141st APHA Annual Meeting and Exposition

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Mental health issues and women’s rights

Tuesday, November 5, 2013: 10:30 a.m. - 12:00 p.m.
Oral
In this session presenters will discuss the relationship between mental health challenges faced by women and the influence of socio economic factors on their health status. The link between women's mental health and human rights will also be discussed as well including the services these women have access to
Session Objectives: Discuss mental health challenges faced by women and the link between mental health and human rights.
Moderator:
Elizabeth Barajas-Román, Ed.M.

10:30am
Cultural understanding of postpartum depression among Caribbean immigrant women   
Gloria M. Davy, PhD
  
10:50am
Building a state-based coalition to address women's health care needs after Massachusetts health care reform: Who, why, how, when, what, and lessons learned   
Rose MacKenzie, JD, Amanda Dennis, DrPH, MBE, Karen Edlund, Therese Fitzgerald, PhD, MSW and Laura Cohen
     

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

Organized by: APHA-Committee on Women's Rights
Endorsed by: Mental Health, Women's Caucus

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

See more of: APHA-Committee on Women's Rights