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Monday, October 29, 2007: 1:30 PM-3:00 PM

A5: A-5 PRAMS and other databases used for population risk assessment

Population risk assessment is at the core of quantitative public health practice. This breakout session will discuss findings from various PRAMS datasets used at state and aggregate levels for the purpose of examining preconception behaviors and health status, preconception visits and identifying disparities in multiple preconception risk factors among women.
Moderator:Sylvia Guendelman
1:30 PM29Preconception Behaviors and Health Status Among Women Who Recently Gave Birth to a Live Infant: Results From 26 PRAMS States, 2004
Denise D'Angelo, Letitia Williams, Brian Morrow, Shanna Cox, Norma Harris, Leslie Harrison
1:40 PM30Preconception Visits in Utah
Laurie Baksh, Lois Bloebaum, Nan Streeter
1:50 PM31Is the Diagnosis of a Chronic Illness during Preconception Hospitalization associated with Pregnancy Outcomes? Evidence using Linked Population-Based Data from the 2003 California Birth Cohort
Maria A.L. Jocson, Flojaune C. Griffin, Michael P. Curtis, Karen C. Ramstrom, Shabbir Ahmad
2:00 PM32Disparities in Multiple Preconception Health Risk Factors among U.S. Women, 2006
Clark H. Denny, R. Louise Floyd, Patricia P. Green, James Tsai
2:10 PM33A Descriptive Analysis of Women Most in Need of Preconception Counseling in Oklahoma; PRAMS 2004-2005
Alicia M. Lincoln, Paul Patrick, Dick Lorenz
2:20 PM34Exploring Differential Quit Rates in Alcohol Consumption Between Black and White Pregnant Women
Leigh E. Tenkku, Pamela K. Xaverius, Daniel Morris, Joanne Salas

The 2nd National Summit on Preconception Health and Health Care of CDC