3287.0: Monday, November 06, 2006: 2:30 PM-4:00 PM |
Oral |
APHA Film Festival: IH # 2 - Women’s Health Issues: Rape, Abortion, and Obstetric Fistula |
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| Learning Objectives: As a result of attending, participants will have increased knowledge of the topics raised in the films; and will understand the vital role that film and video can play in addressing public health and international health issues. |
| 2:30 PM | | Welcoming Remarks
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| 2:32 PM | | Rosita (57 min.) Barbara Attie and Janet Goldwater, Dirs. The plight of a nine-year-old Nicaraguan girl who becomes pregnant as the result of a rape triggers a battle over whose life has precedence, mother or unborn child. Available from Bullfrog Films, www.bullfrog.com.
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| 3:29 PM | | Mend (21 min.) Melba Williams, Dir. A young Eritrean woman journeys from a remote rural area to a large city hospital to undergo a procedure that will correct her obstetric fistula, a condition that continues to be prevalent in areas of the world without adequate women’s healthcare. Information: melbawilliams@yahoo.com.
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| 3:50 PM | | Discussion
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| See individual abstracts for presenting author's disclosure statement and author's information. |
| Organized by: | APHA-Film & Technology Theater |
| Endorsed by: | Maternal and Child Health |
