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

4095.0
Outstanding research in women's health

Tuesday, November 3, 2015: 10:30 a.m. - 11:30 a.m.
Poster
This session is multifaceted. Attendees will gain insight into domestic and international issues affecting women's health. Attendees will learn more about initiatives around fully paid maternity leave, polycystic ovarian syndrome, and intersectionality. Attendees will also be able to learn more about female genital alteration, how the Affordable Care Act affects family planning, and other cutting edge topics related to women's health.
Session Objectives: After attending this session, participants will be able to: 1. Describe issues affecting women's health at a global level 2. Identify ways in which policy and media shape women's health
Organizer:
Keri Norris, PhD, MPH, MCHES

Board 1
A real-world assessment of out-of-pocket contraceptive costs before and after the implementation of the Affordable Care Act in the U.S   
Amy Law, PharmD, MS, Lonnie Wen, RPh, PhD, Jay Lin, PhD, MBA, Krishna Tangirala, BAMS, MPH, Edio Zampaglione, MD and J Sanford Schwartz, MD
Board 2
Analyzing historical trends and identifying potential impacts of the Affordable Care Act on Title X family planning centers   
Emily Jones, MPH
Board 3
Intimate partner violence screening practices in California after passage of the Affordable Care Act   
Brittnie Bloom, MS, Paula Tavrow, PhD and Mellissa Withers, PhD, MHS
Board 4
Text mining of National Institutes of Health (NIH) R01 grant critiques: Does the sex and race of the principal investigator make a difference?   
Anna Kaatz, PhD, MPH
Board 5
How preconception care is framed in online media?   
Coralia Vazquez-Otero, JD, MPH, Erika Thompson, PhD, MPH, CPH, Cheryl A. Vamos, PhD, MPH, Stephanie L. Marhefka, PhD and Ellen M. Daley, PhD, MPH
Board 6
Weight, weight perception, and eating disturbances in American high school females from 1999-2013   
Amy Schumacher, MS
Board 7
Illness perceptions of women living with polycystic ovary syndrome   
Elizabeth Baker, PhD, MPH, CPH
Board 8
When the Health Behavior Change model embraces social epidemiology using the intersectionality: The influence of women's social experiences on their health-related decision making processes   
Yangsun Hong
Board 9
Female genital alteration: A novel clinical categorization system   
Kavita Arora, MD, MBE and Allan Jacobs, MD, JD
Board 10
Using process evaluation to identify implementation barriers and solutions for a physical activity program for Latinas   
Deborah Parra-Medina, PhD, MPH, DeAnne K. Hilfinger Messias, PhD, RN, FAAN and Laura Esparza, MS, CHES

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

Organized by: Women's Caucus
Endorsed by: Aging & Public Health, Population, Reproductive and Sexual Health, Public Health Education and Health Promotion, Breastfeeding Forum, Black Caucus of Health Workers, APHA-Committee on Women's Rights

See more of: Women's Caucus