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10 Abstracts Accepted for 2009 APHA Annual Meeting -- June 02, 2009

CEHI team members were recently congratulated by the American Public Health Association (APHA) in regards to their abstract submittals for this year's APHA annual meeting. A total of ten abstracts were accepted, seven as oral presentations and three as poster presentations. Also, CEHI's session submittal, Putting Community Health on the Map (GIS) was recognized for the annual conference. Please feel free to read through the abstracts that will be presented:

• Delivering complex environmental messages in cultural context


• A Multidimensional Approach to Pregnancy Intention


• A neighborhood and spatial measure of racial isolation applied to birthweight


• Assessing exposure metrics for air pollution and birthweight models in North Carolina


• Improving Health Outcomes by Georeferencing Patient Data Warehouses within a Large Academic Medical Center


• Community assessment: Understanding the built environment within a neighborhood health context


• Bridging the gap: Early childhood lead exposure and exceptionality designations for students


• Psychosocial differences between smokers and non-smokers during pregnancy


• Building GIS capacity for chronic disease prevention: A powerful planning and policy toolset for community health professionals


• Maproom: A web-based decision and planning tool for community health professionals

For more information regarding the 2009 APHA Annual Meeting, visit: apha.org/meetings.

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