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3052.0
Systems thinking

Monday, November 2, 2015: 8:30 a.m. - 10:00 a.m.
Oral
This session will feature presentations which discuss the importance of systems thinking in both public health policy and practice of public health. The discussion will incorporate global examples of the benefits of service delivery.
Session Objectives: Describe importance of systems thinking in the practice of public health and effective service delivery
Moderator:
Mike S. Bailey, MA

8:30am
Speaking the same language: Harmonizing how we measure stockouts and availability of contraceptives   
Suzy Sacher, MPH, Safia Ahsan, MBA, Ellen Tompsett, MBA and Dana G. Aronovich, MHS
Audio (mp3) recording Recorded Presentation (mp4)
  
8:40am
Ownership and Sustainability of Savings and Internal Lending Communities in Haiti   
Lisa Parker, PhD, Kednel Francois, Karen Foreit, PhD, Olbeg Desinor, MD and Toni Cela, MA
Audio (mp3) recording Recorded Presentation (mp4)
  
8:50am
Assessing public hospitals' new outsourcing policy in Botswana   
Elizabeth Ohadi, MPA, Heather Cogswell, MPH, MBA, Mompati Buzwani, MA Economics, Prince 2 Practitioner, Peter Stegman, Senior Economist, Naz Todini, MPA and Carlos Avila, MD, PhD
Audio (mp3) recording Recorded Presentation (mp4)
9:00am
High antenatal care but low skilled attendance at birth: What are underlying the health system factors?   
Patience A. Afulani, MBChB, MPH
Audio (mp3) recording Recorded Presentation (mp4)
9:10am
Outcomes of a large-scale multilevel economic and food security structural intervention on HIV vulnerability in rural Malawi: The SAGE4Health Study   
Lance S. Weinhardt, PhD, Loren W. Galvao, MD, MPH, Alice Fang Yan, MD, PhD, Patricia Stevens, PhD, FAAN, Emmanuel Ngui, DrPH, MSc, Thokozani Mwenyekonde, Lindsay Emer, PhD(c), Katarina Grande, MPH and Lucy Mkandawire-Valhmu, PhD, RN

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

Organized by: International Health
Endorsed by: HIV/AIDS, APHA-Committee on Women's Rights

CE Credits: Medical (CME), Health Education (CHES), Nursing (CNE), Public Health (CPH)

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