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Reproductive health & family planning I

142nd APHA Annual Meeting and Exposition (November 15 - November 19, 2014): http://www.apha.org/events-and-meetings/annual
Monday, November 17, 2014: 10:30 AM - 12:00 PM
Oral
This session will discuss why womens reproductive health and rights are in jeopardy in mnay parts of the world. Examples of the challenges faced by activits in addresing these challenges and examples of some succesful strategies will be discussed.
Session Objectives: Discuss why women do not have access to family planning in many societies. identify the cahllenges women face during their life span to their reproductive health needs.
Moderator:
Laura Altobelli, DrPH, MPH

10:30am
Reproductive Health Effects of a Safe Spaces, Financial Education and Savings Program for Vulnerable Adolescent Girls in Uganda
Karen Austrian, MPH, Eunice Muthengi, PhD, MPH and Ilana Shoham-Vardi, PhD, MPH
Audio (mp3) recording Recorded Presentation (mp4)
10:42am
Islam and contraception: Factors influencing contraceptive decision-making among urban Senegalese women
Kathryn Grimes, MPH
Audio (mp3) recording Recorded Presentation (mp4)
10:54am
Adapting an old-school tool for the new world: Gender integration to improve youth peer education anywhere and for anyone
Joy Cunningham, MPH, Robyn Dayton, MPH and Marta Pirzadeh, MPH
Audio (mp3) recording Recorded Presentation (mp4)
11:06am
Factors Associated with Intent-to-Use Contraceptives among Woman aged 15-49 Years in Mozambique: Results from a 2011 Nationally Representative Sample
Madhav P. Bhatta, PhD, MPH and Ramos Mboane, MD, MPH
Audio (mp3) recording Recorded Presentation (mp4)
11:18am
Barriers to routine screening for intimate partner violence in health care settings in Haiti
Anastasia Gage, PhD, Josue Deleon, MSc and Jean Guy Honore, MD
Audio (mp3) recording Recorded Presentation (mp4)

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

Organized by: International Health
Endorsed by: Population, Reproductive and Sexual Health, Women's Caucus, Community Health Workers, APHA-Committee on Women's Rights

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