The 130th Annual Meeting of APHA |
4232.0: Tuesday, November 12, 2002: 2:30 PM-4:00 PM | |||
Oral | |||
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Learning Objectives: Participants will be able to: 1. Recognize bullying behavior and its effect on girls. 2. Apply a framework for assessing the contribution of sexual abuse to the health and well-being of young women. 3. Understand the role of sexual abuse in the development of high risk behaviors among adolescent females. 4. Describe the effective outreach tactics of the Young Women’s Empowerment Project; a harm-reduction based project for girls involved in the sex trade and street economies. | |||
See individual abstracts for presenting author's disclosure statement and author's information. | |||
Ramani Garimella, MD,, PhD | |||
Health implications of post-traumatic stress among adolescent females: Correlates and consequences Patricia A. Shane, PhD, MPH | |||
Bullying in Girls: A Model for Awareness and Intervention Stuart Green, MSW, MA | |||
Sexual harassment and depression among elementary aged girls Jay G Silverman, PhD, Deborah Prothrow-Stith, MD, Marci Feldman, MSEd, Ameera Daniel, MSW | |||
Social Inequalities, Dating Violence and HIV Sexual Risk Taking among African American and Latino Adolescents Lynn Roberts, PhD, Lisa R. Fortuna, MD | |||
Praxis: Using harm reduction theory with young women and girls impacted by the sex trade/street economies Laura Mintz, Claudine O'Leary, Crystal Barnes | |||
Organized by: | Women's Caucus | ||
Endorsed by: | Community Health Planning and Policy Development; Injury Control and Emergency Health Services; Mental Health; Population, Family Planning, and Reproductive Health; Public Health Nursing | ||
CE Credits: | CME, Health Education (CHES), Nursing, Pharmacy, Social Work |