2015 APHA Annual Meeting & Expo

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Online Program

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Community based primary health care

Tuesday, November 3, 2015: 2:30 p.m. - 4:00 p.m.
Oral
The presenters in this session will present the importance of providing community based primary health care which is affordable and accessible to communities. The barriers to providing effective primary health care services and delivery will be part of the discussion and strategies on how to to improve the delivery of these services will be also highlighted.
Session Objectives: Describe programs based on community health approach to solving healthcare issues. Discuss approaches and initiatives that strengthen community health workers and initiatives for better health outcomes.
Moderator:
Elvira Beracochea, MD, MPH

2:30pm
Acute Flaccid Paralysis Surveillance Status and Community Awareness on Polio in Pastoralist and Semi Pastoralist Communities of Ethiopia   
Kibrom Tesfaye, MPH,BSc.
Audio (mp3) recording Recorded Presentation (mp4)
2:43pm
Involved Citizen Project: A community based first aid training program   
Annelies DeWulf, MD, MPH, Adam R Aluisio, MD, MS, Briana L Hecht, MD/MPH candidate and Christina Bloem, MD, MPH
Audio (mp3) recording Recorded Presentation (mp4)
2:56pm
Ensuring access to and appropriate use of medicines for integrated community case management (iCCM): It takes a system   
Jane Briggs, Beth Yeager and Mohan P. Joshi, MBBS, MSc, MD
Audio (mp3) recording Recorded Presentation (mp4)
3:09pm
Consanguinity and G6Pd Deficiency in Omani Children- A Community Based Cross-Sectional Study   
Sumaiah Farook
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: 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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