Oral presentation at American Public Health Association (APHA) 137th Annual Meeting Project: Are Urban Low-income children from Unplanned Pregnancy exposed to higher levels of Environmental Tobacco Exposure?

1. Unplanned Pregnancy as a Risk Factor for Involuntary Tobacco Exposure in Children from Inner-City Families Yuanjing Ren, University of Massachusetts Lowell Xinguang Chen, Wayne State University

3. Cognitive and behaviors impacts

5. Facts about Unplanned Pregnancy Over 3 million annually 2.3 million women in teens and twenties Urban low-income families

6. Disproportionate risk

7. Methods Cross-sectional in-person survey 399 children aged 7-10 attending Children’s Hospital of Michigan, Detroit, MI

8. Results

9. Results (cont’)

10. Results (cont’) Predictors Associated with Current ETS Exposure

11. Limitations Hospital sample may not be generalizable Data were self-reported Temporal ordering

12. Discussion ETS prevention Early and continuous Special focus on High risk populations

13. Discussion Unplanned pregnancy prevention Benefit for future children Incorporating ETS prevention

14. Thank you! Thanks to Children’s Research Center of Michigan Contact: Yuanjing_ren@student.uml.edu.