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4110.1: Tuesday, November 9, 2004: 12:30 PM-2:00 PM | |||
Oral | |||
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| An exploration of the dimensions of behavior and lifestyle when managing personal health can be accomplished by engaging community members in direct discussions about how their specific attitudes and beliefs impact behaviors that can lead to the perpetuation of chronic diseases for which there are health disparities. Community members can be involved in an investigative process in which they analyze their life conditions against the backdrop of their health behaviors. When given an opportunity to candidly and openly share their experiences and feelings about ‘life problems and health problems’, members of the community can provide insight for investigators that could only come from such an interactive exchange. This type of direct exploration of ‘citizen knowledge’ allows an examination of the correlation between culture, race, and lifestyle on attitudes and behaviors relative to health among racial and ethnic minorities in the U.S. Once provided with an overview of the health disparities dilemma, community members are able to begin to examine their lives and the situations in which they live within a new context. This allows them, as minorities, to begin to deliberate about why the health disparities dilemma might exist. Come to this session to learn how community members can help guide us to develop health disparities elimination strategies. A documentary chronicling how this process can be implemented will be featured along with presentations about projects that have used similar methods. | |||
| Learning Objectives: At the conclusion of the session, the participants will be able to 1. Describe strategies for engaging the community in discussions about their attitudes and beliefs that impact their health behaviors. 2. Describe how community members can help guide public health policy makers develop health disparities elimination strategies. | |||
| Thomas A. LaVeist, PhD Julia B Anderson, PhD Larry Cohen, MSW | |||
| Julia B Anderson, PhD | |||
Health Disparities and Community Engagement: Exploring the Dimensions of Health Problems ![[ Recorded presentation ]](/static/img/filetypes/16x16/wrf.gif){kind=small} | |||
| See individual abstracts for presenting author's disclosure statement and author's information. | |||
| Organized by: | APHA-Innovations Project | ||
| CE Credits: | Nursing | ||