5116.0 Reproductive Health & Family Planning 2

Wednesday, November 10, 2010: 10:30 AM - 12:00 PM
Oral
This session looks at Reproductive Health & Family Planning focusing on how to improve access to services for underserved populations.
Session Objectives: * Identify the most vulnerable groups to inequities on health. * Describe the factors that influence the utilization of maternal health, family planning and other reproductive health services. * Outline two key strategies used to help Ukrainians shift from abortion to contraception.
Moderator:
Hendrika Maltby, PhD, RN

10:30am
Tackling Inequalities Accessing Comprehensive Abortion CARE
Merce M. Gasco, MD and Elvira Mendez, MD
     
10:48am
Integration of family planning with health facility and community-based services: Multi-country data on the extent of Lactational Amenorrhea Method (LAM) counseling and postpartum family planning
Justine A. Kavle, PhD, MPH, CPH, Rebecka Lundgren, MPH and Victoria Jennings, PhD
     
11:06am
Reaching underserved populations with reproductive health services: What works
Ubaidur Rob, PhD and Md. Noorunnabi Talukder
     
11:24am
Innovations Target Improved Access to Family Planning and Evidence-Based Information in Ukraine
Tetyana Goryacha, Nadiya Salo, MD and Asta-Maria Kenney
     
11:42am
Safe motherhood in northern Nigeria: Results of a program to improve access to and quality of maternal and newborn care services
Barbara J. Rawlins, MPH, Gbenga Ishola, PhD, Uche Isiugo-Abanihe, PhD and Emmanuel Otolorin, FRCOG
     

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, APHA-Committee on Women's Rights, HIV/AIDS, Maternal and Child Health, Socialist Caucus, Women's Caucus

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

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