4199.0 Child Survival & Child Health 2

Tuesday, November 9, 2010: 12:30 PM - 2:00 PM
Oral
This panel will investigate child growth and development from several perspectives.
Session Objectives: * Describe how to create estimates of child mortality levels for small geographical areas using a Bayesian Statistical approach. * Describe the priorities in designing a strategy to address regional malnutrition. * Explain how child development and nutrition activities have complementary effects on child growth.
Moderator:
Rose Schneider

12:30pm
Município-level estimates of child mortality for Brazil: A new approach using Bayesian Statistics
Sarah McKinnon, MPH
12:48pm
Initiative to End Malnutrition: A local, effective, and affordable model in the Rukungiri District of Uganda
Keri Cohn, MD, DTMH, Sarah Nam, Gordon Liao, Junghyun Lim, John Bosco Kamugisha, RN, Mark Bisanzo, MD and Thomas F. Burke, MD
     
1:06pm
Crucial role of the parent-child relationship to maximize community based nutrition programs during the first three years of life
David Shanklin, MS
     
1:24pm
Education level of women – impact on child health status: Evidence from south-east Asian countries
Monika S. Sawhney, PhD
     
1:42pm
Community-based delivery of childhood health interventions in conflict zones: A case study from Eastern Burma
Htee Moo, Tyler Brown, Heiku Wah, Jennifer Leigh, MPH, Andrew George Lim, Beth Charpentier, Samantha Kaplan, BA and Thomas J. Lee, MD, MHS
     

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

Organized by: International Health
Endorsed by: Maternal and Child Health, Social Work

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

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