Title: Improving Pregnancy Outcomes Committee Report

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Section/SPIG: Maternal and Child Health

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Make a difference! Join the Improving Pregnancy Outcomes (IPO) Committee of the Maternal and Child Health Section of APHA. We are a dynamic committee that is always looking for new members. We also have an opening this year for a new co-chair. This is a wonderful opportunity to become involved in public health at the national level. We would like to thank the IPO committee chairs from last year, Catherine Rohweder and Susan McLaughlin, for their leadership and diligence on behalf of the committee.

We are looking forward to the APHA Annual Meeting in Philadelphia in December. The IPO committee is planning to meet on Sunday, Dec. 11, 2005, 10-11:30 a.m. (session 220.0). The location has not been determined but will be listed in the meeting materials. Please feel free to come to our meeting even if you are not currently on our committee. We will set our goals for the coming year.

The IPO committee organized three exciting and dynamic sessions for the Annual Meeting on addressing disparities in pregnancy outcomes, evidence-based approaches to improving pregnancy outcomes, and a poster session on evidence-based practices. As of now, however, because of the change in time and location of the Annual Meeting, it is not possible to know yet what will be on the program. We suggest you monitor the APHA Web site for more information.

If you would like to join the IPO committee or receive e-mails on our activities, please e-mail either Judith Katzburg at<jkatzbur@ucla.edu> or Tyan Parker Dominguez at <tyanpark@usc.edu>.