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Community based primary health care

142nd APHA Annual Meeting and Exposition (November 15 - November 19, 2014): http://www.apha.org/events-and-meetings/annual
Tuesday, November 18, 2014: 10:30 AM - 12:00 PM
Oral
This session will discuss why community based primary health care has been succesful in low and mid income countries in improving the health indicies. Presenters will discuss specific examples of these positive outcomes and best practices .
Session Objectives: Define community based primary health care Discuss positive outcomes of investing in community based primary health care
Moderator:
Paul Freeman, DR PH. MBBS, MHP(ED) MPH(TH)

10:30am
Trends in utilization of antenatal care and skilled delivery for pregnancies ending between 1995 and 2011 in rural Ethiopia: How has usage changed following implementation of the Health Extension Program?
Rieza Soelaeman, M.P.H. and Nolawi Taddesse, M.P.H.
Audio (mp3) recording Recorded Presentation (mp4)
10:42am
Equipping Community Based Primary Health Care Workers to Prevent, Diagnose, and Manage Non-Communicable Diseases
Sarah Shannon and Zena Herman
Audio (mp3) recording Recorded Presentation (mp4)
10:54am
Implementation of Community Case Management of Malaria in Burundi: Initial Results and Lessons Learnt
Jennifer Weiss, MPH, Megan Christensen, MPH, Joseph Jasperse, MPH and Delphin Sula, MPH
Audio (mp3) recording Recorded Presentation (mp4)
11:06am
Knowledge and practice of health workers, health extension workers and community volunteer surveillance focal persons towards AFP case detection and reporting in pastoralist and semipastoralist areas of Ethiopia
Muluken Alemu, MPH and Filimona Bisrat, MD, MPH
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11:18am
Health systems strengthening in rural Zimbabwe: Identifying strategies to improve Community Health Worker performance
Rukundo Kambarami, MSPH, Mduduzi Mbuya, Ph.D., Jean Humphrey, Sc.D., Naume Tavengwa, MSW, Robert Ntozini, MPH, Cynthia Chasokela, M.Ed.(AdEd) and Rebecca Stoltzfus, Ph.D.
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See individual abstracts for presenting author's disclosure statement and author's information.

Organized by: International Health
Endorsed by: Community Health Workers, APHA-Committee on Women's Rights

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