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Session: Realizing the Right to Information on Sexual and Reproductive Health
4155.0: Tuesday, November 07, 2006: 12:30 PM-2:00 PM
Oral
Realizing the Right to Information on Sexual and Reproductive Health
Learning Objectives: At the conclusion of the session, the participant in this session will be able to: 1. Evaluate the role of pulic and policy support for pregnancy, STI and HIV prevention programs for youth in the U.S. including abstinence only education. 2. Identify the role of evidence-based approaches to adolescent reproductive health programming. 3. Identify ways research data has translated into practice initiatives in youth reproductive health programming around the world and discuss the use of online research tools in data collection.
Moderator(s):John S. Santelli, MD
12:30 PMResearch to practice: How global research findings on a key issue in reproductive health for youth (sex education) have been utilized in developing countries  [ Recorded presentation ]
William R. Finger, Hally Mahler, Doug Kirby, Judy Senderowitz
12:42 PMUse of science based curricula: Results from the Wisconsin Adolescent Reproductive Health Needs Assessment  [ Recorded presentation ]
Tania B. Basta, MPH, Shannon Knoedler, MSW, Karen Sherman, MA
12:54 PMSex talk: Policy preferences on sex education in American schools
Amy Bleakley, PhD, MPH, Michael Hennessy, PhD, MPH, Martin Fishbein, PhD
1:06 PMIt Gets Worse: Abstinence-Only Programs 2006 Update
William A. Smith
1:18 PMProjected medical cost savings attributable to comprehensive sex education programs for adolescents
Samuel Olaiya, PhD, MBA, MHA, Kenneth Steinman, PhD, MPH, Enriqué Seoane-Vazquez, PhD
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; HIV/AIDS; Maternal and Child Health; Socialist Caucus; Women's Caucus
CE Credits:CME, Health Education (CHES), Nursing

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