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Selected Presentations by Population Council Staff and Colleagues
Names of Council researchers and colleagues appear in boldface type.
    

Tuesday, 11 December

10:45 am–12:45 pm
 

Topic 4: Maternal Health, and Young Child Survival and Development
 

Session 18: Community-based Approaches to Improving Child and Maternal Health

"Using community resources to provide maternal and child health services: Lessons learned from developing countries" (abstract)

Authors: Ubaidur Rob and Md. Noorunnabi Talukder
 

Topic 5: Schooling and Employment

 
Session 20: Evaluations of Interventions to Improve Schooling Outcomes

"Gender differences in schooling experiences among adolescents in Malawi" (abstract)

Authors: Paul C. Hewett, Barbara S. Mensch, Joseph Chimombo, and Richard Gregory
 

12:45–2:15 pm
 
Session P-1: Poster Session 1

"Women's autonomy and fertility in urban poor communities in Sudan" (abstract)

Authors: Ghada Ibrahim and Marwan Khawaga

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"Medical care–seeking behavior and child health in sub-Saharan Africa: The role of maternal age and socioeconomic status" (abstract)

Authors: Francis Obare and Collins Opiyo
 

2:15–4:15 pm

Topic 9: Family, Gender and Households
 

Session 29: Changing Household Structures and Socioeconomic Roles

"Changing patterns in age at marriage and childbirth in Rwanda" (abstract)

Authors: Anuja Jayaraman and S. Chandrasekhar
 

Wednesday, 12 December

4:30–6:30 pm

Topic 2: Reproductive Health and Family Planning

Session 55: Family Planning in Kenya

Chair: George Kichamu
Discussant: Ian Askew
 

Thursday, 13 December

8:30–10:30 am

Topic 9: Family, Gender and Households

Session 65: Gender Inequities and Inequalities

"Empowerment of women and links to child's health in Egypt" (abstract)

Authors: Ghada Ibrahim and Marwan Khawaga
 

10:45 am–12:45 pm

Topic 3: Migration and Urbanization and Their Consequences on Development

Session 72: Migration and Urbanization

"Seasonal migration, HIV risk perceptions, and condom use in rural Ghana for women aged 15–49" (abstract)

Authors: Maya N. Vaughan-Smith, J. Koku Awoonor-Williams, and James F. Phillips
 

12:45–2:15 pm Session P-3: Poster Session 3

"Adolescent early marriage in northern Nigeria: Evidence to effective programmatic intervention" (abstract)

Authors: Andrew S. Karlyn and Annabel Erulkar
 

2:15–4:15 pm

Topic 5: Schooling and Employment

Session 76: Experiences and Impacts of Universal Primary Education Policies on Human Development

Chair: Frederick Mugisha
Discussant: Paul C. Hewett
 

Friday, 14 December

12:45–2:15 pm Session P-4: Poster Session 4

"Maternal health care–seeking behavior in Rwanda" (abstract)

Authors: Anuja Jayaraman, Tesfayi Gebreselassie, and S. Chandrasekhar
 

2:15–4:15 pm

Topic 8: Sexual Behavior and Sexuality

Session 99: Household and Family Influences on Adolescent Sexuality

"Communication between parents and children on RH/HIV/AIDS issues in Senegal" (abstract en français)

Authors: Alioune Diagne and Nafissatou Diop
 

 


 

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24 October 2007