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Jewett Ballroom A-B-C
Monday, October 29, 2007: 1:30 PM-3:00 PM

A4: A-4 A Healthy Start to Interconception Health

This session will identify preconceptual risk factors and discuss social and cultural issues related to chronic disease prevention. The results of two national surveys will be presented that focus on systems of interconceptual care provided through the Healthy Start model.
Moderator:Peggy Sanchez Mills
1:30 PMInterconceptional Care in the National Healthy Start Program
Margo L. Rosenbach, Benjamin Cook, So Limpa-Amara, Deborah Klein-Walker
1:50 PMImproving Child Spacing Among Healthy Start Participants
Peggy Vander Meulen
2:10 PMPreconception Chronic Disease Prevention and Management for African American Women
Erika Dorsett, Cheryl Squire Flint, Christine E. Ley

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