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Session: Effective Approaches to Improved Maternal and Child Health: Do They Exist?
3199.0: Monday, November 8, 2004: 12:30 PM-2:00 PM
Oral
Effective Approaches to Improved Maternal and Child Health: Do They Exist?
This session will examine multiple maternal and child health programs that have been implemented throughout the world to assess the reasons underlying successes and troubles found in those programs.
Learning Objectives: On completion of the session, participants will be able to: 1) identify benefits and barriers of international participatory research; 2) describe qualitative and quantitative research methods that can be used to identify challenges for adoption of evidence-based maternity care in different settings; 3) describe the theoretical underpinnings and practical application of a positive deviance informed program; and 4) list the main aspects of a culturally appropriate traditional midwife training curriculum.
Moderator(s):David Oot, MPH
12:30 PMIntroductory Remarks
12:35 PMImproving pediatric hospital care in developing countries
Diana Silimperi, MD, Maina Boucar, MD, MPH, Tsigereda Gebrehiwot, MD, Oscar Nuñez, MD, Michael Mehari, MD, Ivonne Gomez, MD, Zakary Saley, MD, Lauri Winter
12:50 PMSocial variations in fetal growth in transitional Russia
Andrej M Grjibovski, Lars Olov Bygren, Agneta Yngve, Michael Sjöström, Yuri R Tedder
1:05 PMPositive Deviance Approach to Strengthen Maternal and Newborn Care in Haripur, Pakistan
Omrana Pasha, MD, MSPH, Mohammed Shafique, Ambreen Amama, Monique Sternin, Abdul Bari, MBBS, MS, Mohammad Hashim, MBBS, David R. Marsh, MD, MPH
1:20 PMChallenges for the adoption of evidence-based maternity care in Turkey
Janet M. Turan, PhD, Ayşen Bulut, MD, Hacer Nalbant, MA, Nuriye Ortaylı, MD, A. Arzu Koloğlu Akalın, MD
1:35 PMEffect of the Laubach health education program on knowledge regarding pregnancy, breastfeeding, and diarrhea in Dominican Republic women
Lynley Rowan, PhD
1:50 PMConcluding Remarks
See individual abstracts for presenting author's disclosure statement and author's information.
Organized by:International Health
Endorsed by:Maternal and Child Health; Population, Family Planning, and Reproductive Health; Public Health Education and Health Promotion
CE Credits:CME, Health Education (CHES), Nursing

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