Population Council Research that makes a difference

"Linkages and referral for integrated sexual and reproductive health services: An experience from Kenya" (Track 1)

Oral Sessions
1:30–3:00 pm

"A systematic review of voucher program design and function: Demand-linked maternal healthcare finance"

Session—Enhancing Provision and Use of Maternal Health Services Through Financial Incentives (Location: Old Manyara)

3:30–5:00 pm

"Community perceptions on dehumanization of childbirth: Manifestations and contributors in Kenya"

Session—Respectful, Humanized Care is Quality Care (Location: Kagera)

Oral Sessions
11:00 am–12:30 pm

"Stories from the field: Promising practices to promote respectful maternity care"

Session—Quality of Facility-based Maternal Health Services (Location: Manyara)

"A quality assurance system to measure the institutional obstetric care performance in Bangladesh"

Session—Techniques for Measuring Quality of Care (Location: Mbuni)

Special Session—Global Community of Concern on Respectful Maternity Care (PDF) (Location: Twiga)

Moderator: Kathleen Hill

Speakers: Deborah Armbruster, Lynn Freedman, and Mande Limbu

"Men's support in uptake of sexual and reproductive health services: Men's perceptions of seeking services together with their partners in Kenya"

Session—Men: Untapped Partners in Maternal Health? (Location: Tausi)

"Beyond skilled attendance: A critical assessment of indicators for monitoring the quality of maternal health care"

Session—Approaches to Monitoring Quality of Care (Location: Kagera)

Plenary Session 3
9:00–10:30 am

Respectful Maternal Health Care

(Location: Simba)

Note: This session will be live streamed at www.gmhc2013.com

Rose Mlay (moderator), Kathleen Hill, Charlotte Warren, Brenda d'Mello, and Mande Limbu

Oral Sessions
11:00 am–12:30 pm

"Evaluating the population-level impact of the maternal health voucher program in Uganda"

Session—Evaluating Impact: Incentives for Institutional Delivery (Location: Twiga)

Ben Bellows

"Treating patients with severe preeclampsia and eclampsia in Oaxaca, Mexico: Three complementary studies"

"Magnesium sulfate for treatment of severe preeclampsia and eclampsia: An avoidable gap in physician standard care in México"

Session—Clinical Issues in Eclampsia (Location: S.317)

"Multi-disciplinary approach in prompting dignified and respectful childbirth: Emerging lessons from two districts in Kenya" (Track 4)

"Unintended pregnancy and its effect on maternal health among rural women in Bangladesh" (Track 5)

"Manifestations, type and prevalence of disrespect and abuse during childbirth in Kenya"

Session—Defining and Measuring Disrespect and Abuse of Women During Childbirth (Location: Themi)

3:30–5:00 pm

"Role of national nutrition program on utilization of antenatal care service utilization in rural Bangladesh"

Session—Examining Models for ANC: Experiences from Bangladesh, India, Nigeria, and Tanzania (Location: Mbayumbayu)

"Using an intimate partner violence screening tool in public health care settings in Kenya: An innovative approach to improving the quality of maternal health care"

Session—Intimate Partner Violence: Implications on Access to Maternal Health Care (Location: S.318)