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The Ninth Annual Maternal and Child Health Epidemiology Conference

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Thursday, December 11, 2003 (Day 2)

8 - 9:30 am	Concurrent Session C Improving the Mental Health of Women Recognition and Treatment of Depression Moderator: Ssu Weng, MD, MPH Whitney P. Witt, PhD, MPH "Maternal Depressive Symptoms and Timely Use of Routine Care: The Importance of Having Health Insurance and a Usual Source of Care" Lisa R. Fortuna, MD "Association of Hispanic Ethinicity, Depressive Symptoms and Years Livingin the US with Report of Never Having Had Pap Test Among Mothers" Patricia L. Ryder, MD, MPH "Targeting Depression in Pregnant and Post-Partum Women in Pinellas County, FL"
8 - 9:30 am	Concurrent Session C Pre-term Births: Indicators, Intervention and Cost Moderator: Eve Lackritz Melissa Baker, MA "Pregnancy Risk Assessment Monitoring System PreTerm Birth and Possible Indicators, WV 1996-2000" Rebecca Russell, MSPH "Annual Hospital Charges for Prematurity in the US" Violanda Grigorescu, MD, MPH "Maternal Morbidity and its Impact on Preterm Births – GA’s Experience"
8 - 9:30 am	Concurrent Session C Injuries During Pregnancy: Understanding and Tracking the Hidden Epidemic Moderator: Harold (Hank) B. Weiss, MPH, PhD Harold (Hank) B. Weiss, MPH, PhD "Prevalence and Risk of Pregnancy-Associated Injury Hospitalizations: A Population-Based Approach" Harold (Hank) B. Weiss, MPH, PhD "Prevalence and Risk of Pregnancy-Associated Injury Hospitalizations: A Population-Based Approach" Melissa A. Schiff, MD, MPH "Pregnancy, Injury and Birth Outcomes: Linking Birth/Fetal Death to Hospitalization Data" Lawrence J. Cook International Injury Control Research Center "Pregnancy Associated Crashes and Birth Outcomes: Linking Birth/Fetal Death to Motor Vehicle Data" Monica Randall, BA "Fetal Trauma: A Mother's Story"
9:30 - 10 am	Break
10 - 11:30 am	Plenary Session III What is MCH EPI? Moderator: William Sappenfield, MD, MPH Welcome Address: Donna Stroup Director, National Center of Birth Defects and Developmental Disabilities, Centers for Disease Control and Prevention Conference Awards Barbara Jackson - Presenter Myron C. Falken, PhD, MPH - Recipient Erik W. Zabel, PhD, MPH - Recipient Russ Curtin - Presenter Garland H. Land, MPH - Recipient Jose F. Cordero, MD, MPH - Presenter Larry D. Edmonds, MS - Recipient *Plenary Session* Arden Handler, DrPH Professor of Community Health Sciences/Maternal and Child Health, University of Illinois at Chicago School of Public Health Greg Alexander, ScD, MPH Professor and Chair of the Department of Maternal and Child Health (MCH), School of Public Health, University of Alabama Deborah Klein Walker, EdD, EdM Associate Commissioner, Programs and Prevention, Massachusetts Department of Public Health Sarah Santana Director, Division of Epidemiology, Maricopa County Department of Public Health *Panel Discussion* William Sappenfield, MD, MPH - Moderator Karen Bell Barbara Ferrier Michael Kogan, PhD Garland H. Land, MPH Annette Phelps Cheryl Prince
11:30 am - 2 pm	Lunch
2 - 3:30 pm	Concurrent Session D State Investigation into Infant Mortality Moderator: Millie Jones Daniel Thompson, MPH "Infant Mortality and Low Birth Weight Rates Compared to Expected Rates by County for FL 2001" Marianne E. Zotti, DrPH, MS, RN "Composite "Pictures" of Infant Mortality in MS: 2003" Marci L. Drees, MD "Increasing Infant Mortality Among Very Low Birth Weight Infants - Delaware 1994-2000" Juan M. Acuna, MD "Increasing Infant Mortality Rates (IMR) in LA: Public Health Emergency or Reporting Artifact?"
2 - 3:30 pm	Concurrent Session D Birth Defects Prevention and Monitoring Moderator: Larry D. Edmonds, MS Deborah Fox, MPH "Pregnant Women Identified by Hospital Discharge Codes for Alcohol Use/Abuse: A Description of of the Women and Babies " Hector Garcia Maldonado, MPH "Results of Neural Tube Defects Case Ascertainment Process Combining Vital Records Datasets and Birth Defects Surveillance Data, for Years 1996 - 2001 in Puerto Rico" Kim Hauser "Folic Acid and Pregnancy - Data from the PRAMS Project 1996-2000" Amy Case, MAHS "Pregnancy Outcome Patterns for Selected Birth Defects for Selected Birth Defects in Texas Pregnant Women in Louisiana"
2 - 3:30 pm	Concurrent Session D Approaches to Using Data Linkage Moderator: Kay Tomashek Milton Kotelchuck "Establishing Collaborations, HIPAA regulations, and IRB clearance" Angela Naninni "Sharing Lessons Learned: Experience with State Data Linkage Project (PELL Linkage Project)" Alan Hinman "A Framework for Intergrating Child Health Information Systems"
3:30 - 4 pm	Break
2:30 - 4:30 pm	Plenary Session IV Exploring the Transition of Care from Children to Adults with Special HealthCare Needs *MCH EPI Awards* Introductions: Tishia Smith, MPH Neal Halfon MD, MPH - Presenter Michael C. Lu, MD, MPH - Recipient Susan Nalder, EdD, MPH, CNM - Presenter Wanda D. Barfield, MD, MPH - Recipient *Poster Awards* Sam Posner, PhD - Presenter LB #182 - 2nd Place Ellen Wilcox, MSW - Recipient (not present) LB #35- 1st Place Carrie M. Kuehn, MA, MPH - Recipient (not present) Beth A. Mueller, DrPH - Recipient (not present) Harvey Checkoway, PhD - Recipient (not present) Marcia Swanson, PhD - Recipient (not present) Plenary Session Moderator: Jose F. Cordero, MD, MPH Assistant Surgeon General Director, National Center of Birth Defects and Developmental Disabilities, Centers for Disease Control and Prevention John Reiss, PhD Associate Professor, Department of Pediatrics and Department of Health Policy and Epidemiology, University of Florida Nora Wells Director of Research and Activities, Family Voices at the Federation for Children with Special Needs Deborah Klein Walker, EdD, EdM Associate Commissioner for Programs and Prevention, Massachusetts Department of Public Health