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Session: A Capital Look at Women's Issues
3098.0: Monday, November 8, 2004: 10:30 AM-12:00 PM
Oral
A Capital Look at Women's Issues
Learning Objectives: At the conclusion of the session, participants in this session will be able to: (1) Discuss current and emerging issues affecting the rights of women, particularly related to women's health and well-being; (2) Explain important factors that are currently influencing policy and the potential impact of such policy on women’s lives; and (3) Identify strategies to effectively conduct research on issues affecting the rights of women, especially considering incorporating gender, racial, and class differences.
Moderator(s):Mary Elise Papke, MPH
10:30 AMAccess to care for low-income women and women of color
Elena N. Cohen, JD
10:45 AMWelfare family-cap policy: What it means for poor women’s contraceptive and fertility decisions  [ Recorded presentation ]
Diana Romero, PhD, MA, Hannah C. Fortune-Greeley, BA, Wendy Chavkin, MD, MPH, Debbie Salas-Lopez, MD, Jorge Luis Verea, MD
11:00 AMSex, drugs and politics: The medicalization of female sexuality  [ Recorded presentation ]
Amy Allina
11:15 AMContentious issues in research on trafficked women
Julie G. Cwikel, PhD, Elizabeth Hoban, PhD
11:30 AMWhat would sex-fair medical research look like? Some Guidelines
Vicki Meyer, Ph D
See individual abstracts for presenting author's disclosure statement and author's information.
Organized by:APHA-Committee on Women's Rights
Endorsed by:Population, Family Planning, and Reproductive Health; Women's Caucus
CE Credits:CME, Health Education (CHES), Nursing

The 132nd Annual Meeting (November 6-10, 2004) of APHA