Coming to the APHA Annual Meeting in Denver? Join the MCH Section for the following activities:
MCH Section dinner on Saturday evening Nov. 6
The MCH Section is organizing a Section Dinner on Saturday evening as arranged by our Denver Host group, at:
Limelight Supper Club & Lounge
1355 Curtis St.
Denver, CO 80204
Please RSVP to Sue Purcell ASAP and plan to join
us for the APHA MCH Section dinner Saturday night in Denver.
Send your $35 check made out to “APHA MCH Section” to:
APHA MCH Section
C/o Karen VanLandeghem
537 S Mitchell Avenue
Arlington Heights, IL 60005.
See you there!
Business Meeting? Membership Meeting? Town Hall Meeting? What’s the difference?
Please join us at our various MCH Section meetings!
Membership Meeting: If you are an MCH Section member please join us at our annual Membership Meeting on Sunday, Nov. 7, 2010 from 4-5:30.
Everyone is invited
Come hear about our Section activities, help plan for the coming year, and meet your leadership including our incoming Section Chair, Debra Jackson, and our outgoing Section Chair, JoAnne Fischer. The meeting is scheduled in the Colorado Convention Center Room 404.
Business Meeting: If you are interested in being more involved in the work of the MCH Section, please join us at our Business Meeting on Saturday, Nov. 6 at 2– 3:30 p.m., 127.0 Colorado Convention Center Room 504. Section Leadership including Section Councilors and Committee Chairs are required to attend.
Committee Meetings: There are also many Committee Meetings primarily on Sunday from 2-3:30 – look at the online schedule for details!
Town Hall Meeting: Everyone is also welcome to attend the MCH Section Town Hall Meeting. This is our third annual town meeting and is open to all APHA meeting attendees. This year’s topic is Maternal Mortality: A Human Rights Issue and features Nan Strauss from Amnesty International USA.
Agnes Higgins Award Lecture & Reception
“The Fetal Origins of Chronic Disease”
Monday, Nov. 8, 2010
4:30 – 6:30 p.m.
Hyatt Regency Denver, Capitol Ballroom 4
This year, the March of Dimes Agnes Higgins Award Lecture and Reception honors David Barker, MD, PhD, FRS. Dr. Barker is a physician and Professor of Clinical Epidemiology from the University of Southampton, UK. He is also Professor, Department of Cardiovascular Medicine Oregon Health and Science University, US.
Twenty years ago, Dr. Barker showed for the first time that people who had low birth weight are at greater risk of developing coronary heart disease. In 1995, the British Medical Journal named this the “Barker Hypothesis.” It is now widely accepted and it has led to a new understanding that chronic adult diseases can be “programmed” by malnutrition in the womb.
The session is sponsored jointly by the March of Dimes, the APHA Food and Nutrition Section, and the Maternal and Child Health Section. Food and beverages will be served.
Breastfeeding Committee Renamed
The MCH Section Leadership is pleased to announce that the Breastfeeding Committee is undergoing a change. It will now be called the Infant and Maternal Nutrition Committee under the leadership of Connie Bish, PhD, MPH. Connie is the MCH Epidemiologist for the State of Mississippi. The Committee will meet in Denver at the Colorado Convention Center Room 407 from 2-3:30.
Martha May Eliot Luncheon and Forum
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MME Luncheon: On Monday, Nov. 8, please join us at the Luncheon (purchase tickets when you register for the Annual Meeting) to honor this year’s Martha May Eliot Recipient, our Young Professional Awardee, and our Student Paper awardees. We will also highlight the 25th anniversary of Title V. The luncheon is at 12:30 – 2:00 p.m., CCC Korbel Ballroom 1A/B.
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MME Forum: The Martha May Eliot Forum: Implementing Health Reform follows the luncheon immediately from 2:30 – 4:00 p.m. in room CCC 403. Featured speakers include:
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Catherine Hess, MSW--National Academy for State Health Policy
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Michael Fraser, PhD -- AMCHP
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Judy Waxman, JD -- NationalWomen's Law Center
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Karen Trierweiler, MS, CNM -- Colorado Department of Public Health and Environment
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MCH Section Sponsors Over 40 Scientific Sessions in Denver
More than 30 oral sessions and 14 poster sessions are being sponsored by the MCH Section this year, representing over 240 papers. (CCC=Colorado Convention Center)
Student sessions include:
Monday 10:30 – 12:00 CCC 403
Greg Alexander Outstanding Student Paper Session: Maternal and Child Health Research and Implications
Sunday 2 - 3:30 CCC Halls A/B
Student Poster Session
Our Invited Scientific Sessions include:
Monday 10:30 – 12:00 CCC 404
Fetal Origins of Adult Disease
Organized by Michael Kogan, HRSA/ Maternal and Child Health Bureau
Tuesday 10:30 – 12:00 CCC 502
Preterm Birth and Social Justice
Organized by March of Dimes
Wednesday 8:30 – 10:00 CCC Korbel Ballroom 1D
Improving Pregnancy Outcomes and Social Justice: Cutting Edge Research of Invited Leaders in the Field
Organized by HHS Office of Minority Health
Wednesday 10:30 – 12:00 CCC Korbel Ballroom 1D
CDC Maternity Practices in Infant Nutrition and Care (mPINC) Survey: 2009 Results and Practical Applications for States, Hospitals, and Researchers
Organized by Deborah Dee, PhD MPH, Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, Division of Nutrition, Physical Activity, and Obesity
Wednesday 12:30 – 2:00 p.m. CCC Korbel Ballroom 1C
A Quiet Breastfeeding Revolution: Taking The Ten Steps across the USA
Organized by Miriam Labbok, University of North Carolina-Chapel Hill
Carolina Global Breastfeeding Institute (see newsletter article)
For a full listing of oral and poster sessions and the sessions we are cosponsoring please click here.