3326.0 Act Global, Think Local: Domestic applications of international health lessons

Monday, November 8, 2010: 2:30 PM - 4:00 PM
Oral
The panel will discuss successful health interventions worldwide with domestic applications. It will also discuss cases from settings including Guatemala, Philippines, and Armenia.
Session Objectives: Discuss successful health interventions worldwide with domestic applications Provide case studies of the above from settings including Guatemala, Philippines, and Armenia
Moderator:
Malcolm Bryant, MBBS, MPH

2:30pm
Increasing access to and continuity of pregnancy and childbirth care through a quality improvement methodology: The experience from rural Armenia
Susan Otchere, MSc, RN
2:50pm
Use of self-rated health in monitoring health inequities internationally: Lessons from a Lebanese population-based study
Sawsan Abdulrahim, PhD
3:10pm
Positive Deviance: Assessing an assets-based approach model for local health care interventions in Guatemala and the Philippines
Paul Kadetz, PhD, MSN, MPH
     
3:30pm
All Smoke, No Mirrors: A Global Look at the Tobacco Industry's Efforts to Prevent Smokefree Policies
Jennifer K. Ibrahim, PhD MPH MA and Richard A. Daynard, JD, PhD

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, Alcohol, Tobacco, and Other Drugs, Social Work

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

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