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Saturday, Nov. 6

10:00 – 11:30 - Business Meetings

103 Governing Council

noon – 1:30 – Business Meetings

108 Governing Council

2:00 p.m. – 3:30 p.m. - Business Meetings

115 Genetics Committee

4:00 p.m. – 5:30 p.m. - Business Meetings

118 MCH Journal Editorial Board

6:00 p.m. – 7:30 p.m. - Business Meetings

120 Community and Family Violence Committee

Sunday, Nov. 7

10:00 a.m. – 11:30 - Business Meetings

216 Association of Teachers of Maternal and Child Health Executive Committee
Improving Pregnancy Outcome Committee


2:00 – 3:30 p.m. - Business Meetings

230 Adolescent Health Committee
231 Breastfeeding Committee
231.1 Association of Teachers of Maternal and Child Health

4:00 – 5:30 p.m. - Business Meetings

264 Infant Mortality and SIDS and Child Health Committees
265 Breastfeeding Committee
267.1 Association of Teachers of Maternal and Child Health
266 Membership Committee
267 Data and Epidemiology

6:00 – 9:00 p.m. - Business Meetings

290 MCH Section Business Meeting

Monday, Nov. 8

6:30 – 8:00 a.m. - Business Meetings

308 MCH Section Leadership Meeting

8:30 – 10:00 a.m. – Oral Sessions

3057 War as an Environmental Hazard for Women and Children
3058 Using Data to Evaluate Risk of Violence Toward Mothers and Children in Target Populations
3059 Adolescent Nutrition, Obesity and Physical Activity
3060 Women’s Health: Women and Their Environments – Work, Home and Community

10:30 – noon – Oral Sessions

3133 Child and Adolescent Epidemiology
3134 The Role of Families and Providers in Identifying and Managing Children With Asthma
3135 State and National Issues in Genetics
3136 Preterm Birth, SIDS and Infant Mortality: From Research to Action

12:30 – 2:00 p.m. – Poster Sessions

3204 Barriers to Care and Evidenced Based Research in Maternity Health Services
3205 Improving Pregnancy Outcomes Posters: Assessing Risk Factors, Enhancing Protective Factors
3206 Topics in Maternal and Child Health


2:30 – 4:00 p.m. – Oral Sessions

3277 Breastfeeding and Infant Nutrition: Evidence-based Clinical Care, Innovative Programs, Policy Implementation, and Research
3278 Systems of Care for Children with Special Health Care Needs: Ensuring Quality and Access
3279 Policy and Financing of Women’s and Children’s Health
3280 Delving into the Black Box: New Perspectives on Race/Ethnicity and Birth Outcomes

2:30 – 4:00 p.m. – Roundtable

3280.1 Systems to Improve Maternal and Child Health

4:30 – 6:00 p.m. – Oral Session

3346 Evidence Based Childbirth: Does Data Make a Difference in the Medical Delivery Business?

6:30 – 8:00 p.m. – Business Meetings

350 Innovations in Maternity Care Committee
351 International Committee

8:30 – 10:00 p.m. - Oral Session

3380 Data Analysis to Improve Maternal and Child Health

Tuesday, Nov. 9

6:30 – 8:00 a.m. – Business Meeting

403 Child Care Committee

8:30 – 10:00 a.m. – Oral Sessions

4051 International Maternal and Child Health: Reducing Environmental and Social Hazards
4052 Enhancing Interactions In A Home Visiting Environment: Lessons From Evidence-Based Practice
4053 Using Data for MCH Planning and Evaluation
4054 The Third Annual Outstanding Student Papers in Maternal and Child Health

8:30 – 10:00 a.m – Technology Theater

4020 Multi Media as a Tool to Educate Professionals and the Community about Maternal and Child Health Issues


12:30 – 2:00 p.m. – Social/Business Meeting

420 The Martha May Eliot Luncheon

2:30 – 4:00 p.m. - Oral Session

4220 The Martha May Eliot Invited Session: Obesity in the African American Community – the Problem, the Science, the Response and the Policy Needs

4:30 – 6:00 p.m. – Poster Sessions

4290 Infant and Child Health Poster Session
4291 Student Papers in Child and Family Health
4292 Student Papers on Birth Outcomes for Infants and Women
4293 Substance Abuse, Mental Health and Risky Behaviors
4294 Provider and Family Interaction to Improve Child Health
4295 Coordinated Care for Children with Special Health Care Needs: State and Local Efforts

Wednesday, Nov. 10

8:30 – 10:00 a.m. – Poster Sessions

5054 Family Violence and Injury Prevention
5055 Strategies for Encouraging Mothers of Diverse Backgrounds to Initiate and Continue Breastfeeding
5056 Adolescent Sexual Behavior, Teen Pregnancy and Motherhood
5057 Topics in MCH Data and Epidemiology

10:30 – noon – Oral Sessions

5058 Healthy Childcare America: Building Child Care Health Consultant Networks and Supporting Social-Emotional Development of Children in Child Care Settings
5059 Youth Violence and Aggressive Behaviors

12:30 – 2:00 p.m. – Oral Sessions

5121 Determinants of Maternal and Infant Health: Interventions to Improve Outcomes
5122 The Prognosis for Poor birth Outcomes: What Makes the Difference
5123 The Future Research Agenda for Maternal and Child Health

2:30 – 4:00 p.m. – Oral Sessions

5175 Understanding Adolescents and Their Health Needs
5176 Community Response to Improving Maternal and Child Health