American Public Health Association Annual Meeting and Exposition
Date
November 06, 2010 – November 10, 2010
Description
Next weekend, public health professionals from around the globe will gather at the Annual American Public Health Association (APHA) Meeting and Exposition in Denver, Colorodo. This meeting serves as a place to unite the public health community and gives public health professionals the opportunity to enhance their knowledge and exchange new ideas and best practices. For a schedule of presentations or posters from HAI staff and affiliates please see below:
MONDAY (NOVEMBER 8)
8:30 AM
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Oral Presentation: Becky Bartlein (Discussant). Health Workers in Conflict: The role of health workers in conflict and post conflict settings. (3042)
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Oral Presentation: Becky Bartlein, Amy Hagopian. 8th Annual Western Regional International Health Conferences (WRIHC) as a means to increase health workers' engagement in war prevention efforts: A case study. (3042)
10:30AM
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Panel: Amy Hagopian (Moderator and presenting). The value of APHA policy in a progressive public health advocacy. (3130)
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Jirair Ratevosian. Organization of Organizations: Working in collaboration to Advance Global Health Policy. (3130)
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Meredith Fort. Mobilizing a national campaign for an International Currency Transaction Levy to fund global health. (3130)
1:42 PM
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Oral Presentation: MaryAnne Mercer. Ten years after the holocaust: The evolution of the NGO role in Timor-Leste. (3223)
2:30 PM
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Poster: Wendy Johnson. Exploratory analysis of the facility and community-level factors associated with PMTCT abandonment in Central Mozambique. (3268)
TUESDAY (NOVEMBER 9)
10:50 AM
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Oral Presentation: Meredith Fort. Analysis of the Influence of the International Monetary Fund policies on health systems strengthening in low- resource countries. (4125)
10:30 to 12:00
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Noah Derman, Presenter. New Professionals panel: Hiding Symptoms: Men's Perception of Health and Access to Care in Rural Thailand. (4105)
11:00 AM
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Oral Presentation: Julia Robinson. Picking up the pieces: Implementing pMTCT and strengthening public health sectors in a post conflict setting - the case of Bouake, Cote d'Ivoire. (4104)
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Wendy Johnson, Presenter. Integrating Comprehensive HIV Care into Routine Maternal Health Services Improves Access and Quality. (4104)
2:30 pm
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Oral Presentation: Sarah Hohl. Transforming the future: What are the critical competencies to prepare the next generation of global health professionals. (4287)
3:24 PM
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Oral Presentation: Meredith Fort. Assessment of Coverage, Quality, and Equitable Utilization of a Primary Health Care in Guatemala (4286)
4:30PM
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Poster: Julia Robinson. Knowledge and Perspectives on Barriers to Pediatric HIV testing of HIV-positive mothers and Health Workers in Bouake, Cote d'Ivoire. (4326)
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Poster: Erin Hurley. Knowledge and perceptions of HIV & STIs among Amazonian indigenous health practitioners in Peru. (4326)
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Poster: Julia Robinson. China Medical Team in Sudan: A Descriptive Study. (4327)
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Oral Presentation: Catherine Cunningham. Social Workers as connectors in community level disease control efforts in Kassala, State, Sudan. (4388)
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Oral Presentation and Roundtable: Becky Bartlein and Amy Hagopian. The Role of Public Health Practitioners in Relation to Armed Conflict and War: A Conversation to Explore Interdisciplinary Opportunities to Implement APHA's 2009 Policy Statement to Advance Public Health Overall. (3771)
WEDNESDAY (NOVEMBER 10)
8:30 AM
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Poster: Julia Robinson. Socio-cultural factors that influence PMTCT in Cote d'Ivoire: A qualitative inquiry. (5009)
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Poster: Natalie Stahl. When housing first lasts: What residents experiences can teach us about housing longevity. (5002)
10:30 AM
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Oral Presentation: Agnes VanDyke. A Collaboration between the University of Namibia and the University of Washington.(5115)
For further information about the APHA meeting schedule please click here.
Location
Denver, Colorodo