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American Public Health Association
133rd Annual Meeting & Exposition
December 10-14, 2005
Philadelphia, PA
APHA 2005
 
Session: Child and Adolescent Mental Health: The Role of Violence, Poverty, and Juvenile Justice Involvement
4148.0: Tuesday, December 13, 2005: 12:30 PM-2:00 PM
Oral
Child and Adolescent Mental Health: The Role of Violence, Poverty, and Juvenile Justice Involvement
Leading experts in the field will present results from studies addressing a broad range of issues related to the role of violence, poverty, and juvenile justice involvement in the mental health of children and adolescents.
Learning Objectives: At the conclusion of the session, the participant (learner) in this session will be able to identify current, leading issues related to the role of violence, poverty, and juvenile justice involvement in the mental health of children and adolescents.
Moderator(s):Embry Howell, MSPH, PhD
12:30 PMContribution of violence exposure to the rate of change in suicidality and depression: Findings from the Welfare Reform: Adolescent Girls in Transition Longitudinal Study
Katherine A. Best, MSW, MPH, Roger A. Boothroyd, PhD, Mary Armstrong, PhD, Ren Chen, MSPH, Angela Gomez, PhD, Rhonda Ort, BSW
12:50 PMPsychological Well-Being of Children in Poverty: How Does Family Structure Matter?
Robert Leibson Hawkins, PhD, MPA, Emily S. Ihara, PhD, MSW
1:10 PMMental Health of Children Residing in Distressed Public Housing  [ Recorded presentation ]
Embry Howell, MSPH, PhD, Michael Eiseman, BA, Susan Popkin, PhD
1:30 PMMental health predictors of delinquency for at-risk adolescents  [ Recorded presentation ]
Gabriel N. Stover, MPA, Marguerita Lightfoot, PhD, Luohua Jiang, MS
See individual abstracts for presenting author's disclosure statement and author's information.
Organized by:Mental Health
Endorsed by:APHA-Committee on Women's Rights; Community Health Planning and Policy Development; Injury Control and Emergency Health Services; Public Health Education and Health Promotion; Public Health Nursing; Socialist Caucus
CE Credits:CME, Health Education (CHES), Nursing

The 133rd Annual Meeting & Exposition (December 10-14, 2005) of APHA