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:

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 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 7
Policy and program needs of pregnant and parenting students on campus
Virginia Brown, MA, DrPH Candidate and Tracy R. Nichols, 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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