3301.0 International Issues in Sexual Health

Monday, November 9, 2009: 2:30 PM
Oral
Sexual health issues know no boundaries. New and emerging scholars can provide unique insights. This session highlights student work in the field of international sexual health. Presenters will discuss sexual health issues in India, Nepal, Tanzania, Zambia, Bosnia, Egyopt, Eritrea, Greece, Syria, and Turkey.Topics include HSV-2, sexual violence and abuse, breast cancer, and microbicides.
Session Objectives: Describe international issues in sexual health. Identify public health practices that incorporate culturally relevant empirical information for improving sexual health outside the United States.
Moderator:
Mariza Hardin, BS

Welcoming Remarks
2:35 PM
HSV-2 Positivity and Primary Infertility Among Young Women in Mysore, India
Paul C. Adamson, MPH
  
2:55 PM
Perceptions of sexual violence among internally displaced adolescent women (IDP) due to Nepal's civil conflict, Kathmandu Valley, Nepal
Saira Khan, MPH
  
3:11 PM
Role of Physical and Sexual Abuse in Initiation and Condom Use among Rural and Urban Women in Tanzania
Daphne J. Cole, Jessie Mbwambo, MD, Sinead Younge, PhD, Gary King, PHD and Gad P. Kilonzo, MD
  
3:27 PM
Barriers to screening mammography in developing countries
Sadie Barchini
3:43 PM
Experiences with Decision-Making for Microbicide Clinical Trial Enrollment among Women in Lusaka, Zambia
Niketa Williams, ScB, AB, Aletha Akers, MD, MPH, Cheri Reid, RN, BSN, MPH, Muzala Kapina, MBChB, Jeffrey SA Stringer, MD and Sharon Hillier, PhD
  

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

Organized by: APHA-Student Assembly
Endorsed by: HIV/AIDS, Women's Caucus

CE Credits: Medical (CME), Health Education (CHES), Nursing (CNE), Public Health (CPH)

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