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Women’s health I

142nd APHA Annual Meeting and Exposition (November 15 - November 19, 2014): http://www.apha.org/events-and-meetings/annual
Monday, November 17, 2014: 8:30 AM - 10:00 AM
Oral
This session will feture presentaions which discuss the special challenges women face during their life span. The programs which have been instituted and their posiive outcomes will also be featured in the presentation.
Session Objectives: Define current issues in women's health. Describe various public health programs working to improve women's health across the world.
Moderator:
Miriam Labbok, MD, MPH, IBCLC, FACPM,FILCA, FABM

8:30am
New Resource to Improve Women's Health Through Community-Based Action
Sarah Shannon
8:42am
Associations between enacted stigma and risky sexual behavior among women in sub-Saharan Africa: A population-based multilevel analysis
Zelalem Haile, PhD, MPH, Asli Teweldeberhan, MPH, MA and Caroline Kingori, PhD, MPH, CHES
8:54am
Effect of Indoor Air Pollution from Biomass and Solid fuel Combustion on Symptoms of Preeclampsia/Eclampsia in Indian Women
Sutapa Agrawal, Ph.D.
  
9:06am
Love Me, Parents! Impact of an Integrated National Safe Motherhood Campaign in Tanzania
Michelle Kaufman, PhD, Jennifer Orkis, MHS, Jennifer Harman, PhD, Robert Ainslie, MA International Affairs, Elizabeth Serlemitsos and Waziri Nyoni
  
9:18am
Influence of women exposure to Intimate Partner Violence of their Protective Knowledge, Attitude and Practices against Sexually Transmitted Infections: International Perspectives
Amany H. Refaat, MD, MSc, MHPE, PhD

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

Organized by: International Health
Endorsed by: Population, Reproductive and Sexual Health, Women's Caucus

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