3244.0 Social Determinants of Health

Monday, October 31, 2011: 12:30 PM
Oral
The Social Determinants of Health (SDH) are factors and resources such as income, housing, community norms that are essential to the health of communities and individuals. This panel will take a SDH perspective on such issues as pulmonary tB in prisons in China, maternal and child health in Bangladesh, HIV risk behavior in Cote d'Ivoire, antibiotics and drug resistance in the Philippines.
Moderator:
Mary Anne Mercer, DrPH

12:30 PM
A prevalence and risk-factor survey of active pulmonary tuberculosis in prison facilities of the Republic of Tajikistan
Daniel Winetsky, BA, Olga Almukhamedova, MD, Dilshod Pulatov, BA, Baurzhan Zhussupov, BS, Natalya Vezhnina, MD and Aizhan Dooronbekova, BS
     
12:48 PM
Socioeconomic determinants of maternal and newborn health in Netrakona district, Bangladesh
Muzahid Ali, Gabriel Rozario, Janet Perkins, MPH, Cecilia Capello, MIHMEP, Annie Portela and Carlo Santarelli, MA
     
  
1:06 PM
'You are obliged to have a second person': Out-of-school girls and young women 12-19 describe increasing HIV risk behavior as a necessity for many to make ends meet in Cote d'Ivoire
Rachel A. Weber, PhD, Fatou Toure Cisse, PhD, Jeanine Coulibaly, MS and Regina Traore, PhD
     
1:24 PM
Suicidal behavior by burns: A prospective population-based study from Iran
Reza Alaghehbandan, MD, MSc and Abdolaziz Rastegar Lari, PhD
1:42 PM
Health reform and epidemics: Antibiotic access and drug resistance in the Philippines
Paul Kadetz, PhD, MPH, MSN

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Organized by: International Health
Endorsed by: Socialist Caucus

CE Credits: Medical (CME), Health Education (CHES), Nursing (CNE), Public Health (CPH) , Masters Certified Health Education Specialist (MCHES)

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