4324.0 Poster Session 2: Social Justice in International Health

Tuesday, November 9, 2010: 4:30 PM - 5:30 PM
Poster
This Poster Session involves Social Justice in International Health.
Session Objectives: * Describe cultural practices surrounding water use. * Identify the rural health equity and prevalence rate of chronic diseases * Analyze the reasons for the slow movement of change regarding the dowry system in India.

Board 1
Practices surrounding water use among community members in the Dominican Republic: Implications for social justice and public health
Cheríe S. Blair, MPH, Zobeida Bonilla, PhD, MPH and Fernando Ona, PhD, MPH
Board 2
Women's empowerment and children's nutritional outcomes in Nigeria
Adenike Onagoruwa, MS
Board 3
Diabetes among Palestinians in Israel: Reducing diabetes inequalities through community action research
Claudia Chaufan, MD, PhD, Kassim Baddarni, RN and Leslie Dubbin, RN, MS, Doctoral student in Health Policy
Board 4
Health, poverty and indigenous households: An empirical analysis of self rated health in Chile
Rachael Kane, MPH candidate and David Ader, PhD Candidate in Rural Sociology and Demography
Board 5
Health equity and social justice in the rural areas of China
Zhaokang Yuan, MPH and Xiaoxing He, MD, MPH
  
Board 6
Experiences with Cardiovascular Risk Management in Dakar, Senegal West Africa
Rhonda Belue, PhD, Titilayo A. Okoror, PhD, Fatou Ndao and Mor Diaw, MD
Board 7
Determination of origin of obstetric fistula in patients who seek treatment in Ebonyi, Nigeria
Sarah Miller, Mark Janko, Angie Bengtson, MA, Sunday Adeoye, MD, Randall Kuhn, PhD and Marilyn M. Williams, PhD
Board 8
Dowry In India: The Sociocultural Face of Exploitation
Priya Banerjee, PhD
Board 9
Social Justice Implications from an International Community Based Participatory Action Research Effort: A Multi-Country Comparative Case Study
Karen E. Peters, DrPH, Sergio Cristancho, PhD and Marcela Garces, MD, MSPH
Board 10
“They say eating carbohydrates or sugar” – Perceptions and daily experiences of people living with diabetes and hypertension in Lagos, Nigeria
Titilayo A. Okoror, PhD, Idris Oladipo, MB, BS, Rhonda Belue, PhD and Adeniyi Adelakun, MB BS

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Organized by: International Health
Endorsed by: Asian Pacific Islander Caucus for Public Health, Social Work

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