2015 APHA Annual Meeting & Expo

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Recorded Annual Meeting Presentations (RAMP) are now available for purchase.
Only $90 for presenters, $140 for registered attendees and $200 for non-attendees.

Online Program

4108.1
APHA GPH Film Festival - Let's talk about Sex. Shame. Power. Violence

Tuesday, November 3, 2015: 10:30 a.m. - 12:00 p.m.
Oral
Film Showing
Rape, domestic abuse, and sexual violence rates are astonishingly high. Stigma and victim shaming and blaming associated with sexual abuse are still very prevalent. This session will present a series of films that bring understanding to this critical topic through personal testimonies of survivors and individuals trying to make a difference. A discussion will follow.
Session Objectives: Discuss sexual violence and sexual power dynamics.
Organizer:
Naomi Ranz-Schleifer, MPH, Chair, APHA Global Public Health Film Festival
Moderator:
Naomi Ranz-Schleifer, MPH, Chair, APHA Global Public Health Film Festival

10:30am
How to Lose Your Virginity   
Theresa Shechter, Filmmaker
10:47am
Inside Her Sex   
Sheona McDonald, Filmmaker
10:59am
Private Violence   
Beth Moracco, MPH, PhD
11:17am
War Begins at Home   
Andrea Ramos
11:24am
Let's Talk About Sex: Digital Storytelling for Puerto Rican Latina Youth   
Amy Hill, MA, Aline Gubrium, PhD, Alice Fiddian-Green, MPH and Allison Myers, MA

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

Organized by: APHA-Global Public Health Film Festival
Endorsed by: HIV/AIDS, International Health, Public Health Education and Health Promotion, APHA-Committee on Women's Rights

CE Credits: Medical (CME), Health Education (CHES), Nursing (CNE), Public Health (CPH)

See more of: APHA-Global Public Health Film Festival