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ABSTRACT

All paper presenters are required to register and submit their full paper not later than November 30, 2010. Only the lead author or presenter will be fully funded by the conference organizers.


List of accepted abstracts:

Theme A: Special health care concerns: nutrition security, reproductive health, gender, health and development


1) Health Care Seeking Behaviours of First-time Adolescent Mothers
   Authors: Bas, Isabelita, Feranil, Alan B, Borja, Judith

2) Vox Populi, Vox Dei: Davao Catholics Walk the RH Talk
   Authors: Ababon, Fides, Cabarde, Romeo Jr., Fuentes, Jeff Ysulat, et.al.

3)Health-related Quality of Life Among the Clinical Instructors of Brokenshire College
   Author: Malonzo, Elizabeth Morata

4) Voices of Women and their Children: Polygamy and Its Social Dimensions Within the Islamic Families
  Authors: Abang, Jadeeyah, Munoz, Jamilla, Plariza, Paula, et.al

5) Does the Hand that Hold the Purse Strings Rule the World? (Exploring Financial Management Patterns Among Couples in Metro Cebu)
   Authors: Avila, Josephine and Fehringer, Jessica

Theme B: Population-based health care initiatives: Implementation and Evaluation, community participation and health care, disaster and health, migration and health, and health ethics.


1) Traditional Ecological Knowledge System in Mitigating the Effects of Dengue and Malaria Outbreak
   Author: Gascon, Mervin

2) A New Challenge for Filipino Mental Health Professionals
   Authors: Navarro, Carmen Ma. and de Guzman Enna

3) The Dependency Needs in the Activities of Daily Living Performance Among Elderly
   Author: Inocian, Pepito Ergie

Theme C: Emerging and Re-Emerging Infections: HIV/AIDS/STIs, Dengue, and AH1N1


1) TT.TC. Promoting Healthy Social Norms via HIV Testing among MARPS and the MSM in Zamboanga Peninsula, Basilan, Sulu, and Tawi-tawi
   Authors: Rivera, Jejunee, Ledesma, Aenar and Sta. Catalina, Evangelista

2)Through Dimly Lighted Roads: Sexual Experiences of Men Having Sex with Men in Davao City
   Author: Fuentes, Jeff Ysulat

3) Awareness of Clients on Pulmonary Tuberculosis and their Health Practices
   Author: Leorna, Ma. Teresita

Theme D: Recently Adopted approaches in Health Social Science Research, Health Systems Research and Improvement of Health Care


1) Expressions of Felt Marginalizations: Negotiating Reproductive Health in Mindanao’s Armed Conflict
   Author: Cabarde, Romeo

2) Utilization of Allogeneic Red Blood Cell Units in Elective Gynecologic Surgeries
   Authors: Inocian, Pepito Edsel and Ruelan, Richard

3) Hoku Cryokinetics: Alternative Labor Pain Reduction Strategy
   Authors: Ysmael, Fleoy, Bejoc, Jillian, and Alforque Mari Louise