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: : Poster Presentations : : Directory of Abstracts

 
 
> Alternative Medicine > Healthcare Delivery
> Child Health > Infectious Diseases
> Cultural, Social or Ethical Issues > Maternal & Women's Health
> Education > Other Global Health Issues 
> Epidemiology / Population Studies > Informational Poster
 
 



Alternative Medicine

1- Mei Li Kwong 
> Tea? With Vick's or Honey? CAM Use Among Hispanic Patients in Omaha, NE

2- Anthony Subov 
> Herbal Medicine Use in the Burmese Refugee Population

Child Health
3- Jennifer Albon
> Sports-based HIV Prevention Program for HIV-positive and HIV-negative Youth

4- Romeo Galang
> Tranquita, Travaglio, Taglio Cesareo: A Description of Pernatal Healthcare

5- Joshua J. Ennis 
> Prevention of Mother-Child Transmission of HIV in Rural Kenya: Barriers and Opportunities

6- Heidee Lund
> Asessing the Efficacy of Public Health Interventions in Rural India

7- Sanjay Gokhale
> Reducing Mortality in LB Babies - Field Experience of 20 Years in Rural India

Cultural, Social or Ethical Issues

8- NanaEfua Baidoo
> Cultural Beliefs, Attitudes and Social Practices that Impact Adolescent Reproductive Health and QOL in Bware, Kenya

9- Carolyn M. Green
> Project CURA: Medical Student Efforts at Uncerstanding, Alleviating Local and GH Disparities

Education
10- Kelly Anderson 
> The International Health Mentorship Project: Linking NGOs and Medical Students
to Facilitate Education in Global Health

11- Alexis Armenakis 
> Teaching Humanism and Cultural Humility through Global Health Immersion Programs

12- Bhavna Sivanand, Danielle Buechler
> The Use of the International Community Evaluation Tool to Increase Sustainability
of a De-worming Initiative in Hujibre, Ghana: A Pilot Study

13- William Hahn
> Cultural Competency Training: The Global Village as Classroom

14- Veronica S. Hernandez
> Development and Assessment of a Training Program for Introduction of
Personal Water Filters into Rural Dominican Communities


15- Mark E. Humphrey
> Multi-Discipline Approach to International Student Learning within a Rural Family Medicine Residency

16- Nadia Miniclier
> Interndisciplinary Health Care Team Perceptions of Each Other in an International Rotation


17- Nadia Miniclier
> University of Utah Physician Assistant Program's Clinical Medicine Service Elective in Ghana

18- Molly Jergenson
> Service and Learning in the Dominican Republic


19- Kelly Smith
> Sustainable Living Through Education



Epidemiology / Population Studies
20- Dana Allison 
> A Crisis: Effects of Refugee Resettlement on Healthcare Staffing in MaeLa Refugee Camp

21- Kenneth Andrews
> Effect of Health Insurance Type on Diabetes Management in the San Juan Metropolitan Area
of Puerto Rico: 2005 - 2007

22- Laurie Carrier
> Screening for Depression in Rural Honduras

23- Elizabeth Chapman
> Thirteen Years of Surveillance of HIV-1 Prevalence in Urban, Semi-urban and Rural Areas
in Western Uganda

24- Daniel Henderson 
> Socio-demographic Predictors of HIV Transmission Among Serodiscordant Couples in Lusaka, Zambia

25- Michael G. Ho
> Perceptions of Tobacco Advertising and Marketing that Might Lead to Smoking Initiation
among Chinese High School Girls

26- Aniebiet Uko Udofia 
> Analysis of hte Current Prevention / Treatment Plan for Malaria in Uyo, Nigeria

27- Bradley C. Wallis, Daniel J. Ricks, Jane Ricks
> Quantifying Incidence of Neonatal Disease in Peru

Healthcare Delivery
28- Neil Shah
> Putting a Bankd-Aid on a Corpse: Evidence from a Randomized Evaluation of Providing Incentives for Nurses in the Indian Public Health Care System

29- Kathy Jane Pedersen
> The Global Development of Physician Assistants

30- Shilpa Reddy 
> Disparities and Barriers in the Indian Healthcare System

31- Monique S. Tanna 
> Acute Vitamin D Toxicity and Self-medication in Developing Countries: Case report and review

32- Joseph Lynch, Teresa Lynch 
> Can We Diagnose and Treat Chronic Disease in a Third World?

33- Kenneth Yu
> Making a Difference - A Model of Partnerships to Deliver Global Health Education and Sustainable Solutions in an Underserved Sub-Saharan African Country: A Student Experience

34- Reginald Saint-Hilaire
> Making Connections - Using Telemedicine to Improve Patient care and Health Worker Satisfaction in Miami, FL and Cap Haitien, Haiti

Infectious Diseases
35- Bela Denes
> What More Can a Person Do? On the Success and Failure of a Community-based
and Individual-based Interventions in Malaria Prevention

36- Julia R. Hanebrink
> Analysis of Malaria Prevention Behavior Following Sensitizations in Uganda

37- Daniel King
> Three Generations of Recovery: War and Malaria 

38- Scott Larsen
> Schistosomiasis Prevalence, Detection, and Distribution in Barekuma, Ghana 

39- Shaun K. Morris
> Global Haemophilus influenzae Type b Conjugate Vaccine Use and Effectiveness

40- Pete L. Pelletier
> An Evaluation and Method Comparison of Techniques for Diagnosing Intestinal Parasites
in Kumasi, Ghana

41- Veronica Pimentel
> The Role of Econonic Dependency and HIV Risk in Pregnant Women in the Cape Verde Islands

42- Martine M. Holston
> Would Women Pay to Prevent Maternal Death? - An Analysis of Willingness to Pay for Misoprostol

43- Alicia Pittard
> Evaluation Seroprevalence and Risk Factors for HIV, Hepatits B and Syphilis Among Pregnant Women Attending an Antenatal Clinic in Guatemala City, 2005 - 2007

44- Stephanie Roberts
> Risk Factors, Prevalence and Perceptions of Maternal Syphilis in Jermie, Haiti

Maternal Health & Women's Health
45- Training Traditional Birth Attendants: A New Model for Integration
> Training Traditional Birth Attendants: A New Model for Integration

46- Chava Kahn, Eleanor Chung
> Cervical Cancer Prevention in Kisoro, Uganda: Piloting the See-and-Treat Method

47- Rushil G. Rao
> Project Medishare Surgical Specialty Program

Other Global Health Issues
48- Jennifer Biggs
> Performance Evaluation of Personal Water Filters in Rural Dominican Communities

49- James T. Howell-Burke
> 2007 ILAC Outpatient Surgical Center Programs

Informational Poster
50- Breyette Lorntz
> Update on the Trans-university Alliance of Institutes Networking for Global Health (TRAIN for GH)