4045.0 Student Panel

Tuesday, November 10, 2009: 8:30 AM
Oral
This session is an overview of student practicums in International Health : Experiences, Results, and Reflections will be discussed.
Session Objectives: Discuss student presentations on scientific topics List ways in which students have been involved in public health research Explain a variety of water and public health -related reserach projects
Organizer:
Scott A. Harris, MPH
Moderator:
Scott A. Harris, MPH

8:30 AM
Introduction: Student Practicums in International Health - Experiences, Results, and Reflections
Scott A. Harris, MPH
  
8:45 AM
Waterborne illness and common health problems among Nicaraguan refugee children in Costa Rica
Cara Angelotta, BA, Craig Garfield, MD and Melissa A. Simon, MD, MPH
  
9:00 AM
Cost-Effectiveness of Individual- and Population-based Strategies to Lower Systolic Blood Pressure in China
Ying Liu
  
9:15 AM
Improving Nutritional Status through Monitoring and Evaluation: The Design of a Nutrition Surveillance System in Belize
Rebecca K. Condon, MPH and Elizabeth Costa, MPH
  
9:30 AM
Evaluation of the pathoscreen technique as a screening tool for measuring fecal contamination in point-of-use water treatment systems
Annie Kouri, Amber Oberle and Gary D. Michels, Dr
  

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

Organized by: International Health
Endorsed by: APHA-Student Assembly

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

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