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3140.0: Monday, November 06, 2006: 10:30 AM-12:00 PM | |||
Oral | |||
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| Learning Objectives: At the conclusion of the session, the participant in this session will be able to: 1. Identify key human rights principles and government policies linked to access to safe abortion and postabortion care 2. Appreciate the human rights implications of the dynamics of unwanted pregnancy and abortion at the community level 3. Explain the dilemmas of abortion providers trying to care for patients while practicing medical risk avoidance | |||
| Margaret E. Greene, PhD | |||
Access to safe, quality abortion care is a basic human right ![[ Recorded presentation ]](/static/img/filetypes/16x16/wrf.gif){kind=small} Deborah Billings, PhD, Leila Hessini, Julie Solo | |||
| From advocacy to policy change and implementation: Nepalese experience in ensuring abortion as a reproductive and human right Anand Tamang, Dinesh Dhungel, Prabhakar Shrestha | |||
| Structural barriers to safe abortion: Cost of care and human rights Carol Levin, PhD, Lorelei Goodyear, MPH, Daniel Grossman, MD, Karla Berdichevsky, MD, Thi Thanh Huong Luu, MD, Van Minh Hoang, MPH, MD, Michelle Gardner, MSc | |||
| Obesity and abortion: A public health collision Tracy Weitz, MPH PhD(c), Diana Greene Foster, PhD | |||
| Community-based strategies to increase access to abortion and postabortion care Lisa Bohmer, Khama Rogo, M. Muganda-Onyando, Monica Oguttu, K. Magak, M. Mukenge, J. Ochieng, S. Orero, C. Ombaka | |||
| See individual abstracts for presenting author's disclosure statement and author's information. | |||
| Organized by: | Population, Family Planning, and Reproductive Health | ||
| Endorsed by: | APHA-Committee on Women's Rights; APHA-International Human Rights Committee; Community Health Planning and Policy Development; Maternal and Child Health; Socialist Caucus; Women's Caucus | ||
| CE Credits: | CME, Health Education (CHES), Nursing | ||
The 134th Annual Meeting & Exposition (November 4-8, 2006) of APHA