Public Health Nursing

NOTE: Sessions listed in italics have been organized by another section, SPIG, or caucus but are endorsed by Public Health Nursing.

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Monday, November 17, 2003

8:30 AM-10:00 AM Mon
3006.0Addicted to Profit: The Tobacco Industry Goes Global (Oral)
3019.0Obesity, Diabetes and Nutrition: Improving Services/Changing Lifestyle Behaviors (Oral)
3021.0Enlisting Collaboratives for Data Collection (Oral)
3064.0Ethnic and Racial Disparities Contributed Papers: Patient-Provider Relationship and Communication (Oral)
3079.0Violence and Health Disparity Research (Oral)
3080.0Physical Activity: A Plan for Life (Oral)
3083.0The Ups and Downs of School Physical Activity (Oral)
10:30 AM-12:00 PM Mon
3106.0The Role of Health Workers and Community Education Strategies (Oral)
3137.0Home Visiting Programs: Evaluations and Innovative Interventions (Oral)
3152.0Competency and Collaboration (Oral)
12:30 PM-2:00 PM Mon
3220.0Violence: Etiology and Prevention Among Youth (Roundtable)
3238.0Community Partnerships for Behavioral and Lifestyle Change (Oral)
3238.1Community Assessment: The First Step (Oral)
3239.0Promoting Competency Long Distance (Oral)
3240.0Health Communications: Understanding What I Mean (Oral)
3243.0Impact of Welfare Reform on Families and Children (Oral)
3246.0Vision and Health Issues in Children (Joint-sponsored by Vision Care , School Health Education and Services and Maternal and Child Health) (Oral)
2:30 PM-4:00 PM Mon
3263.0Healthy Aging: Cross-Disciplinary Perspectives (An intersectional session joint-sponsored with Chiropractic Health Care, Public Health Nursing & Gerontological Health sections) (Oral)
3265.0Service and Promotion of Healthy Behaviors and Lifestyles for Community Members with HIV/AIDS, TB and Substance Abusers (Oral)
3268.0Answering the Community Call: Successful Team Collaboration in Health Care Issues (Oral)
3272.0Built Environment Institute V. Interactive roundtable discussions on the impact of urban sprawl, neighborhood design, and land use on the public's health (Roundtable)
3276.0Improving Nutrition and Physical Activity Interventions Through Community-based Participatory Research (Oral)
3281.0Underserved and Disadvantaged Populations: Telling the Stories (Oral)
3292.0Violence Prevention in Families and Communities: identification and treatment of victims of violence (Oral)
3309.0Population Practice: The Common Thread (Oral)
3310.0Creative Collaboration (Oral)
3310.1Current Issues in PHN (Oral)
3311.0Addressing the Youth Obesity Epidemic (Oral)
3312.0Medical Malpractice, Quality, and National Health Care Reform (Oral)
4:30 PM-6:00 PM Mon
3336.0Poverty, Literacy and Health (Poster)
3337.0Developing a Plan for Bioterrorism (Oral)
3345.1Built Environment Institute IV. Characterizing the impact of the indoor built environment on human health (Oral)
3354.0The Nursing Shortage: Prescriptions for Safety (Oral)
3356.0Health Disparities as a Determinant of Latino Health (Poster)
3378.0New Investigators Session (Oral)
3382.0The Politics of War & Health: Linking Social Justice & Public Health--History, Data, and Pedagogy (Oral)
3385.0Intimate Partner Violence: Effective Interventions (Oral)
8:30 PM-10:00 PM Mon
3401.0Community Based PHN Education (Oral)

Tuesday, November 18, 2003

8:30 AM-10:00 AM Tue
4014.0Utilization and Prevalence of Alternative Therapies (Oral)
4038.0Determinants and Barriers to Health Behavior Change (Oral)
4062.0Helping Families Cope With FASD and Autism (Oral)
4081.0Evaluating Interventions: Pulling It All Together (Oral)
4082.0Innovative Approaches (Oral)
4083.0The Role of Government in Promoting Healthy Behavior (Oral)
4088.0Speaking Truth to Power: Feminist Health Organizing and Advocacy in a Conservative Era (Oral)
12:30 PM-2:00 PM Tue
4105.0Detect, Deceive, Divide, Derail: Patterns of Tobacco Industry Intelligence and Counter-Advocacy (Oral)
4116.0Addressing the Social and Health Needs of Minorities (Poster)
4140.0Costs and Spending in Unusual Times: Financial Issues in Public Health Practice (Oral)
4155.0Emerging Problems in Jail and Prison Health: Infection and Aging (Jail and Prison Health Contributed Papers) (Oral)
4167.0Public Health Nursing Section Luncheon and Awards (Oral)
4176.0Sex Workers: Voluntary and Forced (Oral)
2:30 PM-4:00 PM Tue
4192.0BPHC Panel:Innovative Community-based Approaches to Program and Policy Development aimed at Reducing Disparities in Primary Care and Promoting Healthy Behaviors and Lifestyles (Oral)
4204.0Health Provider/Older Adults Communication Issues (Oral)
4211.0Violence Against Women (Oral)
4233.0The Impact of National Public Health Performance Standards, Workforce Competencies, Core Functions, and Credentialing on Public Health Nursing: An Up-To-Date Open Forum (Oral)
4234.0Capacity of Standard Terminology to Describe the PHN Practice in a TB Outbreak (Oral)
4239.0Rape and Sexual Assault (Oral)
4:30 PM-6:00 PM Tue
4243.0Impacts of Smoke-Free Bars (Oral)
4246.0Impacting Health Disparities (Oral)
4251.0Important Lifestyle Changes that Could Save Your Life (Oral)
4253.0Healthy Lifestyle Choices and the Social Environment (Oral)
4274.0Patient Safety, Tort Reform and Public Health (Oral)
4310.0Nutrition, Exercise& Lifestyles in Health (Poster)
4311.0Health Access for Vulnerable Populations (Poster)
4312.0Public Health Nursing Education (Poster)
4313.0Community Partnerships (Poster)
4314.0Innovations in Public Health Nursing Practice + Competencies (Poster)
4315.0Technology Innovations& Health Communications (Poster)
4316.0Racial and Ethnic Disparities in Health (Poster)
4321.0Statistical Methodology Session: Statistical Methods and Models for Bioterrorism (Oral)
8:30 PM-10:00 PM Tue
4331.0Sucess Stories (Oral)

Wednesday, November 19, 2003

8:30 AM-10:00 AM Wed
5009.0Effective Community Partnerships as Catalysts for Disease Prevention (Roundtable)
5035.0Legal and Ethical Aspects of Smallpox Vaccination (Oral)
5053.0Interventions that Make a Difference: Innovative Programs to Improve Pregnancy Outcomes (Oral)
5069.0Nurturing New Nurses (Oral)
5070.0Economics: Finding the Money (Oral)
5075.0Older Women's Health and Well-being (Oral)
12:30 PM-2:00 PM Wed
5111.0Less Burnout and Dissatisfaction: Improving the Work Environment for Nurses (Oral)
5112.0The health determinants of immigrant communities (Oral)
5121.0Interaction Between Mental and Somatic Health Status (Oral)
5125.0Epidemiology of War (Oral)
5131.0Critical Public Health Tools for Addressing Contemporary Environmental Health Threats (Oral)
5132.0Infrastructure: What Does It Mean To You (Oral)
5133.0Assisting the Positive Development of Children and Youth (Oral)
2:30 PM-4:00 PM Wed
5160.0Underserved and Disadvantaged Populations: New Approaches (Oral)
5184.0Educational programs for the international community (Oral)
5185.0Technology Today (Oral)
5186.0Environment: Conflicting Responsibilities (Oral)

The 131st Annual Meeting (November 15-19, 2003) of APHA