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Population Association of America (PAA)
2013 Annual Meeting
11–13 April

Guide to Population Council activities


Thu, 11 Apr
Platform Title Authors

Poster Sessions
8:00–10:00 am

"Contraceptive discontinuation and abortion: How strong is the motivation to avoid an unwanted pregnancy?"

Kanwal Eshai and Syeda Saman Naz

 

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

Syeda Saman Naz and Arshad Mahmood
 

"Clandestine abortion a greater challenge for Pakistani women—from bypassing mothers-in-law to husbands"

Iram Kamran
 

"Fertility intentions among people living with HIV and AIDS (PLWHA) in the ART era: Mixed methods evidence from Nairobi slums"

Eliud Wekesa and Ernestina E. Coast
 

"Male involvement in women's reproductive health in Kenya: A key approach to improving uptake of sexual and reproductive services by women"

Jackline Kivunaga, Timothy Abuya, Teresah Bange, Richard Mutemwa, James Kimani, and Charlotte Warren

 

Session P1: Fertility, Fertility Intentions and Family Planning (Napoleon Exposition Hall, 3rd Floor)

10:30 am–12:30 pm

"Barrier of distance and transportation cost to access maternity services in rural Bangladesh"

Kaji Tamanna Keya and Benjamin Bellows
 

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

Moshiur Rahman and Ubaidur Rob
 

Session P2: Health and Well-Being of Mothers, Children and Their Families (Napoleon Exposition Hall, 3rd Floor)

1:00–3:00 pm

"Community-level correlates of physical violence against unmarried female adolescents in Bangladesh"

Kristin VanderEnde, Ruchira Naved, and Sajeda Amin
 

"Identified changes in local climate and its impact on livelihood of coastal fisher communities: Evidence from Bangladesh"

Pronob K. Mozumder, Kaji Tamanna Keya, and Abdur Rob Mollah
 

Session P3: Population, Economics, Development and the Environment (Napoleon Exposition Hall, 3rd Floor)

3:30–5:30 pm "Adolescent pregnancy and education trajectories in Malawi"

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

 

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

Dela Kusi-Appouh
  Session P4: Children (Napoleon Exposition Hall, 3rd Floor)
Oral Session
4:30–6:00 pm

"Urbanization and climate change hazards in Asia"

Deborah L. Balk, Mark R. Montgomery, and Zhen Liu
  Session 78: Urbanization and Climate Change (Nottoway, 4th Floor)

Fri, 12 Apr

Platform Title Authors
Oral Session
8:30–10:00 am

"Fertility transition: Is sub-Saharan Africa different?"

John Bongaarts and John B. Casterline
 

Session 95: Fertility Transitions across Space and Time (Nottoway, 4th Floor)

Poster Session
9:00–11:00 am

"Health and social-behavioral outcomes of migrant women residing in the urban slums of Dhaka: Preliminary evidence from the SAFE study"

Sajeda Amin, Laila Rahman, Md. Irfan Hossain, Sigma Ainul, Ruchira Naved, and Ashish Bajracharya
 

Session P5: Marriage, Families and Women (Napoleon Exposition Hall, 3rd Floor)

Oral Sessions
10:15–11:45 am

"Migration among adolescents from rural Malawi"

Satvika Chalasani, Barbara S. Mensch, and Paul C. Hewett

  "Urban migration of adolescent girls: Quantitative evidence from developing countries"

Mark R. Montgomery, Deborah L. Balk, and Zhen Liu

  Session 113: Migration and Gender (Nottoway, 4th Floor)
Poster Sessions
11:30 am–1:30 pm
"Unintended pregnancy among rural women in Bangladesh"

Forhana Noor, Moshiur Rahman, and Benjamin Bellows

 

"Determinants of demand for safe sex among male migrants in India"

Indrani Gupta, Shalini Rudra, and Niranjan Saggurti
 

Session P6: Fertility, Mortality, Partners and Sexual Networks (Napoleon Exposition Hall, 3rd Floor)

Sat, 13 Apr
Oral Sessions
9:00–10:30 am

"The influence of female headship on adolescent transitions to adulthood in rural Malawi"

Pearl Kyei
 

Session 164: Transitions to Adulthood in Sub-Saharan Africa (Grand Ballroom B, 5th Floor)

 

"Effects of parental communication regarding sexuality, family planning and HIV on reproductive health outcomes among unmarried adolescent girls in rural Tanzania"

Eunice N. Muthengi and Abebaw Ferede

 

 

Session 172: Sexual Behavior and Contraceptive Use (Bayside C, 4th Floor)
Discussant: Erica Soler-Hampejsek

 

"Using verbal and social autopsies to explore health-seeking behaviour among HIV-positive women in Kenya: A retrospective study"

Rebecca Njuki, James Kimani, and Timothy Abuya
  Session 174: HIV/AIDS in the Era of ART (Grand Couteau, 5th Floor)
10:45 am–12:15 pm

Session 186: Social and Behavioral Aspects of Contraceptive Use (Oak Alley, 4th Floor)
Discussant: Ann K. Blanc

12:30–2:00 pm

"Performance-based incentive for improving quality of maternal health care services in Bangladesh"

Mohammad Masudul Alam, Ubaidur Rob, Md. Noorunnabi Talukder, and Farhana Akter

 

Session 209: Institutional Factors Influencing Maternal and Child Health and Survival (Rhythms Ballroom II, 2nd Floor)

 

Conference venue
Sheraton New Orleans
New Orleans, Louisiana

Information and resources will be available at the Population Council booth during the conference—space no. 301 in the Exhibit Hall.

Offsite link: PAA 2013 conference website


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