Title: From the Chair

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Section/SPIG: Maternal and Child Health

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Greetings and thanks to all who attended the midyear meeting. It was quite productive with respect to organizing the Annual Meeting program for the fall and continuing to address and define the advocacy agenda for the Section. The Fall MCH program is shaping up to be quite impressive with a substantial number of high quality submitted abstracts.

The Martha Elliot Forum will focus on childhood obesity, specifically addressing the issue in the African American community. It being organized by Dot Browne, and we hope to have David Satcher participating.

The advocacy discussion focused on strategies for the presidential campaign and we should have updates for all of you on potential activities to promote MCH issues. We will be working with other MCH groups in this process.

On another more personal note, I have been nominated to run for Executive Board this fall and as a result have asked Jan to step in early to help with Section acitivities during the Annual Meeting as I will need to be meeting with other sections as part of my campaign. I would appreciate all of your
help in this process and ask that you contact people in other sections to support my candidacy. I thank all of you in advance for any help and support you can offer.

See all of you in November.