The broadcast, set for 12:30 to 2:30 p.m. EDT, will examine results from a study on low birth weight and mortality among two groups of Puerto Rican infants -- those living in the United States and those in Puerto Rico. The effect of a mother's migration from Puerto Rico to the United States on an infant's death also will be explored.

Nancy S. Landale, Ph.D., professor, and R. S. Oropesa, Ph.D., associate professor at Pennsylvania State University's Department of Sociology, will discuss their findings from surveys and interviews with 2,763 mothers in Puerto Rico, Connecticut, Florida, Massachusetts, New Jersey, New York City and Pennsylvania.

Patricia O’Campo, Ph.D., associate professor at the Johns Hopkins University School of Hygiene and Public Health, and Pierre Buekens, M.D., Ph.D., director of the University of North Carolina's Department of Maternal and Child Health, will react to findings. M. Ann Drum, D.D.S., M.P.H., of HRSA's Maternal and Child Health Bureau will moderate the discussion, which originates from the Parklawn Building in Rockville, Md.

Individuals who want to participate in the online broadcast should register at http://www.ncemch.org/research/roundtable.html or by clicking the Research Roundtable link at http://mchb.hrsa.gov. The roundtable is part of a series of lunchtime conferences highlighting findings from selected research studies supported by MCHB's Research Program. Prior to this Webcast, individuals could only participate in-person or by telephone.

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