1. THE 2nd INTERNATIONAL CONFERENCE ON PUBLC HEALTH
AMONG GREATER MEKONG SUB-REGIONAL COUNTRIES
Hue College of Medicine and Pharmacy, 30-31 August 2010
DAILY PROGRAMME
Time Session
30 AUGUST 2010
PAGODA HALL, CENTURY HOTEL
8:00-8:30 Registration
8:30 - 9:15 Introduction
Dr. Nguyen Minh Tam
Dr. Dang Thi Anh Thu
Faculty of Public Health, Hue College of Medicine and Pharmacy
Welcome address & Opening Speech
A/Prof. Cao Ngoc Thanh
Rector of the Hue college of Medicine and Pharmacy
Chairman Organising Committee,
Dr. Vo Van Thang
Dean, Faculty of Public Health, Hue College of Medicine and
Pharmacy
Speech by Guest-of-Honour
Dr. Nguyen Trong Hau
Representative of Atlantic Philanthropies
Scientific Presentation
Moderators: A/Prof. Tran Huu Dang, Prof. Michael Dunne, Prof. Peter Hill, Dr.
Vo Van Thang, A/Prof. Pattara Sanchaisuriya, A/Prof. Sing Menorath, Dr.
Nguyen Trong Hau

2. 9:15 - 10:15 • Risk of road traffic injury after alcohol consumption in
Vietnam
Dr. Nguyen Minh Tam, Hue Faculty of Public health
• Prevalence of HIV Infection and Risk Factors of
Tuberculosis Infection among Household Contacts in an
HIV Epidemic Area: Chiang Rai Province, Thailand
• A/Prof. Pornnapa Suggaravetsiri, Khonkaen Faculty of Public
health
• Exploring Postnatal Depression in Thua Thien Hue, Central
Vietnam
Linda Jenniffer Murray, MPH, PhD student, QUT
• Some determinations of urinary tract infection in Children
from 2 months to 6 in Hai Phong, Vietnam in 2008
Dr. Dang Van Chuc, Hai Phong Medical College
10:15-10:45 Teabreak and Poster exhibition
10:45-11:45 • Using Block Curricula: A New Approach to improve HIV
and AIDS Pre-Service Training in Hai Phong, Vietnam
Dr. Pham Xuan Truong, Pathfinder International
• Hypertension prevalence and related factors in elderly
people in Khanh Hoa Province, Vietnam
Dr. Le Tan Phung, Khanh Hoa provincial health service
• Cancer Control Program in Thua Thien Hue Province,
Vietnam, 2008-2009
Dr. Nguyen Dinh Tung, Hue Central hospital
• Evidence for effectiveness of intervention in newborn care:
Has district newborn care unit addressed newborn health
problems in Nhu Thanh and Ngoc Lac hospitals, Thanh
Hoa Province, Vietnam?
Dr. Nguyen Van Hai, Save the Children USA
• Aligning research with policy: the Evidence for Health
Policy in Vietnam (VINE) Project
Prof. Peter Hill, University of Queensland, Australia
11:45-12:00 Plenary Discussion

3. 12:00-13:00 Lunch
13:30-14:45 • The association between socioeconomic status and
depression in Vietnamese adults: Pilot study
Dr. Doan Vuong Diem Khanh, Hue Faculty of Public health
• Risk factors of pre-diabetes in adults aged 45 years and
older in Cau Ngang District, Tra Vinh Province
Dr. Cao My Phuong, PhD student, Hue Faculty of Public
health
• The influence of educational pressure on the mental health
of adolescents in East Asia: Methods and tools for research
Prof. Michael Dunne, Queensland University of Technology,
Australia
• Research on actions of community mobilization to improve
sanitation enviroment for ethnic minorities in especially
difficult region of Dong Hy district, Thai Nguyen Province
Dr. Nguyen Phuong Lan, Thai Nguyen Faculty of Public health
• Factors influencing the decision-making regarding place of
delivery among mothers with a child aged less than one year
in three provinces of Lao DPR
Dr. Xaysomphou Douangphachanh, University Health of
Sciences, Lao PDR
14:45-15:00 Plenary Discussion
15:00-15:30 Teabreak and Poster exhibition
15:30-17:00 • Evaluate the effects of Ketamine (Pain relief drug) in
prehospital trauma care a controlled clinical trial in Quang
Tri, Vietnam
Dr. Tran Kim Phung, Quang Tri provincial health service
• Some mental health proplems and influential factors of
secondary school students in Hanoi, Vietnam
Hoang Khanh Chi, MPH, Hanoi school of Public Health

4. • Assessing Cost-Effective interventions to reduce the burden
of harm associated with alcohol misuse: ACE Alcohol
Prof. Christopher Doran, New South Wales University,
Australia
• Assessment of knowledge, attitudes and practice on using of
personal protective equipment in rattan craftsmen at trade
village, Kien Xuong district, Thai Binh province, Vietnam
Dr. Truong Cong Dat, Thai Binh Medical College
• Health financial burden and ability to access health care
services of households in Thuy Van commune, Huong Thuy
District, Thua Thien Hue Province
Dr. Nguyen Hoang Lan, Hue Faculty of Public Health
17:00-17:15 Plenary Discussion
17:15-17:30 Closing
18:30 Gala Dinner at Riverside Restaurant, Century hotel
31 AUGUST 2010
MEETING ROOM 2, HUE COLLEGE OF MEDICINE AND PHARMACY
8:30-10:30 Leadership meeting among Greater Mekong Sub-Regional
Faculties of Public Health
14:00 Visiting Hue

5. POSTER PRESENTATION
Code of Article Name Author
poster
P.1 Organochlorine pesticides and polychlorinated Hoang Trong Si
biphenyls in human breast milk in the suburbs of Hue Faculty of Public Health
Hue city, Vietnam: preliminary result
P.2 Malnutrition status and related factors among ethnic Dinh Dao
minority children under 5 years old at North Tra My PhD student, Hue Faculty of Public
district, Quang Nam province in 2010 Health
P.3 Malnutrition Status and Related factors in children Pham Thi Hai
under 5 years old in Kon Tum province, 2008 Hue Faculty of Public Health
P.4 Anemia in primary school-children of two highland Dang Thi Anh Thu
communes in Nam Dong district, Thua Thien Hue Hue Faculty of Public Health
Province
P.5 Research on chronic hepatitis B virus infection and Vo Dang Anh Thu
risk factors in patients with liver cancer in the Hue Faculty of Public Health
hospital of Hue college of Medicine and Pharmacy
P.6 Research on malaria situation at the border Hoang Ha
communes in Huong Hoa District, Quang Tri PhD student, Hue Faculty of Public
Province in the year 2010 Health
P.7 A study on the use of contraceptive injections in Phan Dang Tam
women of reproductive age who were married in MPH student, Hue Faculty of
Aluoi district, Thua Thien Hue province 2006-2009 Public Health
P.8 Dental caries situation of secondary school students Nguyen Huu Hai
in Huong Tra District, Thua Thien-Hue Province MPH student, Hue Faculty of
Public Health
P.9 Accessibility to mental health care and perceptions Vo Van Thang
of mental health in Thua thien Hue Province, Hue Faculty of Public Health
Vietnam
P.10 Assessment of health educational outcomes Doan Phuoc Thuoc
about lipids, using a network of community health Hue Faculty of Public Health
workers in Hue City
P.11 Anemia, meat consumption and hookworm infection Nguyen Van Hoa
in women of reproductive age in the Nam Dong Hue Faculty of Public Health
mountainous District, Thua Thien Hue Province
P.12 Study on physical and psychomotor development Hoang Thi Bach Yen
and some related factors of infants in Hue city- Hue Faculty of Public Health
Vietnam, 2009-2010
P.13 Acute respiratory infections in children of nusery Dang Nhu Phon
schools in Hue city MPH student, Hue Faculty of
Public Health
P.14 Study on the prevalence of HBsAg Ngo Viet Loc
seropositivity in people in Thua Thien Hue Province Hue Faculty of Public Health
P.15 Risk factors of overweight and obesity among Phan Thi Bich Ngoc
primary school pupils in Hue city, Vietnam Hue Faculty of Public Health
P.16 Using the model “meal seen and practised” for the Nguyen Minh Tuan
prevention and control of malnutrition of ethnic Thai Nguyen College of Medicine

6. minority children under 5 years old and Pharmacy
P.17 The incidence and causative bacteria of urinary tract Nguyen Ngoc Sang
infection in children from 2 months to 6 years old in Hai Phong Medical College
some areas of Hai Phong, Vietnam in 200
P.18 Cultural considerations in community’s perceptions Nguyen Thai Quynh Chi
of applying verbal autopsy Hanoi School of Public Health
P.19 Milk fortification with iron ethylene diamine Nitchatorn Panomai
tetraacetate (NaFeEDTA) supposed to be a KhonKaen Faculty of Public health
preventive measure against iron deficiency for
primary school children in Thailand
P.20 Epidemiological study of serotyping and genotyping Thitima Nutravong
of Streptococcus suis in Thailand KhonKaen Faculty of Public health
P.21 Potential Development of System Management, Chatchawal Kiratiworasakun
Operation and Maintenance of Village Ground KhonKaen Faculty of Public health
Water Supply System in Huai Sam Mor
Watershed, Khon Kaen Province
P.22 Eating patterns and nutritional status of type 2 Benja Muktabhant
diabetic patients with good and poor glycemic KhonKaen Faculty of Public health
control in Nongbualumphu hospital, Thailand
P.23 Work environment hazards for Musculoskeletal Sunisa Chaiklieng
disorders among university office workers KhonKaen Faculty of Public health
P.24 Health Seeking Behavior Assessment for Sychareun Vanphanom
Respiratory Illness in the Lao People’s Democratic University Health of Sciences, Lao
Republic (Laos) PDR
P.25 Smoking among Lao Medical Doctors: Challenges Sychareun Vanphanom
and opportunities for tobacco control University Health of Sciences, Lao
PDR
P.26 Health care providers’ STI knowledge and attitudes Ketkesone Phrasisombath
towards female sex workers with symptoms of University Health of Sciences, Lao
sexually transmitted infections in Lao People's PDR
Democratic Republic
P.27 Study on hypertension situation at Dong Ha town, Le Thi Thu Trang
Quang Tri in 2008 Quang Tri provincial Health
Service
P.28 An Assessment of the treatment response for the Nguyen Dung
epidemic of influenza A (H1N1) in Thua Thien Hue Thua Thien Hue Provincial Health
Province in 2009 Service
P.29 Cancer Incidence in the Population of Thua Thien Nguyen Dinh Tung
Hue Province, Vietnam, 2001-2009 Hue Central Hospital
P.30 Involvement of private sector in HIV/AIDS Pham Duc Minh
prevention in Vietnam – a public-private partnership Pathfinder International
(PPP) model: Increase access to STI services of the
Most at risk population (MARPs)
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