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Session: Community-Based Approaches to Delivering Essential Newborn Care
3055.2: Monday, November 8, 2004: 8:30 AM-10:00 AM
Oral
Community-Based Approaches to Delivering Essential Newborn Care
This session will present a review of the recent evidence from research and program experience related to the delivery of community-based interventions to improve the health and survival newborns in developing countries, including why care during the post-partum period is essential for saving many newborns and their mothers.
Learning Objectives: To learn about the most recent evidence on how to deliver community-based care to improve the health and survival of newborns in developing countries.
Moderator(s):David Oot, MPH
8:30 AMIntroductory Remarks
8:35 AMEvidence of Community-based Newborn Health Care  [ Recorded presentation ]
Gary Darmstadt, MD
8:50 AMRole of Postpartum Care in Improving Newborn Health and Survival  [ Recorded presentation ]
Anne Tinker
9:05 AMBirth Asphyxia: A Systematic Review of the Evidence and Experience  [ Recorded presentation ]
Stephen Nelson Wall, MD, SM, MSW, Joy E Lawn, BM BS MPH MRCP, Gary Darmstadt, MD
9:20 AMNewborn Care and Survival: Findings from Six Countries  [ Recorded presentation ]
La Rue K. Seims, MPH, MA
9:35 AMDiscussion
See individual abstracts for presenting author's disclosure statement and author's information.
Organized by:International Health
Endorsed by:Community-Based Public Health Caucus; Maternal and Child Health; Public Health Education and Health Promotion
CE Credits:CME, Health Education (CHES), Nursing

The 132nd Annual Meeting (November 6-10, 2004) of APHA