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133rd Annual Meeting & Exposition
December 10-14, 2005
Philadelphia, PA
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133rd Annual Meeting & Exposition December 10-14, 2005 Philadelphia, PA |
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4037.0: Tuesday, December 13, 2005: 8:30 AM-10:00 AM | |||
Oral | |||
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| Water related illness and access to safe drinking water is consistently a concern in development and health initiatives worldwide. This panel of presentations examines the various levels of access to clean water, and methods of preventing disease through disinfection and environmental clean up in different regions of the world. Panel presentations will include (1) results from a survey of hygiene habits among students in Adana province Turkey and chlorine levels in the water that they consume; (2) results from a baseline survey of hygiene practices and water usage in Yemen, and the implications of these practices for the development of health promotion programs in the region; (3) an overview of Plan International’s Personal Hygiene and Sanitation Education program in Nicaragua, in which children were trained in hygiene and peer education, successfully reducing the incidence of diarrhea and improving water handling practices and (4) results from a cross-sectional survey identifying the usage levels of Klorin, the local socially marketed point of use chlorine water treatment, Nyanza Province of Kenya and any socio-economic barriers that might inhibit its use. | |||
| Learning Objectives: At the end of the panel discussions participants will be able to (1) understand some of the hygiene practices and water consumption patterns in different geographical areas and be able to discuss their implications for health promotion programs; (2) identify and discuss various methods of disinfecting water and preventing disease and (3) identify methods of community empowerment for preventing diseases associated with water and sanitation. | |||
| Merri Weinger | |||
| Introductory Remarks | |||
Research on level of water chlorine and habits of water consumption in Adana city, Turkey ![[ Recorded presentation ]](/static/img/filetypes/16x16/wrf.gif){kind=small} IsýL. Irem Budakoglu, Specialist, Hediye Seval Akgün, Professor, Coskun Bakar, MD, Specialist, Muhsin Akbaba, Professor | |||
| Knowledge and practices of hygiene, sanitation and water use in rural Yemen Emtinan Al-Medhwahi, BA, Susan Keane, MS | |||
| Preventing childhood diarrhea by empowering schoolchildren in rural Nicaragua Janeth Meza, MD, MPH, Raul Rodriguez, Pinar Polat, MPH, Luis Tam, MD, DrPH | |||
| Identifying successful implementation strategies for point-of-use water treatment interventions in Western Kenya Daniel P. Abbott, MPH, Matthew C. Freeman, Richard Rheingans, MA, PhD, Robert Quick, MD, MPH | |||
| Removing barriers to use of health products through social marketing and entrepreneurship: A case study of point-of-use water treatment in Kenya Matthew C. Freeman, Daniel P. Abbott, Richard Rheingans, MA, PhD, Robert Quick, MD, MPH | |||
| Q & A and Concluding Remarks | |||
| See individual abstracts for presenting author's disclosure statement and author's information. | |||
| Organized by: | International Health | ||
| Endorsed by: | Maternal and Child Health; Public Health Nursing | ||
| CE Credits: | CME, Health Education (CHES), Nursing | ||
The 133rd Annual Meeting & Exposition (December 10-14, 2005) of APHA