2015 APHA Annual Meeting & Expo

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Online Program

5116.0
Multi-level determinants of MCH

Wednesday, November 4, 2015: 10:30 a.m. - 12:00 p.m.
Oral
Session Objectives: Assess the impact of cumulative risk factors on child health Identify multi-level risk factors for low birthweight and excessive pregnancy weight gain Identify sources of information that low income mothers use in determining infant feeding practices
Organizer:
Lesley Cottrell, PhD
Moderator:
Kimberly Arcoleo, PhD, MPH

10:30am
Who do low-income, urban mothers perceive as providing current infant feeding recommendations?   
Ellen Schafer, MPH, Natalie Williams, Ph.D. and Sato Ashida, PhD
Audio (mp3) recording Recorded Presentation (mp4)
10:50am
Differences in Weight Gain during Pregnancy by Nativity Status and Associated Factors: A Systematic Review   
Karen Tabb, PhD, MSW, Tumani Malinga, PhD Candidate, MSW, Erin Hageman, BA and Hsiang Huang, MD, MPH
Audio (mp3) recording Recorded Presentation (mp4)
11:10am
Multi-level analysis of factors related to low birth weight in a Midwestern County   
Ki H. Park, MA, PhD, Erin Heiden, MPH, PhD, Kristin Broussard, John P. Degroote, MS and Mary E. Losch, PhD
11:30am
When the more is not the better: The impact of Cumulative Familial and Maternal Risks on Child Health   
Yi-Ching Lin, Ph.D. and Chun-Chieh Wang, Ph.D.
  

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

Organized by: Maternal and Child Health
Endorsed by: Food and Nutrition, Socialist Caucus, Women's Caucus, APHA-Committee on Women's Rights

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

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