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Session: Issues in Sexual and Reproductive Health
3062.0: Monday, November 05, 2007: 8:30 AM-10:00 AM
Oral
Issues in Sexual and Reproductive Health
This section includes presentations examining various aspects regarding sexual and reproductive health. Presentations will discuss barriers for physicians regarding the HPV vaccine; the effect of an educational intervention to increase physician knowledge about HPV vaccination; the successes and challenges of implementing a statewide folic acid education and vitamin distribution project; and relationships between abstinence education and comprehensive curriculum content.
Learning Objectives: At the end of the session, the participant will be able to: (1) Determine the effectiveness of an HPV vaccination educational program for physicians; (2) Identify strategies for implementing a statewide education and distribution campaign; (3) Identify risk factors associated with pregnancy outcomes; (4) Understand of the current debate between abstinence and comprehensive sexuality education.
Moderator(s):Disa L. Cornish, MS
8:30 AM   Barriers to HPV vaccination by physicians and the effectiveness of an educational intervention
Julie Suzuki-Crumly, MS, Mazi Abdolrasulnia, PhD, George C.D. Griffith, BS, Priya Trivedi, MD, Tim O'Grady, BS, Linda Casebeer, PhD
8:45 AM   Effectiveness of a large-scale patient and provider education program to promote preconception health, folic acid awareness and multivitamin use
Elizabeth Jensen, Melanie Simmons, PhD, Lori Reeves, MPH, Betsy Wood, RN, MPH
9:00 AM   Preconception: Who's at Risk for Pregnancy?
Pamela K. Xaverius, PhD, Leigh Tenkku, MPH, Daniel S. Morris, MS, Joanne Salas, BA
9:15 AM   Beyond abstinence-only: Relationships between abstinence education and comprehensive curriculum content
William L. Jeffries IV, MA, Brian Dodge, PhD, Travis Johnson, BA, Michael Reece, PhD, Frank Charlie Bandiera, MPH, Debby Herbenick, PhD, MPH, Ellen Lopez, PhD, MPH
See individual abstracts for presenting author's disclosure statement and author's information.
Organized by:Public Health Education and Health Promotion
Endorsed by:HIV/AIDS; Latino Caucus; Maternal and Child Health; Women's Caucus
CE Credits:CME, Health Education (CHES), Nursing

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