141st APHA Annual Meeting and Exposition

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Online Program

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Social determinants of health

Monday, November 4, 2013: 2:30 p.m. - 4:00 p.m.
Oral
This session will address the socio economic status of communities and health outcomes. The presentations will discuss examples from diverse settings and disadvantaged populations and their health status.
Session Objectives: Discuss the various social determinants which influence the health status of various communities globally
Moderator:
Greogory Pappas, MD PhD

2:30pm
Wisdom for health equity: History and experience guide the future for the social determinants of health   
Henry Taylor, MD, MPH and Meike Schleiff
     
2:45pm
Women's health efficacy in agricultural households in Bangladesh, Guatemala and Uganda: Comparing 2012 weai pilot data across three countries   
Lindsey Peterson, PhD, Kathleen Ragsdale, MA, PhD and Reid Dickerson, BA
     
3:00pm
Socio-demographic factors influencing childbirth location among marginalized communities in northern Thailand   
Stephanie Koning, B.S.
     
3:15pm
Vacant homes, overcrowdedness, and trash: How youth perceive their communities   
Hannah Lantos, MPAID and Kristin N. Mmari, DrPH, MA
     
3:30pm
Health inequities across the socioeconomic gradient in low- and middle-income arab countries: Syria, Lebanon, and OPT   
Sawsan Abdulrahim, PhD

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

Organized by: International Health
Endorsed by: Epidemiology, Medical Care, Socialist Caucus, Men's Health Caucus, Community Health Planning and Policy Development, APHA-Committee on Women's Rights

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