Session: Health and Wellness Promotion--Innovative Programs
3183.0: Monday, November 17, 2003: 12:30 PM-2:00 PM
Oral
Health and Wellness Promotion--Innovative Programs
This session highlights a number of innovative and model programs of health and wellness for persons with disabilities
Learning Objectives: Refer to the individual abstracts for learning objectives
See individual abstracts for presenting author's disclosure statement and author's information.
Moderator(s):Carla Culley, MPH
12:30 PMDeveloping concepts, messages, and health promotion materials to increase breast cancer awareness among women with physical disabilities
JoAnn M. Thierry, MSW, MS, Juliana K. Cyril, PhD, MPH, Lori Agin
12:45 PMMammography Access Project: Improving access to mammograms for women with mobility disabilities
Lisa Maisels, MSW, MPH, Monika Mitra, PhD, Rosemary Frasso Jaramillo, RT(R)(M), RDMS, Nancy Wilber, EdD, Janice Mirabassi, MA, Cheryl Bushnell, RN, MS
1:00 PMLong Term Effectiveness of a Wellness Program on the Lives of People with Multiple Sclerosis: A Randomized Controlled Trial (Phase II)
Jennie Lou, MD, MSc, Cathy Pierce, PhD, OTR/L, JoEllen Alveraz, RN, MPH, Patrick Hardigan, PhD, Sherrilene classen, PhD OTR/L
1:15 PMRecovery Center: A Holistic Health Program for People with Serious Mental Illness
Dori S. Hutchinson, ScD, Alexandra Bowers, MPH, MSW
1:30 PMGrowing Children, Growing Needs: What healthcare practitioners need to know about adolescents and young adults with MR/DD
Joel M Levy, DSW
1:45 PMResults of On-line Survey about Low Bone Mineral Density Among People with MS
Suzanne C. Smeltzer, RN, EdD, FAAN, Thomas M. Stewart, JD, PA-C, Allen C. Bowling, MD, PhD
Organized by:Disability Forum
CE Credits:CME, Health Education (CHES), Nursing, Pharmacy

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