141st APHA Annual Meeting and Exposition

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Maternal & Child Health 1

Monday, November 4, 2013: 10:30 a.m. - 12:00 p.m.
Oral
The presentations in this session will discuss the importance of maternal health in promoting healthy communities globally. There will be a discussion of the strategies and methods used to address the global challenges and help improve maternal health by decreasing maternal mortality.
Session Objectives: Discuss the importance of maternal health in promoting healthy societies globally Identify solutions which can be effective in reducing maternal mortality globally
Moderator:
Miriam Labbok, MD, MPH, FACPM, IBCLC, FABM

10:30am
Enhancing contraceptive stock out information with a couple years protection lost measure – a useful tool for family planning programs   
Hilary M. Schwandt, PhD, Marc Boulay, PhD and Abdulmumin Saad, MBBS, MPH, PhD
     
10:45am
Is there a role for male community health workers to complement ashas in rural India?   
Ariel Higgins-Steele, MPA, Shanti Mahendra, MPhil, Dharitri Rout and Mila Rosenthal, PhD
     
  
11:00am
Non-pneumatic anti-shock garment (NASG) applied at the primary health clinic is associated with faster recovery from hypovolemic shock secondary to obstetric hemorrhage   
Alison El Ayadi, ScD, MPH, Elizabeth Butrick, MPH and Suellen Miller, PhD, CNM
     
11:15am
Challenges and triumphs in implementation science: Measuring the impact of a low-tech, low cost obstetric and neonatal emergency simulation training program (PRONTO) in Mexico, Guatemala, and Kenya   
Dilys Walker, MD, Jimena Fritz, MD, MSc, Edgar Kestler, PhD, Onesmus Gachuno, MBChB, MMed, Susanna Cohen, DNP, MSN, CNM, Jenifer Fahey, MPH, MSN, CNM, Marisela Olvera, MD, MSc, Francesca Holme, MPH and Julia Dettinger, MPH
     
11:30am
Collaboration and innovation: Advancing technology solutions to reduce maternal mortality   
Bill Martin
     

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

Organized by: International Health
Endorsed by: Epidemiology, Medical Care, Maternal and Child Health, Population, Reproductive and Sexual Health, Vietnam Caucus, Women's Caucus, Community Health Workers, APHA-Committee on Women's Rights

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