The 130th Annual Meeting of APHA

Session: New Arrivals: Caring for Refugees and Immigrants
5197.0: Wednesday, November 13, 2002: 2:30 PM-4:00 PM
Oral
New Arrivals: Caring for Refugees and Immigrants
This session will focus on health issues associated with recent immigration to the U.S. Papers will present research findings and program strategies describing aculturation stress, health behaviors, and nurses' cultural competence in addressing needs of immigrant populations.
Learning Objectives: 1. Recognize acculturation stress and social support networks in immigrant populations; 2. Discuss strategies fostering nurses' understanding of diverse cultures and provision of culturally competent care; and 3. Describe community-driven health partnerships in immigrant neighborhoods.
See individual abstracts for presenting author's disclosure statement and author's information.
Presider(s):Nancy Blume Kern, RN, PHN, MPH
2:30 PMAcculturation Stress, Social Support and Depression among the Korean American Immigrant Elderly in Maryland
Gina Pistulka, RN, MPH, Hae-Ra Han, RN, PhD, Hyun Jeong Park, RN, MSN, Hwayun Lee, RN, BSN, Miyong Kim, RN, PhD
2:48 PMWithdrawn -- Community-driven faculty practice: Service learning in a diverse urban neighborhood
Mary Jo Borden, RN, CNP, PHN, MS, Heather Baum, MA, NPM, Jan Borman, PhD, RN
3:06 PMCultural immersion through ethnography and learning group experience: Reacting to and changing one's own perceptions through another's lived experience
Sandra J. Brennan, PhD, APRN, BC, Mary Schulze, MSN
3:24 PMPublic Health Nursing Outreach for New Americans: The Colorado Response to PHN Education with Immigrant and Refugee Communities
Lauren Clark, RN, PhD, Amy Barton, RN, PhD, Sarah Combs, RN, MPH, Kristen Brown, RN
3:42 PMAn Approach for Designing Culturally Competent Primary Care for Newly Immigrated Latinos
Kathleen L. Barr, PhD, RN, CS
Organized by:Public Health Nursing
Endorsed by:Community Health Planning and Policy Development; School Health Education and Services; Socialist Caucus
CE Credits:Health Education (CHES), Nursing, Pharmacy, Social Work

The 130th Annual Meeting of APHA