The 130th Annual Meeting of APHA

Session: Abortion Issues around the World
3126.0: Monday, November 11, 2002: 10:30 AM-12:00 PM
Oral
Abortion Issues around the World
Learning Objectives: Refer to the individual abstracts for learning objectives
See individual abstracts for presenting author's disclosure statement and author's information.
Presider(s):Paula Tavrow, PhD
10:30 AMReforming abortion laws: Strategies and lessons from the U.S. and around the world
Katherine Hall Martinez, JD
10:45 AMNew international guidance on safe abortion practices and policy
Charlotte E. Hord, BA, Merrill Wolf, MA
11:00 AMCreating Access to Legal Abortion Services for Women Survivors of Sexual Violence in Mexico City
Deborah L Billings, PhD, Claudio Moreno, MA, Deyanira Gonzalez de Leon, MD, Celia Ramos, BA, Ruben Ramirez, MD, Mauricio Rivera Diaz, MD
11:15 AMBringing medical abortion to Vietnam: Results from a large multi-center trial
Jennifer Blum, MPH, Nguyen Thi Nhu Ngoc, MD, Vu Quy Nhan, MD, PhD, Tran Thi Phuong Mai, MD, Beverly Winikoff, MD, MPH
11:30 AMLinking clinic-based providers and community-based health workers to prevent unsafe abortion: Findings from baseline evaluation research in Western Kenya
Lisa Bohmer, MPH, Kiche Magak, MA, Muadi Mukenge, MA, Monica Oguttu, Khama Rogo, MD, PhD
11:45 AMAbortion in Bangladesh:What we know and what we need to know
M. E. Khan, PhD, Shampa Maria D'Costa, MA
Organized by:Population, Family Planning, and Reproductive Health
Endorsed by:International Health; Maternal and Child Health; Socialist Caucus; Women's Caucus
CE Credits:CME, Health Education (CHES), Nursing, Pharmacy, Social Work

The 130th Annual Meeting of APHA