Thursday, December 7

D1 — The Prevention of Childhood and Adolescent Obesity Through School-Based Intervention

Steven Gortmaker, PhD
Professor of the Practice of Health Sociology
Department of Society, Human Development and Health
Harvard School of Public Health

D2 — A View from a State: North Carolina Addresses Childhood Overweight

Cathy Thomas, MAEd
Head of Physical Activity and Nutrition Branch
NC Division of Public Health, DHHS

D3 — Progress in Preventing Childhood Obesity: How Do We Measure Up?

Marshall Kreuter, PhD, MPH
Professor
Public Health Institute
Georgia State University

E1 — Introduction

Bao-Ping Zhu, MD, MS
State Epidemiologist
Missouri Department of Health and Senior Services

E2 — Who and What?

William M. Sappenfield, MD, MPH
State MCH Epidemiologist
Florida Department of Health

E3 — MCH Epidemiology in State Health Agencies: Pathways to Effectiveness

Deborah Rosenberg, PhD
Research Associate Professor
Division of Epidemiology and Biostatistics
School of Public Health, University of Illinois at Chicago/>

E4 — MCH Epidemiology: A Field Perspective

Violanda Grigorescu, MD, MSPH
Director
Division of Genomics, Perinatal Health and Chronic Disease Epidemiology
Michigan Department of Community Health

E5 — Discussion

Breakout Session C1 - Folic Acid and Birth Defects: Trends & Risks

Sheree L. Boulet
Trends in the Post-Fortifi cation Prevalence of Spina Bifi da and Anencephaly in the U.S.
Judith Major
Evaluation of Long-Term Vitamin Use among Participants in a Western North Carolina Multivitamin Distribution Program

Breakout Session C2 - Mental Health and Depression among Post-Partum Women

Joanne Barley
Postpartum Depression in Utah: A Qualitative Review

Heather L. Davey
Postpartum Depression: A Multivariate Analysis of Pre and Perinatal Risk Factors
Candice Wilson
Determinants of Poor Child Outcomes: Mental Health Among Louisiana Mothers

Breakout Session C3 - Methods Can Help (MCH): Improving MCH through Analysis

Lorie W. Chesnut
Thinking Outside the Curve: A New Paradigm for Birthweight Distribution
Samara I. Viner-Brown
The Rhode Island Toddler Wellness Overview Survey (TWOS): An Opportunity for Data Linkages

Leisa J. Stanley
A Graphical Interactive tool for Evidenced Based Public Health Program Evaluation by Programmatic Personnel with Minimal Computer Skills

Caroline Stampfel
Applying the Index of Disparity in Virginia: 1990-2004

Breakout Session C4 - Environmental Influences on Infant and Child Outcomes

Assia Miller
Residential Mobility During Pregnancy in Metropolitan Atlanta Haihong Li
The Effects of Smoking on Birth, Early Childhood, Preschool, and Kindergarten Outcomes - A Population Based Study
Kathryn Dickinson
Maternal Smoking During Pregnancy and the Risk for Talipes Equinovarus, North Carolina, 1999-2003

Breakout Session C5 - Breast Practices: Trends and the Impact on Infant Health

Elizabeth J. Conrey
State Specifi c Monitoring of Breastfeeding Behavior: Cognitive Testing to Reduce Response Error

Ashley P. Chin
Breastfeeding Trends in Louisiana: Are We Improving?

Sarah Nabukera
Infant Feeding and HIV Prevention: A Needs Assessment, Mbarara, Uganda

Breakout Session D1 - Medication Use During Pregnancy and Birth Defects: Redwood Benefits & Risks

Alissa R. Caton
Antihypertensive Medication Use and Congenital heart Defects

Shao Lin
Maternal Asthma Medication Use and the Risk of Birth Defects

Chen Ma
Maternal Corticosteroid Intake and Risk of Orofacial Clefts

Breakout Session D2 - Weight Gain Before and During Pregnancy

Lori Carter-Edwards
Body Image and Weight Change among African American and Caucasian Overweight Postpartum Women Participating in a Weight Loss Intervention
Najmul H. Chowdhury
The Importance of Pre-Pregnancy Body Mass Index and Gestational Weight Gain in the WIC Population Cathy Wasserman
Obesity in Pregnancy: Impact on Maternal and Infant Health Outcomes

Aisha Langford
Association between Gestational Weight Gain and Adverse Obstetric and Neonatal Outcomes Among Overweight Women

Breakout Session D3 - Medical Care & Health Care Facilities – Magnolia How Are They Related to Maternal Health?

Brason Lee
Psychotropic Medication Use Among Women Initiating Prenatal Care in the California Medicaid Program, 2003

Maria Gurrola
Cesarean Section Rates: Teaching vs. Non Teaching Hospitals Lyn Kieltyka
Whose very Low Birthweight Babies were at Risk to be Born in Lower Level Facilities in Louisiana?

Breakout Session D4 - Causes and Correlates of Injury & Violence during Pregnancy

Moreen L. Libet
Frequent Mental Distress and Desire for Help among Women Experiencing Intimate Partner Violence, California, 2003-2004
Katherine D. Woods
Poverty as a Predictor of Intimate Partner Violence Before and During Pregnancy

Breakout Session D5 - When the Bough Breaks: Disparities in Infant Mortality

Venkata P.S. Garikapaty
Adverse Pregnancy Outcomes by Race - Missouri, 1991-2004 Yvonne W. Fry-Johnson
Linking County Infant Mortality Data and Disparities Policy Ashley Schempf
Rising Infant Mortality in Delaware: An Examination of Racial Differences in Secular Trends

Breakout Session D6 - Workshop: Using the National Survey of Children's Health Dataset: Practical Applications in SAS, SUDAAN, and Stata

Stephen Blumberg

Breakout Session D7 - Special Session: Advancing Maternal and Child Health in the U.S.-Mexico Border Area

Jill McDonald
A Protocol For U.S. Mexico Border Reproductive Health Surveillance: The Brownsville-Matamoros