Session: The Right to Become a Parent

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APHA Scientific Session and Event Listing

5187.0: Wednesday, November 08, 2006: 2:30 PM-4:00 PM

Oral

The Right to Become a Parent

Learning Objectives: At the conclusion of the session, the participant in this session will be able to: 1. Discuss the relationship with SES and reproductive health issues like infertility, contraceptive use and reproductive health policy. 2. Discuss the relevance of human rights language in various cultural settings. 3. Discuss the relationship between HIV/AIDS and fertility options.

Moderator(s):

Timothy Williams, MA, MEM

2:30 PM

Assisted Reproductive Technologies (ART): Public health and family issues
Virginia Miller, DrPH MS MPH, Michael P. Diamond, MD

2:42 PM

Sexual and reproductive decision-making and contraceptive needs among HIV-infected women and men in Cape Town, South Africa

Phyllis J. Orner, Diane Cooper, Landon Myer, Virginia E. Zweigenthal, Linda-Gail Bekker

2:54 PM

Documenting inequality in reproductive health care: Are low-income women discouraged from having children?

Roberta Downing, PhD, Heather E. Bullock, Thomas A. LaVeist, PhD

3:06 PM

Managing infertility in northern Malawi: Rights and responsibilities from a global perspective

Joanne M. Hemmings, BA (hons), MSc, Nuala McGrath, PhD, Cellina Kalua, Mia Crampin, Dr, Doris Banda

3:18 PM

Poor women's fertility and reproductive-related behavior: An analysis of welfare reform using the NSFG
Diana Romero, PhD, MA, Karuna Chibber, MHS, MA, Christine Rinki, MPH

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; 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