Past Seminars: Fall 2008
Department of Population and Family Health Seminars Adolescent Seminars

December 1, 2008: Dr. Stephen Nicholas, MD
A Family AIDS Program in the Dominican Republic

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November 24, 2008: Dr. John Koku Awoonor-Williams MD, MPH, Dr. Jim Phillips, MS, PhD and Ms. Alison McDonald, MPH
Accelerating Scaling Up: The Nkwanta Initiative in Rural Ghana

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Thursday, November 20: (Special Event) Lisa Polen and Emily Jackson: Understanding women's attitudes towards unplanned pregnancy:  A secondary data analysis.  
Monday, November 17: (Special Event) Susan Newcomer, MA, PhD
Leaping the Hurdles and Navigating the Maze: Obtaining Funding from the NIH
November 19, 2008: Dr. Wendy Chavkin, MD, MPH
The 2008 Election and Women's Health
November 17, 2008: Mr. Sergio Matos, BS, CHW
The Function of Community Health Workers in the Public Health System
Thursday, November 13: (Special Event) Stephane Helleringer,
Networks of Concurrent Sexual Partnerships and HIV Risk in a Small Sub-Saharan Population 

November 10, 2008: Dr. Melissa Gilliam, MD, MPH
The Postpartum Adolescent Birth Control Study

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November 12, 2008: Dr. Kate O’Connell  
Abortion In the United States

October 20, 2008: Dr. Marty Klein, Ph.D.
America's War on Sex: The Attack on Law, Lust, and Liberty

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November 5, 2008: Catherine Stayton and Hilary Parton
Engaging Teens on Critical Health Topics: Taking Advantage of New Media Tools

October 13, 2008: Dr. Catherine S. Todd, M.D., MPH
Reproductive Health Research in Afghanistan: Putting Stories toNumbers

October 29, 2008:   Journal Club  

October 9, 2008: María del Carmen Elu Cayado (Special Event) Maternal Mortality in Mexico: Social-Cultural Approach

October 22, 2008: Dr. Neil Boothby, Ed.D.
What Happens When Child Soldiers Grow-up? The Mozambique Life Outcome Study

October 8, 2008: Dr. Joanne Csete, PhD, MPH (Special Event) Contributions of Rights-Centered Approaches to Health Policy and Programs Related to Use of Illicit Drugs 

October 15, 2008: Dr. James Colgrove, Ph.D., MPH   
Keep Your Laws Off My Daughter's Body: The Politics of HPV Vaccination

October 6, 2008: Dr. Therese McGinn, DrPH
Rebuilding the Reproductive Health System in DRC – How Can We Help?
October 8, 2008: Judith Steinhart 
Sexual Ignorance is Not Bliss: Access to Information and Teen and Grown-Up Self-Esteem

September 29, 2008: Dr. Linda Cushman, Ph.D. and Ms. Ana Jiminez, MSW
Adolescent Migration between the Dominican Republic and United States:  A Qualitative Study

October 1, 2008: Dr. John Santelli, M.D., MPH Medical Accuracy in Sexuality Education Ideology and the Scientific Process 
September 22, 2008: Dr. Alastair Ager, Ph.D., Dr. Les Roberts, Ph.D., and Lindsay Stark, MPH
Developing a Methodology for Identifying Incidence of Human Rights Violations in Humanitarian Settings: The Neighborhood Method
September 24, 2008: Darlene Torres
Overview of Violence Issues in the LGBT Community

September 15, 2008: Dr. Laurel Baldwin-Ragaven, M.D.
Dual Loyalty in Public Health: Human Rights Implications for Practitioners

September 17, 2008: Dr. Vaughn Rickert, Psy.D.
Brief Interventions to Increase HPV Vaccine Acceptance in School-Based Health Centers