Title: ATMCH Events at Fall Annual Meeting

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Section/SPIG: Maternal and Child Health

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ATMCH would like to invite their section colleagues to two events they will be sponsoring at the 2004 APHA Annual Meeting:

(1) "The Future Research Agenda for MCH,” a panel that will be offered at APHA featuring the following topics and speakers:

-Women's Health - Stacey Geller & Trude Bennett
-Perinatal Health - Michael Lu
-Child Health - Bernie Guyer
-Children with Special Health Care Needs - Debbie Allen
-Adolescent Health - Clair Brindis
-Moderator – Stella Yu
-Discussant - Milt Kotelchuck

Participants will speak on the following three issues in their respective area:

1. What are the major data sets and sources now and likely to be in the future?
2. What are the current key issues facing researchers?
3. What are the future questions that will arise?


2) Continuing Education Session: ATMCH will sponsor for the second time a continuing education session on "Teaching the MCH Competencies." This session will focus on how to teach: “MCH management and communication;” "The Scientific Basis of MCH;” and “MCH Ethics" and will feature Drs. Kay Perrin and Donna Petersen among others.