Friday, May 1 / 2:45 PM - 4:15 PM   •   Aqua 311 B

Session 177:
Maternal, Infant, and Child Health and Mortality

Discussant: Virginia S. Cain, National Center for Health Statistics (NCHS), CDC
Chair: Wendy Hellerstedt, University of Minnesota

  1. Socioeconomic Disparities in Health at the Starting Gate: Australia, Canada, the United Kingdom, and the United States ComparedMelissa L. Martinson, University of Washington ; Nancy E. Reichman, Rutgers University

  2. The Impacts of Maternal Mortality and Cause of Death on Children's Risk of Dying in Rural South Africa: Evidence from a Population-Based Surveillance Study (1992-2013)Brian Houle, Australian National University ; Kathleen Kahn, University of the Witwatersrand ; Stephen Tollman, University of the Witwatersrand ; Alicia Ely Yemin, Harvard University

  3. Cumulative Inequality and Race/Ethnic Disparities in Low Birth Weight: Differences by Early Life Socioeconomic StatusLaura L. Freeman, Rice University

  4. Is Social Mobility across the Life-Course Associated with Birth Outcomes? The Life-Course Influences on Fetal Environment (LIFE) StudyTheresa L. Osypuk, University of Minnesota ; Jaime Slaughter-Acey, Drexel University ; Rebecca Kehm, University of Minnesota ; Dawn Misra, Wayne State University

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