Plenary Session I
Plenary Session II
Breakout Sessions

Wednesday, December 6

Plenary Session I: Research on Protective Factors for Child Well-Being

B1 — Introduction

Michael Kogan, PhD
Director, Office of Data and Program Development Maternal and Child Health Bureau Health Resources and Services Administration

B2 — An Overview of Indicators of Child Well-Being

Kristin Anderson Moore, PhD
Social psychologist and Senior Scholar at Child Trends

B3 — The role of Connectivity in Protecting Adolescent Health: Implications for Measurement

Claire D. Brindis, DrPH
Professor of Pediatrics
Associate Director, National Adolescent Health Information Center

B4 — Positive Youth Development for Children and Youth with Special Health Care Needs (CYSHCN) and Their Families

Lisa M. Youngblade, PhD
Department Head
Human Development and Family Studies
Colorado State University

B5 — Keeping Youth Connected

Jacquelynne S Eccles, PhD
McKeachie Collegiate Professor of Psychology
University of Michigan

Plenary Session II: Genetics, Genomics, Epidemiology, and MCH

C1 — Introduction

Juan M. Acuna, MD
Epidemiologist and MCH EPI Team Leader
Division of Reproductive Health, Applied Sciences Branch National Center for Chronic Disease Prevention and Health Promotion
Centers for Disease Control and Prevention

C2 — Public Health Genomics: Using Genomic Knowledge for Population Health

Cynthia Moore, MD, PhD
Associate Director
Science for the National Office of Public Health Genomics
Centers for Disease Control and Prevention

C3 — Challenges and Opportunities of Incorporating Genetics into MCH Studies

Sonja A. Rasmussen, MD, MS
Medical Officer
National Center on Birth Defects and Developmental Disabilities
Centers for Disease Control and Prevention

C4 — Quantifying the Benefits of Genetic Testing in Economic Evaluations

Scott Grosse
Senior Health Economist
National Center on Birth Defects and Developmental Disabilities

C5 — Genetics to Genomics: A Framework for Approaching Preterm Birth as a Common Complex Disorder

Siobhan Dolan, MD, MPH
Assistant Professor of Obstetrics & Gynecology and Women's Health
Albert Einstein College of Medicine, Bronx, NY

Breakout Sessions

Breakout Session A1 - Risk Factors for Birth Defects: Defining Opportunities for Prevention

Suzanne M. Gilboa
Antihistamine Use During Pregnancy and Risk for Birth Defects: Preliminary Results from the National Birth Defects Prevention Study (NBDPS)

Breakout Session A2 - Infections among Women of Reproductive Age

Jennifer L. Chase
Behavioral and Demographic Risk Factors for Bacterial Vaginosis Among Wyoming Women

Carrie Lazarus
Investigation of Fetal Loss Due to Maternal Dengue Infection During a Dengue Outbreak in Puerto Rico, 2005-2006

Breakout Session A4 - Diabetes during Pregnancy

Anura Ratnasiri
Maternal Characteristics Associated with Having Gestational Diabetes Mellitus Among the 2002 Birth Cohort of California Women

Breakout Session A5 - Childhood Obesity in the US: A "Growing" Problem

Cassandre Larrieux
Overweight in Early Childhood Among Term and Pre-term WIC Participants Elizabeth J. Conrey
Body Mass Index (BMI) Surveillance of Ohio 3rd Grade Students, 2004-5
Jihong Liu
Perceived neighborhood environments, activity patterns, and overweight status among US children
Barbara Cliff
Association between Body Mass Index and Waist Circumference in Adolescents

Breakout Session A6 - Training: Conducting Multilevel Modeling for Informing Maternal and Child Health Policies

Jessica Griffin Burke
Training: Conducting Multilevel Modeling for Informing Maternal and Child Health Policies (See pages 84-86)
(Parts I and II)

Breakout Session A7 - Special Session: Pregnancy-Related Behaviors and Experiences in 2004: Findings from the Pregnancy Risk Assessment Monitoring System (PRAMS)

LaTreace Harris
Current Findings from the Pregnancy Risk Assessment Monitoring System (PRAMS), 1996-2004

Erika Lichter
Postpartum Depression, Social Support and Intimate Partner Violence around the time of Pregnancy

Lois Bloebaum
Short Interpregnancy Spacing: Impact on Utah Women and Infants

Mary Shepherd
Social Stress and Preconception Health

Breakout Session B1 - Birth Defects Survival: Documenting the Needs for Lifetime Care

Csaba Siffel
Long-Term Survival of Infants with Congenital Hydrocephalus

Breakout Session B2 - Tobacco Use during Pregnancy

Angel A. Watson
Florida’s Increasing Prevalence of Smoking During Pregnacy: The Impact of Revising the Birth Certificate
Debra J. Kane
Tobacco Use During Pregnancy Among Iowa Medicaid Mothers Sarah-Truclinh Tran
Racial/Ethnic Disparities in the Receipt of Smoking Cessation Interventions During Prenatal Care

Breakout Session B3 - Disparities & Pregnancy Outcomes

Erica Cofield
Examining Indicators that Affect Pregnancy Outcomes Among Black Versus White and Hispanic Women in Colorado: Analysis of PRAMS Survey Data

Pamela K. Xaverius
Disparities Rank High in Prioritized MCH Research Agenda in Missouri Mikyong Shin
The Contribution of Neighborhood Poverty to Abstract Perinatal Deaths

Breakout Session B4 - Health Insurance and Utilization of MCH Services

Alicia M. Lincoln
Private versus Public: A Comparison of Service Provision, Cost, and Continuity of Insurance coverage within an Oklahoma Cohort from Birth to Age Two
Hui Zhang
Length of Hospital Stays after an Uncomplicated Vaginal Delivery: Medicaid Status and other Determinants, Georgia 2000-2002 Mary Beth Zeni
Factors Associated with Florida Children not having Continuous Health Insurance Coverage Chinelo Ogbuanu
Evaluation of the Postpartum/Newborn Home Visit (PPNBHV) Service: Aiken County, South Carolina Department of Health and Environmental Control

Breakout Session B5 - Risky Business: Outcomes among Alaska Cypress Natives and Native Americans

Lori de Ravello
Breaking the Cycle/Mending the Hoop: Adverse Childhood Experiences amonog Incarcerated Native American Women David J. Dodds
Effects of Race and Ethnic Aggregation on Birth Outcome Measures for the American Indian Population of California (2000-2002) Shira P. Rutman
Urban American Indian and Alaska Native Youth: Youth Risk Behavior Survey 1997-2003

Breakout Session B7 - Special Session: Preconception Care - From Recommendations to Action

Karen Hughes
Preconception Care: From Recommendations to Action - Ohio Experience