child Health
Endorsed by: Public Health Nursing, Socialist Caucus, Women's Caucus, Family Violence Prevention Caucus, Alcohol, Tobacco, and Other Drugs, Community Health Planning and Policy Development, 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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