2059.0 Social, cultural, environmental, and political contexts of women's health

Sunday, October 28, 2012: 2:30 PM - 3:30 PM
Poster
This poster session will cover a variety of cross-cutting women’s health issues including cervical cancer prevention, HIV/STDS, adolescent health, health disparities, and maternity care. Several abstracts focus on environmental-level system change by addressing women’s decision making power, policy making, and program implementation.
Session Objectives: 1. Discuss potential policy solutions to address a number of cross-cutting women's health issues.
Moderator:
Michelle S. Williams, MPH, CHES

Board 1
Partners in cervical cancer prevention: What do men know about the Papanicolaou (Pap) test?
Christopher Wheldon, MSPH, MEd, Ellen Daley, PhD, Eric R. Buhi, MPH, PhD, Natalie D. Hernandez, MPH, Cheryl A. Vamos, PhD, MPH, Erica Hesch Anstey, MA, CLC, Elizabeth Baker, MPH, CPH and Judith Ebbert, MPH, BS, RN
Board 2
Measurement of decision making power: Exploring intimate partner violence (IPV) in India
Archana More Sharma, PhD
Board 3
‘I got tired of him being locked up. I need attention': A longitudinal qualitative study investigating relationship trajectories of women with incarcerated partners and risk of HIV/STDs
Bethany Caruso, MPH, Venita Embry, Claire Clark, MA, Terrika Barham, MPH and Hannah LF Cooper, ScD, SM
Board 4
Young and vulnerable: Comparing delivery care, domestic violence, and child undernutrition between adolescent girls and women in Bangladesh
Kavita Sethuraman, PhD, A. Elisabeth Sommerfelt, MD, MS, Tara Kovach, MPH and Ferdousi Begum, MBBS, MS
Board 5
Using photovoice to explore the social, cultural, and environmental context in which Creole women in Bluefields, Nicaragua, experience health
Emma McKim Mitchell, PhD, RN and Richard Steeves, PhD, RN, FAAN
Board 6
Impact of consumer demand for maternity care data on healthcare policy
Jill Arnold
Board 7
Policy and program needs of pregnant and parenting students on campus
Virginia Brown, MA, DrPH Candidate and Tracy R. Nichols, PhD
Board 8
A comparison of glycemic control in single mothers and partnered mothers with diabetes: Findings from the National Health and Nutrition Examination Survey III
Jun Tang, PhD and La'Marcus Wingate, PharmD, PhD

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

Organized by: Women's Caucus
Endorsed by: Maternal and Child Health, Socialist Caucus, APHA-Committee on Women's Rights

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