5014.0 Poster Session 8: Women’s Health

Wednesday, November 10, 2010: 8:30 AM - 9:30 AM
Poster
This Poster Session explores Women’s Health
Session Objectives: * Describe barriers faced by Zabbaleen women in the community of Mokattem, Cairo, Egypt. * Identify new roles of faith-based organizations (FBOs) supporting women's health through family planning. * Discuss current midwifery practices in Israel and Palestine.

Board 1
Barriers to health for Zabbaleen Women in Mokattem, Egypt
Andrea Knopp, MPH, MSN, PhD(c)
Board 2
Family Planning: New Faith-Based Initiatives for Women's Health
Douglas H. Huber, MD, MSc and Ray S. Martin
Board 3
Circle of Health International in the Middle East: Women's Health Care as an Agent of Change
Leilani Johnson, MPH, Rachel Bedenbaugh, MPH and Sera Bonds, MPH
Board 4
Can maternal mindset affect delivery? Lower dispositional optimism is associated with unplanned Cesarean Section deliveries in China
Cheryl Moyer, MPH, Yasmin El-Sayed, BS, YuChun Zhu, MD, Yumei Wei, MD, Cyril M. Engmann, MD FAAP and Huixia Yang, MD, PhD
Board 5
Barriers to the utilization of maternal health care in Cambodia
Marguerite Sagna, PhD and Thankam Sunil, PhD
Board 6
Cesarean and VBAC Rates among Immigrant vs. Native-Born Women –
Jung-Chung Fu, Attending Physician, Sudha Xirasagar, MBBS, PhD, Jihong Liu, ScD and Janice C. Probst, PhD
Board 7
Medical ethnobotany of the Q'eqchi Maya of Guatemala: Attitudes, symptoms and herbal treatment choices related to women's health
Joanna Michel, PhD, Gail Mahady, PhD, Michele A. Kelley, ScD, MSW, MA, Armando Caceres and Djaja Djendoel Sojearto, PhD
Board 8
Assessment of Integration of Postpartum/postnatal Care in Zambia
Kuhu Maitra, MBBS, DCH, MD, Michelle T. Wallon, MA, Judith Fullerton, PhD, CNM, FACNM, Donna Vivio, MPH,MS,CNM, Melinda Ojermark, MPH, Nanthalile Mugala, MMed, MBcHB and Caroline Chibawe-Phiri, MPH,MBcHB

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

Organized by: International Health
Endorsed by: Asian Pacific Islander Caucus for Public Health, Maternal and Child Health, Social Work

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