141st APHA Annual Meeting and Exposition

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Displaced populations & refugee health

Wednesday, November 6, 2013: 10:30 a.m. - 12:00 p.m.
Oral
This session will address the unmet health needs of refugee populations and displaced people and highlight examples of how these were addressed.
Session Objectives: Discuss the public health challenges faced by refugees and displaced populations
Moderator:
Malcolm Bryant, MBBS, MPH

10:30am
An assessment of perceived health needs in a haitian run internally-displaced persons camp in carrefour, port-au-prince, Haiti   
Heather Drummond, MPH, Ashley Dyer, MPH, Alyson Lofthouse, MUPP, Maria Pyra, MPH, Bhakti Hansoti, MD and Janet Lin, MD, MPH
     
10:50am
Displacement and self-rated health in Colombia: The moderating effect of civic participation   
David Hurtado, ScD

See individual abstracts for presenting author's disclosure statement and author's information.

Organized by: International Health
Endorsed by: Medical Care, Socialist Caucus, Caucus on Refugee and Immigrant Health

CE Credits: Medical (CME), Health Education (CHES), Nursing (CNE), Public Health (CPH) , Masters Certified Health Education Specialist (MCHES)

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