Topics

1.	Fertility transitions
2.	Sexual and reproductive health
3.	Family planning
4.	Adult health, mortality, and aging
5.	Maternal, newborn, and child health
6.	Children, youth, and transition to adulthood
7.	Migration patterns, trends, and consequences
8.	Determinants and consequences of urbanization
9.	Marriage and family
10.	Population and development
11.	Population, environment, and climate change
12.	Population and gender
13.	HIV/AIDS, STIs, and sexual behavior
14.	Programs and policies
15.	Methodological issues
16.	Special sessions and panel discussions
P.	Poster sessions

 

1. Fertility transitions

6.	Theories of contemporary fertility transitions
18.	Status and patterns of African fertility transitions
47.	Fertility desires: measurement, determinants, and consequences
64.	Consequences of fertility on child health and schooling
80.	Fertility transition in Africa: case studies
82.	Fertility in the context of HIV/AIDS
108.	Case studies of exceptionally low and high fertility rates and stalled transitions in Africa
114.	Infertility and secondary sterility

 

2. Sexual and reproductive health

12.	SRH needs for teens, women, and men
17.	Sexual and reproductive health rights
52.	Trends, determinants and consequences of induced abortion
83.	Gender and SRH: issues of masculinity and femininity
86.	Sex and sexuality in Africa
112.	Socio-cultural practices and reproductive health
127.	Costs and demand for abortion

 

3. Family planning

28.	Social benefits of investments in family planning
49.	Male involvement in contraceptive decision-making
56.	Men’s roles in family planning
91.	Contraceptive use dynamics in the postpartum period
103.	Emerging patterns and determinants of contraceptive use
115.	Comparative studies of determinants of contraceptive use
122.	Case studies in addressing barriers to contraceptive use and enhancing commodity security

 

4. Adult health, mortality, and aging

7.	Levels and causes of adult mortality
22.	Trends in aging and adult health
59.	Trends, patterns, and consequences of non-communicable diseases in Africa
62.	National policies, intergenerational transfers, and the wellbeing of the elderly

 

5. Maternal, newborn, and child health

45.	Determinants and trends in child mortality
50.	Determinants and trends in maternal mortality
53.	Men’s roles in maternal and child health
63.	Inequalities in child health and mortality
94.	Policy, system, and service level drivers of progress in achieving MDGs 4 and 5
109.	Country experiences in building health systems to achieve MDGs 4 and 5
120.	Utilization of maternal health services

 

6. Children, youth, and transition to adulthood

21.	Trends and determinants of schooling
51.	Child labor and vulnerability: trends and national policies
57.	Schooling, employment, and the transition into adulthood
81.	Fertility among teens and young adults
95.	Schooling trends and determinants 2
98.	Determinants of school outcomes

 

7. Migration patterns, trends, and consequences

30.	Immigration policies and migrants’ strategies
41.	Migration flows: new destinations and return migrations
46.	Consequences of international migration
60.	International migration and human capital
70.	Refugees and internally displaced persons
84.	Female migration
113.	Migration, remittances, and development in origin countries
118.	Migration and adaptation of migrants
119.	Female migration 2

 

8. Determinants and consequences of urbanization

9.	Patterns, trends, and consequences of urbanization
61.	Urban health
69.	Urban livelihoods
85.	Migration and urbanization
89.	Urban context and health
104.	Urban planning and policy

 

9. Marriage and family

8.	Trends and determinants in union formation
31.	Trends and determinants in union dissolution
87.	Marriage markets, endogamy, polygamy, and heterogamy
92.	Gender roles in African families
111.	Child fosterage and adoption

 

10. Population and development

48.	Demographic dividends and MDGs in Africa
54.	Fertility, marriage, and women’s labor force participation
55.	Population and economic outcomes at the micro and macro levels
97.	The youth bulge and social unrest
106.	Impacts of health on socioeconomic development

 

11. Population, environment, and climate change

26.	Population, food production, and water resources
32.	Climate change and health interlinkages
58.	Population and adaptation to climate change
68.	Population, environment and conflict
105.	Land use systems in the context of climate change

 

12. Population and gender

44.	Demographic change and implications for gender roles
67.	Gender, sexuality, and vulnerability
99.	Gender-based violence
102.	Gender inequalities in demographic outcomes
110.	Gender and labor force participation
121.	Structural violence

 

13. HIV/AIDS, STIs, and sexual behavior

23.	Epidemiology and demography of HIV/AIDS
65.	Socioeconomic impact of HIV/AIDS
93.	Behavioral responses to HIV/AIDS
100.	Emerging patterns of sexual networking in the era of HIV/AIDS
126.	Sexually transmitted infections
131.	Sexual behavior among youth

 

14. Programs and policies

20.	Evaluations of population interventions
90.	Evaluation of programs in family planning and HIV/AIDS
117.	Program evaluations using random experiments or simulations
129.	Lessons on integration of population in poverty-reduction policies (Cancelled)

 

15. Methodological issues

16.	Civil registration systems
25.	Demographic surveillance systems
88.	Data quality
96.	Ethical issues in research
101.	New or under-used methods
116.	Anthropological demography and qualitative research
123.	Methodological issues in estimation of maternal, infant, and child mortality
124.	Emerging conceptual and methodological issues
128.	Innovative data collection approaches

 

16. Special sessions and panel discussions

1.	Opening Ceremony
2.	Burkina Day: Poster Session
3.	Burkina Day: Migration
4.	Burkina Day: Employment
5.	Burkina Day: Reproductive health
10.	Side meeting: MME Info: Demonstration of a new tool to access the latest maternal mortality estimates and related data
11.	Side meeting: Launch of Guttmacher Institute report, “Benefits of Meeting Women’s Contraceptive Needs in Burkina Faso"
13.	Reproductive strategies in response to HIV
14.	African Demography and the World Bank: How to chart the way forward
15.	UAPS Plenary Session I
19.	The financial burden of unsafe abortion in Africa
24.	Scientific proposal development
27.	2010 Round of censuses
29.	Contemporary population trends in Latin American and the Caribbean: family, reproductive health and migration
33.	Induced abortion in Africa: incidence, measurement, care, and policy
34.	UAPS General Meeting
35.	Side meeting: Multiple Indicator Cluster Surveys (MICS): UNICEF's household population-based survey programme
36.	Side meeting: Partners in Population and Development, ARO (Cancelled)
37.	Side meeting: Sharing experience - Four decades of family planning and birth spacing, as well as demography and population matters in Africa, from policy to implementation
38.	Side meeting: African Population Studies - African dissertation writing series
39.	Side meeting: CEPED: Training, research and promotion prospects, and relations with partners and the International Relations Directorate and partnerships with INED
40.	Side meeting: UAPS environment panel
42.	Side meeting: Health and sexual and reproductive rights for all
43.	UAPS Plenary Session II
66.	Side meeting: UAPS gender panel
71.	Burkina Day: Site visits
72.	Side meeting: Reunion du Comite de UIESP sur le renforcement de la formation démographique en Afrique francophone
73.	Side meeting: Strengthening training and regional networks in demography
74.	Side meeting: PAA-IOC Panel on qualitative and mixed-methods research in Africa
75.	Side meeting: IUSSP-UNFPA project on indirect estimation
76.	Side meeting: UAPS fertility panel
77.	Side meeting: UNICEF's Multiple Indicator Cluster Surveys (MICS): topics for potential researchers and data users
78.	Side meeting: Weathering change: Stories about climate and family from women around the world
79.	ISSP 20th Anniversary Celebration
107.	UAPS Elections
125.	Side meeting: Population Action International panel discussion on global RH and HIV programs and policies
130.	Recent demographic change in sub-Saharan Africa: A decomposition approach
132.	Side meeting: Parliamentarians and heads of population and reproductive health secretariats
133.	Side meeting: Enabling Africa’s highest fertility countries to develop: Investing in girls and young women, while making family planning realistically available
134.	Closing Ceremony

 

P. Poster sessions

P1.	Poster Session 1
P2.	Poster Session 2
P3.	Poster Session 3
P4.	Poster Session 4