2015 APHA Annual Meeting & Expo

Home Events & Meetings Annual Meeting Schedule & Program

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

4149.0
Current Topics in Infant & Child Health

Tuesday, November 3, 2015: 10:30 a.m. - 12:00 p.m.
Oral
Session Objectives: Assess emerging trends in anti-vaccination campaign, newborn complications, obesity prevention, maternal depression and breastfeeding, and neonatal abstinence syndrome.
Organizers:
Ruth Perou, PhD and Marianne Hillemeier, PhD, MPH
Moderators:
Ruth Perou, PhD and Lesley Cottrell, PhD

10:30am
Why are anti-vaccine messages so persuasive? A content analysis of anti-vaccine websites to inform the development of vaccine promotion strategies   
Meghan Moran, PhD, Kristen Everhart, M.A., Melissa Lucas, M.A., Erin Pricket, MA and Ashley Morgan, MA
Audio (mp3) recording Recorded Presentation (mp4)
10:40am
National Data on “Unexpected” Newborn Complications   
Janet Muri, MBA, Donna Caldwell, Ph.D., Sandra Boyle, BS and John Roach, BA
Audio (mp3) recording Recorded Presentation (mp4)
10:50am
Consortium to Lower Obesity in Chicago Children: A Coalition Approach to Developing a Proactive Policy Agenda for Obesity Prevention   
Adam B. Becker, PhD, MPH and Christine Bozlak, PhD, MPH
Audio (mp3) recording Recorded Presentation (mp4)
     
11:10am
Maternal depression and breastfeeding duration in Hispanic mothers   
Roberta Scheinmann, MPH, Rachel Gross, MD, MS, FAAP, Michelle Gross, MS RD CLC, Mary Ann Chiasson, DrPH, Dayana Bermudez, CHES and Mary Jo Messito, MD
Audio (mp3) recording Recorded Presentation (mp4)
11:20am
Racial disparities in Neonatal Abstinence Syndrome in Maricopa County AZ 2008-2013   
Kyle Gardner, MSPH, CHES

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, Women's Caucus, Breastfeeding Forum, 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