141st APHA Annual Meeting and Exposition

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Community based primary health care

Tuesday, November 5, 2013: 2:30 p.m. - 4:00 p.m.
Oral
This session will highlight the importance of providing primary health care at various levels while taking into consideration the various challenges present in the communities.
Session Objectives: Discuss the importance of community based primary care in improving the health status of the population globally.
Moderator:
Paul Freeman, DR PH MBBS MHP MPH

2:30pm
Describing the chief complaints in a mobile, primary care clinic in Haiti: Using data to enlighten the knowledge of the burden of non-communicable diseases   
Pilar Martin, MD, MPH, MHSA, Michael A. Melchior, PhD, MPH, Brian Kunkle, PhD, MPH, Karlyn Guirand-Emile, MPH, CHES, Leriche Louis, RN, MPH, Rebecca Cole, MDc and Eric Knot, MDc
     
  
2:45pm
Task shifting to improve access to emergency obstetric care in health facilities: Building capacity of community health extension workers   
Amina Aminu, MBBS; MPH, Ibrahim Gombe, RN, Abubakar Izge, MBBS; MPH, Mike Egboh, MPH and Kuhu Maitra, MBBS,DCH,MD
     
3:00pm
Outcomes of a performance-based contracting strategy in south Sudan   
A. Frederick Hartman, MD MPH, John Rumunu, MD, MPH, Erin Polich, MPH and Jemal Mohammed
     
3:15pm
Primary care needs assessment from three villages in north sulawesi, Indonesia: Recommendations for future interventions   
Iben McCormick-Ricket, MPH, Rachel Witwer, MPH, Yanti Turang, RN and Melissa Ferniz, RN
     

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

Organized by: International Health
Endorsed by: Medical Care

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

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