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The Ninth Annual Maternal and Child Health Epidemiology Conference

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Wednesday, December 10, 2003 (Day 1)

8 - 9:30 am	Plenary Session I Public Health in the Southwest: Success and Challenges in Maternal Child Health Moderator: Naomi Kistin, MD, MPH Opening Introduction: Tishia Smith, MPH MCH Fellow, Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, National Center or Chronic Disease Prevention and Health Promotion, Division of Reproductive Health Welcome Address: Rose Conner Assistant Director, Division of Public Health Services, Arizona Department of Health Services Joyce Naseyowma-Chalan, MPH Director Public Health Division, New Mexico Department of Health Michael S. Clement, MD Consultant, Arizona Perinatal Trust, Arizona Department of Health and Services; Pediatrician, Mountain Park Health Center Mary Ellen Rimsza, MD, FAAP Director of Health Arizona State University Miguel A. Escobedo, MD, MPH Regional Director, Texas Department of Health
10 - 11:30 am	Concurrent Session A Unintended Pregnancy: Prevention, Influences, Decisions and Outcomes Moderator: John Santelli, MD, MPH Charlan D. Kroelinger, MA "Partner Influence of Women’s Perceptions of Pregnancy" Mary Ellen Simpson, PhD, RN "Reducing Unintended Pregnancies: Using PRAMS Data to Examine Missed Public Health" Carrie Sharpiro-Mendoza, PhD, MPH "Unwanted and Mistimed Pregnancies and Their Association with Shorter Breastfeeding Duration: An Assessment of Bolivia and Uruguay" John S. Santelli, MD, MPH "Trends in Contraceptive Use Among US High School Students in the 1990s"
10 - 11:30 am	Concurrent Session A Racial Disparities in Women, Children and Infant Health Moderator: Yvonne Fry Wanda D. Barfield, MD, MPH "Racial Disparities in Late Fetal Deaths, US: 1995-1998" Jamie C. Slaughter, MPH "Infant Mortality, PPOR, and Racial Disparities in the Jackson Metro Area" Catherine Cubbin, PhD Center on Social Disparities in Health / UC San Francisco (CSDH). "Measuring Socioeconomic Status/Position in Studies of Racial/Ethnic Disparities: Examples of Maternal and Infant Health" William G. Johnson, PhD "Emergency Departments as a Source of Care for Latino Children in a Border Community"
10 - 11:30 am	Concurrent Session A Using Surveys for MCH Research Moderator: Mary Overpeck Marion W. Carter, PhD CWHS. "State-Level Population-Based Surveillance on Women's Health: The California Women's Health Survey" Rohini Singh, MPH Candidate New Mexico. "Care Coordination and Special Needs Children Results from the National Survey" Jodi Drisko, MPH Colorado. "Development of the Colorado Child Health Survey"
11:30 am- 2 pm	Lunch
2 - 3:30 pm	Concurrent Session B Improving Access to Health Care Moderator: Karen Bell Peggy Bailey, MPA "Medicaid/SCHIP: How Do We Help Congress Understand Their Importance to MCH Populations?" Larissa R. Brunner, MS "The Effect of Collocation of WIC at Managed Care Organization Sites: ID of a Simple referral process" Gulner Scott, MPA "Access to Health Care Among Hispanic/Latino Children: US 1998-2001" Li Yan, PhD "Dynamic Changes in Medicaid Coverage of Pregnant Women"
2 - 3:30 pm	Concurrent Session B Maternal Experience Before, During and After Amphitheater Pregnancy: Findings from PRAMS Moderator: Amy Lansky Denise D'Angelo Division of Reproductive Health, CDC. "Recent Findings from PRAMS Surveillance Data 1996-2001" Dionka Pierce, MPH "Women, Infant, and Children (WIC) Program Participation and the Effect on Breastfeeding Practices in Louisiana" Laurie Baksh, MPH "Comparison of PRAMS Self-Report of Selected Pregnancy Morbidities with Birth Certificate Records" Limin Song, MPH "How HI Defines Unintended Pregnancy in 2000-2001 PRAMS Data" Carol A. Dagostin, BS "Using PRAMS Data to Evaluate Folic Acid Knowledge and Multivitamin Usage of Women of Childbearing Age in Alabama"
2 - 3:30 pm	Concurrent Session B Maternal Mortality: The Importance of a Surveillance System Moderator: Susan Nalder, EdD, MPH, CNM Andrea P. MacKay, MSPH "An Assessment of the Incidence of Maternal Mortality in the U.S., 1995-1997" Meena R. Abraham, MPH "Maternal Mortality Review in MD" Violanda Grigorescu, MD, MPH "Case Review of Rare Conditions as an MCH Tool to Improve Follow Up and Prevention Strategies - GA Experience"
3:30 - 4 pm	Break
2:30 - 4:30 pm	Plenary Session II Preterm Delivery Initiative Moderator: Jesse Richardson Hood, MPH Public Health Advisor, Division of Reproductive Health, Centers for Disease Control and Prevention Welcome: Peter C. van Dyck, MS, MD, MPH Associate Administrator for Maternal and Child Health Bureau, Health Resources and Services Administration *MCH-EPI Awardee Presentations* Hani Atrash, MD, MPH - Presenter William Sappenfield, MD, MPH - Recipient Greg Alexander, ScD, MPH - Presenter Michael Kogan, PhD - Recipient Plenary Session Nancy Green, MD Medical Director, March of Dimes Carol Brady, MA Executive Director, Northwest Florida Health Start Coalition Peter C. van Dyck, MS, MD, MPH Associate Administrator for Maternal and Child Health Bureau, Health Resources and Services Administration March of Dimes Presentation Nancy Green, MD Medical Director, March of Dimes Legislative Update: PREEME Bill Peggy Bailey, MPA Medical Director, March of Dimes