Using epidemiology to improve maternal and child health
Organizers of the 17th Annual Maternal and Child Health Epidemiology (MCH EPI) Conference are excited about continuing to offer MCH professionals a platform to share experiences, enhance knowledge, and generate new ideas for promoting and improving the health of women, children and families. The Annual Maternal and Child Health Epidemiology (MCH EPI) Conference attracts over 500 national and international MCH professionals working on issues related to improving the health of women, children, and families. Hosted by the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC), Health Services and Resources Administration/Maternal Child Health Bureau (HRSA/MCHB) and CityMatCH, this event offered sessions led by researchers, federal officials, advocates, health care providers and staff of state MCH programs. As always, it is our hope that this year's conference will help develop participants' analytic skills and knowledge base to promote program effectiveness.
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 | Conference Welcome Wanda D. Barfield, MD, MPH, Captain, US Public Health Service Pierre Buekens, MD, MPH, PhD Charlotte Morgan Parent, RN, BSN, MHCM Michael Kogan, PhD 12/14/2011 - 15 minutes     |
 | Keynote: Using Epidemiology to Improve Maternal and Child Health The Historic Opportunity 12/1/2011 - 1 hour 30 minutes | Paul H Wise, MD MPH Stanford University |
 | PLENARY I - Consequential Maternal and Child Health (MCH) Epidemiology: How Can MCH Epidemiology Help Assure (and Not Threaten) Sound Policy Development? Dr. Pat O'Campo Judith A. Monroe, MD, FAAFP Brian C. Castrucci Ms. Martha King 12/14/2011 - 1 hour 30 minutes |
 | PLENARY II – At the Crossroads of Public Health and Research: Newborn Screening and Follow-Up Program Alan R. Fleischman, MD Michele Lloyd-Puryear, MD, PhD Cynthia F. Hinton, PhD, MS, MPH Hani K. Atrash, MD, MPH Michael S. Watson, PhD, FACMG 12/15/2011 - 1 hour 33 minutes |
 | PLENARY III – Maternal Depression: Out of the Shadows and into the Light Sherry Leigh Farr, MSPH, PhD Michael O’Hara, PhD Sherryl H. Goodman PhD Captain Karen Hench, RN, MS 12/15/2011 - 1 hour 40 minutes |
 | Introductions/Course Overview/Why Link?, Getting Access to and Securely Storing Identifiable Data, Overview SAS Data Cleaning/Standardization Derek Chapman, PhD, and Caroline Stampfel, Senior Epidemiologist 12/12/2011 - 1 hour 23 minutes |
 | Dealing With Duplicates Derek Chapman, PhD 12/12/2011 - 30 minutes |
 | Data Linkage Methods: Deterministic vs Probabilistic Craig A. Mason, PhD 12/12/2011 - 51 minutes |
 | Inconsistencies Across Records Craig A. Mason, PhD 12/13/2011 - 1 hour 38 minutes |
| Iterative Passes and Rule-Based Linkage Craig A. Mason, PhD 12/13/2011 - 7 minutes |
| Evaluating Linkage Results and Refining Linkage Steps Craig A. Mason, PhD 12/13/2011 - 16 minutes |
 | Course Overview, How to Write an Introduction Section and What Do Editors Look For? Michael Kogan, PhD and Jody Zylke, MD 12/13/2011 - 1 hour 15 minutes |
 | How to Write a Methods Section Michael Kogan, PhD 12/13/2011 - 1 hour 30 minutes |
 | How to Write a Results Section Jody Zylke, MD 12/13/2011 - 1 hour 30 minutes |
 | How to Write a Discussion Section Michael Kogan, PhD 12/13/2011 - 28 minutes |
 | How to Write an Abstract and Titles Jody Zylke, MD 12/13/2011 - 19 minutes |
| How to Submit a Paper to a Journal Jody Zylke, MD 12/13/2011 - 29 minutes |
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- Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC)
- Health Services and Resources Administration/Maternal Child Health Bureau (HRSA/MCHB)
- CityMatCH
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