2015 APHA Annual Meeting & Expo

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Child survival & child health

Tuesday, November 3, 2015: 10:30 a.m. - 12:00 p.m.
Oral
This session will discuss the various success achieved with child health indicators across the globe. it will also discuss and highlight some of the best practices which have helped to achieve the MDG indicators. The presentations will also discuss the challenges faced and the various socio economic and cultural barriers in some regions which have slowed down the progress of MDGs being achieved.
Session Objectives: Describe programs that strengthen child health issues in international health settings. Discuss approaches and initiatives that lead to stronger child survival outcomes such as improved immunization programs.
Moderator:
Mary Anne Mercer, DrPH

10:30am
Immunization services accesses in pastoralist communities of Ethiopia   
Kibrom Tesfaye, MPH,BSc.
Audio (mp3) recording Recorded Presentation (mp4)
  
10:43am
Factors Associated with Childhood Mortality in the Democratic Republic of Congo, Demographic and Health Survey-2014   
Paul Law, MD, MPH, MS, Franklin Baer, MHS-TM, DrPH, Lawrence Sthreshley, DrPH, Jenny Tegelvik, MPH and Susan Durberstein
Audio (mp3) recording Recorded Presentation (mp4)
  
10:56am
Role of Poverty on Participation and Outcomes in an Integrated Child Survival-Early Childhood Development Project in Rwanda   
Bridget Lavin, PhD, Amy Coombe, PhD, Jacqueline Nzaramba, Joseph Ngamije and Khrist Roy, MD
Audio (mp3) recording Recorded Presentation (mp4)
11:09am
Introduction of a non-traditional cord care practice in Haiti: Evaluation of a community-based campaign   
Susan Walsh, DNP, C-PNP, Heather Sipsma, PhD, Kathleen F. Norr, PhD, Girija Sankar and Leslie Cordes, MD, FAAP
11:22am
Social and health care policies on breastfeeding and its impact on child health status across developing countries   
Monika Sawhney, PhD, MSW
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: Vietnam Caucus, Breastfeeding Forum, APHA-Committee on Women's Rights

CE Credits: Medical (CME), Health Education (CHES), Nursing (CNE), Public Health (CPH) , Masters Certified Health Education Specialist (MCHES)

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