Population Council Research that makes a difference

"Migration aspirations among young people in Egypt: Who desires to migrate and why?" (abstract)

Session 005—Migrant Aspirations and Stategies
(Room 104, Convention Hall, 1st Floor)

"Effectiveness of using comic books to communicate HIV and AIDS messages to in-school youth: Insights from a pilot intervention study in Nairobi, Kenya" (abstract)

"Improving maternal health through sexual and reproductive health rights awareness and life skill based training: Experience in Bangladesh" (abstract)

Session 009—Promoting Sexual and Reproductive Health Among Adolescents: What Works?
(Room 108, Convention Hall, 1st Floor)
Chair: Annabel Erulkar

Session 017—Reducing the Vulnerability of Adolescents and Young People to HIV and STIs
(Room 101, Convention Hall, 1st Floor)
Chair: Chi-Chi Undie
Discussant: Harriet Birungi

"Communicating with siblings about sexual and reproductive health: Likelihood, gendered patterns, and learning mechanisms among adolescents" (abstract)

"Evaluating the impact of the Ishraq program in Egypt" (abstract)

Session 024—Raising Young People's Awareness of Sexual and Reproductive Health Matters: Opportunities and Challenges (Room 108, Convention Hall, 1st Floor)

"Does distance and transportation cost matter? Access to maternity services by Bangladeshi rural women" (abstract)

Session 027—Factors Associated with Maternal Health Seeking and Utilization

Session 028—Repositioning Family Planning
(Room 202, Convention Hall, 2nd Floor)
Chair: Zeba Sathar

"Body weight perception and weight management behaviour among normal weight, overweight and obese women in India" (abstract)

Session 029—Nutrition Disorders, Health and Mortality (Room 203, Convention Hall, 2nd Floor)

"How much can improvement in contraceptive continuation rates raise prevalence in Pakistan?" (abstract)

Session 033—Poster Session for Sexuality and Reproductive Health (Poster Section B, Convention Hall Lobby, 3rd Floor)

Session 049—The Determinants of Health Behaviours Among Adolescents (Room 109, Convention Hall, 1st Floor)
Chair: Dela Kusi-Appouh*

"The influence of social health protection mechanisms and community level factors on facility delivery and antenatal care use in Cambodia: A multilevel modeling approach" (abstract)

Session 051—Evaluation of Maternal and Child Health Policies, Programs and Services (Room 201, Convention Hall, 2nd Floor)

Session 064—Adolescent Health, Risk Behaviors, and Mortality (Room 109, Convention Hall, 1st Floor)
Discussant: Dela Kusi-Appouh*

Session 065—Education and Labour Force (Room 110, Convention Hall, 1st Floor)
Chair: Cynthia Lloyd

Plenary Session
5:30–7:00 pm

Session 071—UNFPA Plenary: Population in the Post-2015 Development Agenda (Grand Ballroom, Convention Hall Lobby, 3rd Floor)

Girls on the Move: Adolescent Girls and Migration in the Developing World
Panel discussion, 7:00–8:30 pm. Convention Hall Room 102
RSVP to lhimiak@popcouncil.org

Satvika Chalasani, Christine A. Kelly, Barbara Mensch, and Erica Soler-Hampejsek

Session 080—Adolescent and Youth Transitions, School and Work (Room 109, Convention Hall, 1st Floor)
Chair: Zeba Sathar

Session 082—Contraceptive use dynamics in developing countries (Room 201, Convention Hall, 2nd Floor)
Chair: Anrudh Jain

"Integrating sexual and reproductive health and HIV services in public health facilities: Evidence on men's involvement and uptake of services in Kenya" (abstract)

"Integration of family planning: An example from two regions in Ghana" (abstract)

Emmanuel Osei Kuffour, Abisola Noah, Placide Tapsoba, Selina Fosuaa Esantsi, Eunice Adjei, and Amos Laar

Session 083—Issues in Integration of SRH Services (Room 202, Convention Hall, 2nd Floor)

"Common link between policies conducive to both fertility transition and demographic dividend" (abstract) (PDF)

Session 093—Demographic Windows of Opportunity and Economic Growth (Room 107, Convention Hall, 1st Floor)

Session 101—Spatial Diffusion of Demographic Behaviour (Room 213, Glass Hall, 2nd Floor)
Chair: Mark Montgomery

"Determinants of health insurance ownership among women in Kenya: Evidence from the 2008–09 Kenya Demographic and Health Survey" (abstract)

Session 116—Financing Universal Health Care in Developing Countries (Room 107, Convention Hall, 1st Floor)

"Determinants of intrauterine device usage among women of reproductive age in three states of north India" (abstract)

"How acceptable are injectable contraceptives? Experiences of users and health care providers in India" (abstract)

Session 120—Demand for Long Acting Family Planning Methods (Room 201, Convention Hall, 2nd Floor)

"Young couples: How to meet their contraceptive needs to space births?" (abstract)

Session 121—Couple Fertility and Contraceptive Decision-making (Room 202, Convention Hall, 2nd Floor)

Session 124—Neighbourhood Effects and Demographic Outcomes (Room 213, Glass Hall, 2nd Floor)
Chair: Mark Montgomery

"Fertility intentions among people living with HIV and AIDS (PLWHA) are fraught with ambivalence: Mixed methods evidence from Nairobi slums" (abstract)

Session 126—Fertility and HIV (Room 102, Convention Hall, 1st Floor)

"Community-level effect of the maternal health voucher program on out-of-pocket spending on delivery services at private health facilities in Uganda" (abstract)

"Out-of-pocket expenses for maternity care in rural Bangladesh: A public-private comparison" (abstract)

Md. Moshiur Rahman, Forhana Rahman Noor, and Ubaidur Rob

"Subsidizing consumer cost for obstetrics and newborn care in Bangladesh: Opportunities and challenges" (abstract)

Session 131—Pay-for-Performance and Other Mechanisms to Achieve Universal Health Care (Room 107, Convention Hall, 1st Floor)

Session 134—Marriage and Gender Relations (Room 110, Convention Hall, 1st Floor)
Chair: Sajeda Amin

"Family size and educational outcomes among young people in India" (abstract)

Session 139—Macro and Micro Perspectives on Education/Fertility Dynamics (Room 213, Glass Hall, 2nd Floor)

Session 148—Children and Youth (Room 108, Convention Hall, 1st Floor)
Discussant: Shireen J. Jejeebhoy

"The implementation of preferences for male offspring" (abstract)

Session 150—Prenatal Sex Selection (Room 110, Convention Hall, 1st Floor)

"Promoting gender equity and spousal communication as a strategy to change contraceptive-related attitudes and behavior among young men in rural India" (abstract)

Session 151—Sexual and Reproductive Health Services to Meet Men's Needs (Room 201, Convention Hall, 2nd Floor)

Session 152—Advances in Research on Abortion in Sub-Saharan Africa (Room 202, Convention Hall, 2nd Floor)
Discussant: Harriet Birungi

"Effects of sedentary lifestyle and dietary habits on body mass index change among adult women in India: Findings from a follow-up study" (abstract)

Session 155—Biological and Behavioural Aspects of Health and Mortality (Room 213, Glass Hall, 2nd Floor)

Session 158—The Changing Patterns of Marriage and Partnerships and Their Effects on Fertility (Room 103, Convention Hall, 1st Floor)
Discussant: Sajeda Amin

Session 165—Inequalities in Education (Room 110, Convention Hall, 1st Floor)
Chair: Cynthia Lloyd

"Changing pattern of care seeking for abortion complications: Do poor Pakistani women have better options now?" (abstract)

Session 167—Advances in Research on Unsafe Abortion and Its Consequences (Room 202, Convention Hall, 2nd Floor)

Session 174—Poster Session for Education and Labour Force (Poster Section D, Convention Hall Lobby, 3rd Floor)
Chair: Cynthia Lloyd

Session 178—Poster Session for Children and Youth (Poster Section H, Convention Hall Lobby, 3rd Floor)
Chair: K.G. Santhya

"Population and Development Review"

Session 187—Getting Published in Peer-reviewed Journals: What Editors Look For (Room 109, Convention Hall, 1st Floor)

"Contraceptive discontinuation and abortion: Exploring the links in Pakistan" (abstract)

Session 190—Contraception, Unintended Pregnancy and Induced Abortion (Room 202, Convention Hall, 2nd Floor)

Ubaidur Rob, Md. Noorunnabi Talukder, Laila Rahman, Ismat Ara Hena, Mst. Farhana Akter, and Nargis Sultana

Session 195—The Health Transition and Mortality Decline: The Impact of Interventions and Programmes (Room 102, Convention Hall, 1st Floor)

"Family dynamics and school performance: Examining the role of parental relationship on school performance among unmarried youths in India" (abstract)

Session 199—Family and Educational Outcomes for Youth (Room 106, Convention Hall, 1st Floor)

"Where are the data? Sources and challenges facing the researcher examining population-climate change relationships"

Session 201—Population and Socioeconomic Scenarios for Climate Change Research (Room 108, Convention Hall, 1st Floor)

IUSSP Laureate Award Ceremony
2013 IUSSP Laureate: John Bongaarts
7:00 pm

Session 217—Learning Outcomes: School and Family Factors (Room 108, Convention Hall, 1st Floor)
Chair: Christine A. Kelly

"Examining nonconsensual sex and risk of reproductive tract infections and sexually transmitted infections among young married women in India" (abstract)

Session 218—Gender-based Violence (Room 109, Convention Hall, 1st Floor)

"Uptake of contraception following childbirth: An opportunity to address high unmet need in Pakistan" (abstract)

Session 236—Factors Affecting Contraceptive Continuation and Switching (Room 202, Convention Hall, 2nd Floor)
Discussant: K.G. Santhya

"Maternal and perinatal death review at the facility: An approach to the collection and analysis of data on mortality in Bangladesh" (abstract)

Mst. Farhana Akter, Ubaidur Rob, and Ismat Ara Hena

Session 241—Poster Session for Health, Mortality and Longevity (4) (Poster Section B, Convention Hall Lobby, 3rd Floor)

Session 243—Poster Session on Education and Labour Force (Poster Section D, Convention Hall Lobby, 3rd Floor)
Chair: Cynthia Lloyd

"Climate change adaptation among fisher communities in coastal region of Bangladesh" (abstract)

Session 247—Poster Session for Population and the Environment (Poster Section H, Convention Hall Lobby, 3rd Floor)

"Urban migration of adolescent girls: Quantitative results from developing countries" (abstract)

Session 257—Migration and Gender (Room 110, Convention Hall, 1st Floor)
Chair: Mark Montgomery

"Contraceptive use dynamics in South Asia: Has there been enough choice?" (abstract)

Session 259—Determinants of Contraceptive Use and Method Choice (Room 202, Convention Hall, 2nd Floor)

Coffee with 2013 IUSSP Laureate John Bongaarts
3:00–4:00 pm, Population Council Booth no. 25

"To the fullest extent of policy: Post-abortion care in Kenya" (abstract)

Saumya RamaRao, Chi-Chi Undie, Francis Obare, Lynn Van Lith, Hannah Searing, and Mercy Wahome

Session 263—Right to Health in Developing Countries (Room 101, Convention Hall, 1st Floor)

Deborah Balk and Mark Montgomery

Session 277—Risk Mapping (Room 213, Glass Hall, 2nd Floor)

Session 298—Diverse Realities: Understanding the Educational Trajectories of Young People (Room 106, Convention Hall, 1st Floor)
Chair and discussant: K.G. Santhya