141st APHA Annual Meeting and Exposition

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Online Program

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Global issues in mental health

Tuesday, November 5, 2013: 2:30 p.m. - 4:00 p.m.
Oral
This session will address the enormous burden mental health conditions pose on the communities world wide. The psychosomatic side effects of chronic diseases will also be discussed.
Session Objectives: Discuss the importance of having programs and policies in communities which address the mental health needs of communities.
Moderator:
Hendrika Maltby, PhD, RN

2:30pm
Development of a local function assessment tool: A field-based example from the peter c alderman foundation psycho-trauma clinics in northern Uganda   
Stephen Alderman, MD, Blakeley Lowry, MPH and Ethel Nakimuli-Mpungu, MMED(Psych), PhD
     
2:45pm
Mental health prescription practices and medication availability among ghanaian psychiatric hospitals   
Maureen Canavan, Ph.D., Angela Ofori-Atta, Ph.D. and Elizabeth Bradley, MBA, PhD
     
3:00pm
Psychosocial challenges and strategies for coping with HIV-infection among in-school perinatally-infected adolescents in Uganda: A qualitative study   
Massy Mutumba, BSN, MPH, PhD Candidate, Francis Kiweewa, MBcHB, MMED, MPH, Rachel Snow, DSc and Victor Musiime, MBcHB, MMED
     
3:15pm
Resilience from trauma: Examination of a gender-responsive trauma-informed mind-body program in Haiti   
Elizabeth Jackson, MPH, Danielle Rousseau, PhD, LMHC, Sue Jones and Allison Rose, MHS
3:30pm
Predictors of suicidal ideation in beninese adolescents   
Suzanne Landi and Molly McClanahan
     

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

Organized by: International Health
Endorsed by: Injury Control and Emergency Health Services, Medical Care, Mental Health

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

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