2015 APHA Annual Meeting & Expo

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Nutrition and malnutrition

Tuesday, November 3, 2015: 2:30 p.m. - 4:00 p.m.
Oral
This session will feature presentations which address the importance of healthy nutrition in creating healthy communities. The vicious cycle of malnutrition , disease and poor health and the factors contributing to this with specific exampes will be discussed.
Session Objectives: Discuss latest findings in nutrition and malnutrition. Describe programs focusing on population-based malnutrition activities.
Moderator:
Elvira Beracochea, MD, MPH

2:30pm
Identifying barriers and enablers in the Dietary Management of Type 2 Diabetes in Clinic Patients in M'Bour, Senegal   
Evan Foley, BA and Rhonda Belue, PhD
Audio (mp3) recording Recorded Presentation (mp4)
2:43pm
Intra-household Power Dynamics and Early Initiation of Breastfeeding among a National Sample of Tanzanian Women   
John Hembling, MPH, Dorothy Brewster-Lee and Mary Hennigan
Audio (mp3) recording Recorded Presentation (mp4)
2:56pm
Dietary Diversity, Food Security and Vitamin A Consumption in Rural Tigray, Ethiopia   
Rebecca J Schwei, MPH, Haile Tesfay, PhD, Frezer Asfaw, Wellington Jogo, PhD and Heidi Busse, MPH
Audio (mp3) recording Recorded Presentation (mp4)
3:09pm
"We pass out information with doubts on our faces": Training nutrition counselors in infant and young child feeding   
Kathryn Reinsma, DrPH, MS, Giordana Morales, BS, Godlove Nkuoh, BSC and Ghislaine Feugo, BS
Audio (mp3) recording Recorded Presentation (mp4)
3:22pm
Building Social Capital for the Prevention of Malnutrition: The Nutrition Security Program in Haiti   
Altrena Mukuria, DrPH, Jutile Loiseau, MD, Gaetane Blanc, Yves-Laurent Regis and Carl Rahmaan
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: Food and Nutrition, 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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