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The 130th Annual Meeting of APHA |
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The 130th Annual Meeting of APHA |
5136.0: Wednesday, November 13, 2002: 12:30 PM-2:00 PM | |||
Oral | |||
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| This session will focus on health risks and health behaviors in diverse U.S. populations. Research findings and community interventions in American Indian, African-American, Korean, and Hispanic communities will be presented, with a particular emphasis on culturally appropriate chronic disease prevention and management. | |||
| Learning Objectives: 1. Identify wellness factors, health risks and patterns of self-health care practices; 2. Recognize the use of both traditional and western health care interventions; and 3. Describe culturally appropriate community-based intervention programs. | |||
| See individual abstracts for presenting author's disclosure statement and author's information. | |||
| Kathleen M Russell, DNS, RN | |||
| American Indians participate in a community-based diabetic intervention Roxanne Struthers, PhD, RN, Felicia S. Hodge, DrPH, Betty A. Geishirt Cantrell, MSSW, MBA, Lorelei H. DeCora, RN-C | |||
| Awareness of prostate cancer in African American men and its influence on screening health behaviors Sharon Starr, MSN, Anne Waldman, MSN, RN, AOCN, William Tester, MD, FACP, Katherine K. Kinsey, PhD, RN, FAAN, Delores T. Smith | |||
| Chronic disease incidence among rural California American Indians Betty A. Geishirt Cantrell, MSSW, MBA, Felicia S. Hodge, DrPH, Carol Marquez, MPH | |||
| Developing an academic-community partnership in rural Illinois to improve the health of Hispanics diagnosed with diabetes Laura Anderko, RN PhD, Mary Uscian, RNMSC | |||
| Health and self-care behaviors among elderly Hispanic women George Shuster, DNSc, RN, Dorothy Hendel Clough, PhD, RN, Patricia Higgins, PhD, RN | |||
| Patterns of Health Care Utilization Among Korean American Elderly with Hypertension: The Use of Traditional and Western Medicine Hae-Ra Han, RN, PhD, Miyong Kim, RN, PhD, Kim B. Kim, PhD | |||
| Organized by: | Public Health Nursing | ||
| Endorsed by: | Latino Caucus; School Health Education and Services; Socialist Caucus | ||
| CE Credits: | CME, Health Education (CHES), Nursing, Pharmacy, Social Work | ||