Programação
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Session 1: Definitions and Major Health Concerns in Reproductive and Perinatal Health, Validity of Inference, Paradigms for Reproductive and Perinatal Epidemiology; Methodological Challenges in Reproductive & Perinatal Epidemiology
Objectives
· Define reproductive and perinatal epidemiology
· Identify key reproductive & perinatal health concerns
· Define validity of inference; internal, external and statistical validity
· Describe the hierarchy of evidence based on different epidemiologic study designs
· Define confounding and interaction
· Identify the paradigms for studying reproductive epidemiology
· Define the life course approach to health and development
· Identify the choice of study population and unit of analysis
· Assess temporal proximity between determinants and outcomes
· Understand heterogeneity of reproductive outcomes
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Session 2: Fertility, Fecundity and Impaired Fecundity; Single vs. Double Embryo Transfer
Objectives
· Discuss epidemiologic research challenges related to the assessment of infertility and pregnancy loss
· Identify common infertility treatments and the history of their development
· Assess trends of recent birth and low birth weight births and reasons for these trends
· Identify differences between single and double embryo transfers and the levels of these procedures in the United States
· Discuss challenges related to the epidemiologic study of single vs. double embryo transfers
· Define equivalence trials and identify when they are appropriate for investigation
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Session 3: Hormonal Contraceptives and Venous Thromboembolism; Measurement of Induced Abortion and Epidemiological challenges in Abortion Research
Objectives
· Describe fertility regulation, contraceptive methods, contraceptive effectiveness
· Discuss epidemiologic research challenges related to assessment of the relationship between hormonal contraceptives and venous thromboembolism (VTE)
· Discuss challenges and methods to measure the incidence of abortion
· Discuss epidemiological challenges related to assessment of the relationship between induced abortion and mental health
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Session 4: Aging and reproduction, Adverse Effects of Hormone Replacement Therapy
Objectives
· Discuss the interrelation of reproductive and perintal health events and women’s subsequent cardiovascular risk
· Define hormone replacement therapy (HRT) and understand reasons for its use
· Discuss methodological challenges of epidemiologic studies on the adverse effects of hormonal replacement therapy (HRT)