135 Poster: Gender Discrimination and Violence against Women

Thursday, April 30, 2009: 12:30-14:00
Sadrivaan A and B (The Hilton Istanbul Hotel )
The indirect effects of domestic violence on sustaining employment: Health and mental health issues
Martha L. Coulter, University of South Florida, College of Public Health, USA; Cara de la Cruz, University of South Florida, College of Public Health, USA; Carla VandeWeerd, University of South Florida, College of Public Health, USA
Patterns of minor psychiatric disorders among battered women clients of emergency care units
Iracema Viterbo Silva, Secretaria de Saúde do Estado da Bahia, Brazil; Estela Maria Aquino, Universidade Federal da Bahia, Brazil
Dating violence in the city of Manaus/Amazonas/Brazil
Kathie Njaine, Latin-American Center of Violence and Health Studies/ Oswaldo Cruz Fundation, Brazil; Simone Assis, Latin-American Center of Violence and Health Studies/ Oswaldo Cruz Fundation; Joviana Quintes Avanci, Latin-American Center of Violence and Health Studies/ Oswaldo Cruz Fundation; Fernanda Mendes Lages Ribeiro, Latin-American Center of Violence and Health Studies/ Oswaldo Cruz Fundation; Queiti Batista Oliveira, Latin-American Center of Violence and Health Studies/ Oswaldo Cruz Fundation
Social problems and its impact on the family: Gender-based violence -- A silent global pandemic
Padmini Murthy, New York Medical College School of Public Health, USA; Gopal Sankaran, West Chester University of Pennsylvania, USA, USA
Prevalence of female genital mutilation (FGM) in women and girls – Child in Ibadan, Nigeria
Hamidu A. Oluyedun, Oyo State Hospital Management Board, Nigeria
Values and attitudes of midwifery and nursing students on gender inequality and adolescent sexuality
Burcu Tokuc, Trakya University, Medical Faculty, Turkey; Ufuk Berberoglu, Trakya University Medical Faculty, Dept. of Public Health, Edirne / Turkey, Turkey; Gamze Saraçoglu, Namik Kemal University Medical Faculty, Turkey; Ülfiye Çelikkalp, Namik Kemal University, Turkey
Mortality after acute myocardial infarction in Chile: Is still different for women than men?
Carolina Nazzal, Universidad de Chile, Facultad de Medicina & Chilean Society of Cardiology, Chile; Maria Elena Alvarado, Universidad de Chile, Faculty of Medicine, Chile; Ramon Corbalan, Chilean Society of Cardiology, Chile; Faustino Tomas Alonso, University of Chile, Faculty of Medicine, Chile
Violence against women as a public health problem in Croatia: From practice to policy, from policy to practice
Gordana Pavlekovic, Andrija Stampar School of Public Health, Medical School Zagreb, Croatia; Marina Ajdukovic, Faculty of Law, Croatia; Danijela Lazaric Zec, Institute of Public Health, Istria County, Croatia
Violence against wives and associations with inconsistent condom use among clients of female sex workers in Haiti
Marie-Claude Couture, Université de Montréal, Canada; Julio C. Soto, Université de Montréal, Canada; Edit Akom, Centre de Coopération Internationale en Santé et Développement, Canada; Gérard Joseph, Projet D'Appui dans la Lutte contre les IST/VIH/SIDA en Haïti (PALIH), Haiti; Maria-Victoria Zunzunegui, Université de Montréal, Canada
Do determinants of domestic violence differ across regions? Evidence from Asia and Africa
Monika Sawhney, Tulane University School of Public Health and Tropical Medicine, USA
Violence towards married women in the provincial centre of Samsun
Ebru Kaynar Tuncel, Ondokuz Mayis University School of Medicine, Turkey; Cihad Dundar, Ondokuz Mayis University School of Medicine, Turkey; Yildiz Peksen, Ondokuz Mayis University School of Medicine, Turkey; Sevgi Canbaz, Ondokuz Mayis University School of Medicine, Turkey; Ahmet Tevfik Sunter Sr., Ondokuz Mayis University School of Medicine, Turkey
Prevalence and risk factors of domestic violence against married women and their attitude toward violence: A community based, cross-sectional study, Aydin, Turkey
Pinar Okyay, Adnan Menderes University, Turkey; Filiz Ergin, Adnan Menderes University, Turkey; Emine Didem Evci, Adnan Menderes University, Turkey; Mehmet Ali Bilgen, Adnan Menderes University, Turkey; Mete Onde, Adnan Menderes University, Turkey; Erdal Beser, Adnan Menderes University, Turkey