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Tuesday, November 18, 2014
: 5:34 PM - 5:42 PM
The short film Liberation tells a story of a mother and daughter reunited after 12 years of the kidnapping of the daughter at the age of four. This kid was kidnapped by the biological American father, while they all lived in Italy (the mother is Italian). Being American, it was easy for the father to leave Italy and enter the US with his daughter without the consent of the mother. The film shows especially what happens afterwards, when the family is reunited and justice is done. It shows the scars and trauma this situation cause to all and how people can (and need to) move on. This film is based on real events, actually it is a mix of 3 stories of people I personally know, and I was very impressed with the way their stories developed in real life which caught my attention not only as a public health professional but also as a mother. I have researched the topic of parental abduction in-depth to learn more about this problem, I found out that it is a major public health problem and it is considered a form of child abuse. Therefore, my film has the intention to discuss the topic of international parental abduction and what can be done to raise awareness within the population about that, to incentive people to report the cases, develop international programs and strategies to help rescue these children, programs to support families from the emotional and even financial point of view and to discuss potential international regulation and laws.
Learning Areas:
Conduct evaluation related to programs, research, and other areas of practice
Ethics, professional and legal requirements
Implementation of health education strategies, interventions and programs
Public health or related laws, regulations, standards, or guidelines
Public health or related organizational policy, standards, or other guidelines
Social and behavioral sciences
Learning Objectives:
Discuss International parental abduction as a form of child abuse and what can be done about it.
Keyword(s): Social and behavioral sciences
Presenting author's disclosure statement:Qualified on the content I am responsible for because: I'm a public health professional, who is very interested to work with communities and families. I'm also a filmmaker (directing degree from UCLA) for films about public health matters. Years ago, someone in my family had her kid kidnapped by the biological father, and I saw her hopelessness, and I got very interested to learn more about this topic from the point of view of a mother and a public health professional to raise awareness.
Any relevant financial relationships? No
I agree to comply with the American Public Health Association Conflict of Interest and Commercial Support Guidelines,
and to disclose to the participants any off-label or experimental uses of a commercial product or service discussed
in my presentation.
