Thursday, April 30 / 8:30 AM - 10:00 AM   •   Sapphire Ballroom M

Session 3:
Innovative Methods and Assessment of Maternal and Child Health Data

Discussant: Theresa L. Osypuk, University of Minnesota
Chair: Wendy Hellerstedt, University of Minnesota

  1. More Questions, More Bias? An Assessment of the Quality of Data Used for Direct Estimation of Infant and Child Mortality in the Demographic and Health SurveysSarah E. K. Bradley, ICF International

  2. Family Structure and Child Mortality in TanzaniaLauren Gaydosh, Princeton University

  3. Early Physical Health Conditions and School Readiness Skills in a Prospective Birth Cohort of U.S. ChildrenMelissa Kull, Boston College ; Rebekah Levine Coley, Boston College

  4. Misreporting of Pregnancy-Related Deaths in Siblings’ Survival Histories: A Validation Study in Niakhar, SenegalStephane Helleringer, Johns Hopkins University ; Gilles Pison, Institut National d'Études Démographiques (INED) ; Bruno Masquelier, Université Catholique de Louvain ; Malick Kante, Columbia University ; Géraldine Duthé, Institut National d'Études Démographiques (INED) ; Laetitia Douillot, Institut de Recherche pour le Développement (IRD) ; Cheikh Sokhna, Institut de Recherche pour le Développement (IRD)

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