3363.0 Agent Orange and Other Vietnam Health Issues, Part 1

Monday, October 27, 2008: 2:30 PM
Oral
This session will offer papers describing current health issues in Vietnam. Topics include young unmarried Vietnamese attitudes towards premarital sex, primary stroke among Vietnamese farmers, barriers to health care in an Agent Orange contaminated district, prevention of avian influenza in Vietnam and development of culturally appropriate materials to address maternal depression among Vietnamese women.
Session Objectives: The participant will learn of current health issues in Vietnam.
Organizer:
Arnold Schecter, MD, MPH
Moderator:
Arnold Schecter, MD, MPH

2:30 PM
Recent Health Findings From the Ranch Hand Studies
Marian Pavuk and Joel Michalek
2:45 PM
Societal factors of Primary Stroke among Vietnamese Farmers
Man Minh Nguyen, MD, MA
3:00 PM
Barriers to health care for vicitms of agent orange in the A Luoi District of Vietnam
John C. Hustedt, BS, Uyen Kim Ho, BS and Thao Huong Pham, BS
  
3:15 PM
Using qualitative research to probe barriers to adoption of measures to prevent avian influenza (AI) among ducks in Vietnam
Eleanora De Guzman and Le Thanh Hai
3:30 PM
Mobilizing farmer leaders as peer role models to overcome resistance to adoption of biosecurity measures to prevent avian influenza in Vietnam
Eleanora De Guzman, Le Thanh Hai and Phan Thi Xiem
3:45 PM
Development of culturally appropriate materials to address maternal depression among Vietnamese women
Thanh Mai T. Nguyen, Emily Feinberg, ScD, CPNP, Anne Hien Bui and Emily Elaine Chambers
  

See individual abstracts for presenting author's disclosure statement and author's information.

Organized by: Vietnam Caucus
Endorsed by: Environment, Occupational Health and Safety, Peace Caucus, Socialist Caucus

CE Credits: CME, Health Education (CHES), Nursing

See more of: Vietnam Caucus
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