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Arusha, Tanzania: 10-14 December 2007
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Session P-4:
Poster Session 4

Friday, December 14
12:45 PM - 2:15 PM
Karafuu Lobby
Ngorongoro Wing. Ground Floor
Chair: Nyovani Madise, University of Southampton

1. Scolarisation des filles dans l’enseignement de base et risque de tensions sur le personnel et les infrastructures scolaires au Bénin : Klouékanmey un exemple typique  •  Alphonse M. Affo, Centre de Formation et de Recherche en matière de Population (CEFORP); Léonie Tovo

2. Perceptions, knowledge and health seeking behaviour about danger signs in pregnancy among women of reproductive age in Ife-Ijesha zone, Nigeria  •  Abiola Alabi, Obafemi Awolowo University

3. Urbanization and childhood mortality in Nigeria  •  Diddy Antai, Karolinska Institutet; Gebrenegus Ghilagaber, Stockholm University; Joaquim Soares; Gloria Macassa, Karolinska Institutet

4. The importance of parents for access to education: Findings from South Africa  •  Solveig Argeseanu Cunningham, Emory University; Victoria Hosegood, London School of Hygiene and Tropical Medicine (LSHTM); Christopher R Cunningham, Syracuse University; Caterina Hill, Africa Center for Health and Population Studies

5. Impact of ART rollout on sexual and fertility behaviour in Uganda  •  John Bosco Asiimwe, Makerere University

6. African women, employment and fertility behavior  •  Farah Asna-Ashari, Ministry of Education, Iran

7. Crèche facilities and working (nursing) mothers in Akure southwest Nigeria  •  Omotosho Babatunde, University of Ado-Ekiti

8. L’échec scolaire : réalités et enjeux : Coup de projecteur sur le cas guinéen  •  Alhassane Balde, Université Paris Descartes

9. Statuts d’orphelin et de travailleur chez les enfants en RCA : Analyse de la situation et recherche des déterminants  •  Antoine Banza-Nsungu, Institut de Formation et de Recherche Demographiques (IFORD)

10. Communities assuming responsibility for their own health care  •  Dina Bebawi, Pathfinder International; Gamal El Khatib, Pathfinder International; Andy Cole, Pathfinder International; Shahira Hussein, Pathfinder International

11. La situation des enfants orphelins du sida en matière de scolarisation en Afrique: le cas du Burkina Faso  •  Esther Belemwidougou, Université de Paris X, Nanterre

12. Using vouchers to pay for performance and reach the poor: The Kenyan Safe Motherhood initiative  •  Ben Bellows, University of California, Berkeley; Richard Muga, National Coordinating Agency for Population and Development, Kenya; Francis Kundu, National Coordinating Agency for Population and Development, Kenya; Julia Walsh, University of California, Berkeley; Malcolm Potts, University of California, Berkeley

13. Women’s health behavior in Ghana: Effects of education, residence, lineage, self-determination and social support networks  •  John Boateng, Pennsylvania State University; Constance Flanagan, Pennsylvania State University

14. La mortalité infantile et juvénile en Algérie  •  Dr Boualem OUZRIAT, Association maghrébine pour les études de la population (AMEP)-Section Algérie

15. La déperdition des soins prénatals au Tchad  •  Franklin Bouba Djourdebbe, Institut de Formation et de Recherche Demographiques (IFORD)

16. Inégalités régionales de mortalité infantile en Tunisie  •  Ibtihel Bouchoucha, Institut national d'études démographiques (INED); Jacques Vallin, Institut National d'Études Démographiques (INED)

17. Uganda family planning programs: Lessons from the field  •  Paige A Bowen, Minnesota International Health Volunteers; Jolene Mullins; Laura Ehrlich, Minnesota International Health Volunteers; Diana Dubois, Minnesota International Health Volunteers

18. Reproductive risk: A 2007 assessment  •  Nada Chaya, Population Action International; Sarah Haddock, Population Action International

19. Re-examining living standards and childhood mortality in Malawi  •  Henry V Doctor, Columbia University

20. Population dynamics, poverty and child well-being in Africa: Comparative evaluation of the impact of population dynamics and poverty on the status of vulnerable children in Africa, the case of Khartoum, Sudan  •  Yasir Elmubarak, University of Gezira, Sudan

21. Child malnutrition in Cameroon: Does legitimacy of birth matter?  •  Jacques Emina Be-Ofuriyua, African Population and Health Research Center (APHRC)

22. Unaccompanied minors from Morocco, migrating from the rural areas to Tangier to try to reach the European shores  •  Nuria Empez, Universitat Autònoma de Barcelona; Alejandro Muñoz, Independant Consultant

23. Les fistules obstétricaux : Etat des lieux au grand nord Cameroun. Connaissance, attitude, perception, comportement et vécu quotidien  •  Sebastien Mveing, Institut National de la Statistique du Cameroun; Félicien Fomekong, Institut National de la Statistique du Cameroun

24. Economic inequality in preventive maternal and child health care: A study of rural India  •  Avishek Hazra, International Institute for Population Sciences (IIPS); Debabrata Bera, International Institute for Population Sciences (IIPS); Puspita Datta, International Institute for Population Sciences (IIPS)

25. The youth carry the burden of poverty is only that they do not know coz they depend on their parents / friends  •  Oluoch Isaac

26. Maternal health care seeking behaviour in Rwanda  •  Anuja Jayaraman, Independent Consultant; Tesfayi Gebreselassie, Macro International Inc.; S. Chandrasekhar, Indira Gandhi Institute of Development Research

27. Using the DHS to monitor the well-being of South Africa’s older persons  •  Jané D. Joubert, Medical Research Council of South Africa; Debbie Bradshaw, Medical Research Council of South Africa; Beatrice Nojilana, Medical Research Council of South Africa; Lindiwe L Makubalo, South African Department of Health

28. Mortalité maternelle à Kinshasa: Itinéraires thérapeutiques et accès aux soins obstétricaux dans les structures de référence  •  Eugénie Kabali Hamuli, Université Catholique de Louvain

29. Les facteurs de la prise en charge médicale de la grossesse et de l'accouchement au Burkina Faso.  •  Mahamoudou Kabore

30. Will young Africa survive the impact of ageing Europe? Analysis of the uncertainty  •  Lwechungura C Kamuzora, University of Dar es Salaam

31. Gender dimension of poverty and the Millennium Development Goals in Namibia  •  Maria Bernadethe Kaundjua, University of Namibia

32. Middle Africa is demographically trapped  •  Maurice King, Leeds University

33. Household environment’s association with math and reading test scores in Ghana  •  Pearl Kyei, University of Pennsylvania

34. Using the Bongaarts model in explaining fertility decline in Urban areas of Uganda  •  Yovani Moses A Lubaale, Makerere University; Joseph B Kayizzi, Makerere University

35. Amélioration de la santé maternelle et infantile : l’expérience d’une intervention communautaire au Burkina Faso  •  Abdoulaye Maïga, Université de Ouagadougou; Banza Baya, Université de Ouagadougou; Gabriel Sangli, Université de Ouagadougou

36. “But what happens to the poor?”- Economic inequality in preventive aspects of maternal and child health care in rural Nigeria  •  Sumit Mazumdar, International Institute for Population Sciences (IIPS); Papiya Guha Mazumdar, International Institute for Population Sciences (IIPS)

37. Differentials in treatment seeking for common childhood illnesses in Tanzania: Does economic status matter?  •  Sumit Mazumdar, International Institute for Population Sciences (IIPS); Papiya Guha Mazumdar, International Institute for Population Sciences (IIPS)

38. Le VIH Sida et le travail des enfants au Congo Brazzaville  •  Eric Armel Mbalamona, Centre d'études et de recherche sur les analyses et les politiques économiques (CERAPE)

39. Les Déterminants de la déscolarisation des filles à Yaoundé (Cameroun).  •  Louise Moyo; Samuel Kelodjoue, Université de Dschang

40. Factors affecting the chance mechanism of maternal deaths in Africa  •  Dilip C. Nath, Gauhati University

41. Income inequality in South Africa: The possible negative effects of decreasing discrimination  •  Emily Nix

42. Fancy things, education and variability in self-reported morbidity: The case of adult women in Accra, Ghana  •  Maame Nketsiah, Harvard School of Public Health

43. Managing migration in Sub-Saharan Africa with particular reference to Ghana  •  Michael Kofi Nsiah, Sunyani Polytechnic

44. Les inégalités dans l’accès aux soins de santé maternelle au Gabon  •  Nicole Ntsame Ondo, Ministère de la Planification et du Développement, Gabon; Edwige Nfoume Ella, Direction Générale de la Statistique et des Etudes Economiques (DGSEE)

45. Evaluating four approaches to community-based programming for orphans and vulnerable children in Kenya and Tanzania  •  Florence Nyangara, Futures Group; Minki Chatterji, Mathematica Policy Research, Inc.; Tonya Thurman, Tulane University; Timothy Wakabi, Axios Foundation; Zaharani Kalungwa, Axios Foundation; Lawrence Ikamari, University of Nairobi; Nana Koran, Tulane University; Kathy Buek, Futures Group Europe

46. How are the children? Community-based approach to monitoring and evaluation of child well-being in Sub-Saharan Africa  •  Florence Nyangara, Futures Group; Karen O’Donnell, Duke University; Robert Murphy, Duke University; Beverly Nyberg

47. Exploring the link between non-marital childbearing and entry into conjugal unions among South African women: Competing alternatives?  •  Nompumelelo Nzimande, University of KwaZulu-Natal

48. The social and economic determinants of maternal morbidity and mortality in Nigeria  •  Olasupo P. Ogunjuyigbe, Obafemi Awolowo University; Ayotunde Titilayo, Obafemi Awolowo University

49. Socio-cultural factors that determine actions that constitutes elder abuse among Nigerians  •  Uzoma O Okoye, University of Nsukka, Nigeria; Pepertua L Tanyi, University of Nsukka, Nigeria

50. Adolescents transition: The challenges and the way out (the African perspective)  •  Olukunle Omotoso, University of Ibadan

51. Fertility levels, trends, and differentials in Kenya: How does the own children method add to our knowledge of the transition?  •  Collins Opiyo, University of Pennsylvania; Michael Levin, Harvard University

52. Croissance de la population en Afrique et ses liens avec la pauvreté. Cas de la scolarisation universelle en 2010 en Mauritanie?  •  Ahmede Ould Dih, Ministère de l'Economie et des Finances

53. Determinants of fertility decline in Malawi: An analysis of the proximate determinants  •  Martin E. Palamuleni, North-West University, South Africa

54. Changing age-sex structure in selected African countries and their implication on socio-economic development, 1950-2030  •  Martin E. Palamuleni, North-West University, South Africa; Moses Kibet, North-West University, South Africa

55. Levels, Patterns and Determinants of Marital Fertility among Low Contraceptive Communities of Southern Ethiopia: Experience of Resistant to Fertility Decline  •  Nigatu Regassa, Hawassa University

56. Fostering children orphaned by AIDS in contemporary Uganda  •  China R Scherz, University of California, San Francisco

57. Pauvreté, Santé et Gouvernance territoriale  •  Abdoulaye Tall, Ministère du Plan et du Développement Durable

58. Maternal health care in five Sub-Saharan African countries  •  Emmanuel O. Tawiah, University of Ghana

59. Child mortality and socioeconomic differentials: An analysis of disparities by migration status  •  Kevin J A Thomas, Pennsylvania State University

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