The 130th Annual Meeting of APHA

Session: Latin America Health Issues
4042.0: Tuesday, November 12, 2002: 8:30 AM-10:00 AM
Oral
Latin America Health Issues
Learning Objectives: Refer to the individual abstracts for learning objectives
See individual abstracts for presenting author's disclosure statement and author's information.
8:30 AMAlternatives to improve access and rational use of pharmaceuticals in Latin America
Nuria Homedes, MD, DrPH, Antonio Ugalde, PhD
8:42 AMLet the people choose their provider: Demand-based selection of facilities to be upgraded for the management of obstetric emergencies in rural Peru
Luis Vega-Centeno, MD, MPH, Raul Luna, MD, Luis Tam, MD, DrPH
8:54 AMSaving the lives of mothers and newborns: Successful development and application of facility-based tools and methods to promote institutional child births in rural Peru
Maria Luz Perez, MA, Ruben Tellez, MA, Luis Tam, MD, DrPH
9:06 AMUsing participatory research with local youth to assess health risk posed by heavy use of pesticide in a rural community in El Salvador
Masaya Kato, PhD, MPH, Denise Zwahlen, PA-C, MPH, Brenda René Hubbard
Organized by:International Health
Endorsed by:Alternative and Complementary Health Practices; Latino Caucus; School Health Education and Services; Socialist Caucus
CE Credits:CME, Health Education (CHES), Nursing, Pharmacy, Social Work

The 130th Annual Meeting of APHA