3324.0 Child Survival & Child Health 1

Monday, November 8, 2010: 2:30 PM - 4:00 PM
Oral
This panel will provide an overview of interventions promoting child health and improving child survival. Case studies from a variety of settings including Kenya, Bangladesh and Ghana will be presented.
Session Objectives: Discuss interventions promoting child health Identify case studies for the above, from a variety of settings including Kenya, Bangladesh and Ghana
Moderator:
Carol Dabbs, MPH

2:30pm
Community-Level Education and Guidance Needed to Enhance First Hour and Exclusive Breastfeeding Adherance Within a Peri-urban Community in Dhaka, Bangladesh
Rita Yusuf, PhD, Mohammed Omar Rahman, MD, MPH, DSc, Khurshid Talukder, MD and Natasha Frederick, MD
2:48pm
Child Labor and Orphaned and Abandoned Children in Five Less Wealthy Nations
Rachel Whetten, MPH, Lynne C. Messer, PhD, Kathryn Whetten, MPH, PhD, Jan Ostermann, PhD, Brian Pence, MPH, PhD and Nathan Thielman, MD, MPH
     
3:06pm
A culturally-relevant exemplary model of care for OVC's in Swaziland: Sustainability, caregiver support and child health outcomes
Michelle Desmond, MSW, MPHc, Tegan Callahan, MPH and Laura Mitchell, MEd
     
3:24pm
Understanding the age- and cause-specific determinants of child survival: A study of child mortality in “slum” settlements of Accra, Ghana
Livia Montana, MA, Günther Fink, PhD and Allan Hill, PhD
     
3:42pm
Kenya: Innovative community organizations improve the survival of rural children
Njoroge Kamau and Luis Tam, MD DrPH
        

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

Organized by: International Health
Endorsed by: Asian Pacific Islander Caucus for Public Health, APHA-Committee on Women's Rights, Maternal and Child Health, Socialist Caucus, School Health Education and Services, Social Work

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

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