2015 APHA Annual Meeting & Expo

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Recorded Annual Meeting Presentations (RAMP) are now available for purchase.
Only $90 for presenters, $140 for registered attendees and $200 for non-attendees.

Online Program

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Women's health policy & advocacy across issues

Monday, November 2, 2015: 10:30 a.m. - 11:30 a.m.
Poster
Various posters presentations will demonstrate the importance of researching the condition of women across the globe. Highlighting global health policies as a human rights issue impacting women lives and how policies across sectors play an important role in improving women's health.
Session Objectives: 1. Discuss how local, regional, national and international policies can impact women's poor health outcomes. 2. Discuss women's health rights as a human rights issue.

Board 1
Implementing Feminist Approaches in Public Health Leadership   
Cherise Charleswell, MPH
Board 2
Perceptions of Power Dynamics and Sexual Decision-Making among Rural College-Age African American Women   
LaTisha Oliver, DrPH(c), MA
Board 3
Selective abortion and radioactive contamination in Japan   
Toru Furui, PhD, PT., Masayo Furui, Ms and Sestuko Kida, Ms
        
Board 4
Women's rights are Human rights: A case study of pregnancy-associated deaths in Virginia   
Jennifer Bronson, PhD
Board 5
Access to mental health care: Immigrant women's dilemma   
Kamrun Mustafa, Ph. D CHES
Board 6
Medico-Juris Insight of Abortion in India:The Choice between Conscience & Consciousness   
Zebi Fatima, MBBS,Post Graduate in Obstetrics & Gynaecology and Danish Hasnain, BA.LLB., LL.M.
Board 7
Pregnant Workers Fairness Act: At the Intersection of Maternal Health, Discrimination, and Labor Law   
Liz Friedman, MFA, Leslie A. Mandel, PhD, MA, MSM and Lynne Man, PhD, MS, MPH
Board 8
Parental Disapproval and Difficulties Accessing Routine Health Care Influence Contraceptive Choice and Pregnancy Outcomes   
Catherine M. Branson, MPH
Board 9
Cross-sectional Analysis of Gender Equity Consciousness at a University Level   
Mae Rouhani, BS, MPH

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

Organized by: APHA-Committee on Women's Rights
Endorsed by: Ethics, Socialist Caucus, Women's Caucus, Asian & Pacific Islander Caucus for Public Health

See more of: APHA-Committee on Women's Rights