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133rd Annual Meeting & Exposition
December 10-14, 2005
Philadelphia, PA
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133rd Annual Meeting & Exposition December 10-14, 2005 Philadelphia, PA |
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4265.0: Tuesday, December 13, 2005: 4:30 PM-5:30 PM | |||
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| In this session, the learner will see posters related to various chronic conditions that create substantial burdens to the general population. These conditions include dementia, cancer, gestational diabetes mellitus, diabetes, erectile dysfunction, and obesity. Study populations include young adults as well as those over 50. | |||
| Learning Objectives: At the conclusion of the session, the participant (learner) will be able to: 1. Evaluate the efficacy of omega-3 fatty acid consumption as an intervention in the maintenance of cognitive function in normal aging as well as the incidence and treatment of dementia 2. better understand the risk factors for renal cell carcinoma 3. To assess the relationship between neighborhood deprivation and the rate of gestational diabetes mellitus 4. Understand the potential impact of aging and sex steroid levels on erectile function and libido 5. Evaluate the association between diabetes mellitus and 30-day coronary artery bypass graft complications 6. discuss burden of some selected chronic disease in the world and in developing countries 7. discuss burden of some selected chronic disease in the world and in developing countries 8. hear that women with gestational diabetes are at risk for diabetes 9. Identify the health risk behaviors reported by the U.S. young adult population using BRFSS data 10. To understand the use of Geographic information Systems (GIS) in mapping distribution of obesity and its various risk factors particularly in the over 50 age group. | |||
| Ecometric properties of neighborhood scales Mahasin S. Mujahid, MS, Ana Diez Roux, MD, PhD | |||
| Will omega-3 fatty acids help prevent Alzheimer's disease? Amalia M. Issa, PhD, MPH, Walter A. Mojica, MD, MPH, Sally C. Morton, PhD, Shana Traina, MA, Sydne Newberry, PhD, Lara Hilton, BA, Rena H. Garland, BA, Catherine H. MacLean, MD, PhD | |||
| Risks Among Cases and Controls in the Alpha-Tocopherol Beta Carotene Study Tiffany Jones, Robin Taylor Wilson, MA, PhD, Lee E. Moore, PhD, Demetrius Albanes, PhD | |||
| Are sex steroid levels associated with erectile function? Naomi M. Gades, DVM, MS, Ajay Nehra, MD, Debra J. Jacobson, MS, Michaela E. McGree, BS, Cynthia J. Girman, DrPH, Michael M. Lieber, MD, Steven J. Jacobsen, MD, PhD | |||
| Association between diabetes and 30-day coronary artery bypass grafting complications Elena A. Rucabado, MSc, Cynthia M. Pérez, PhD, José Escabí, MD, Rodolfo Vargas, MS | |||
| Chronic diseases, new epidemy in the country Hediye Seval Akgün, Professor, Meric Colak, PhD, Özlem Aydin, PhD | |||
| Behavioral Risk Factors for Developing Diabetes among Women with Gestational Diabetes Shumei Yun, MD, MPH, PhD, Bao Ping Zhu, MD, MPH | |||
| Health behaviors of the young adult population Melissa McCracken, MPH, Ruth Jiles, PhD | |||
| Fabulous Fifty: Spatial Analysis of Obesity, Race, and Socioeconomic Status in the 50 Plus Age Group John O. Davies-Cole, PhD, MPH, Gebreyesus Kidane, PhD, MPH, Garret Lum, MPH | |||
| See individual abstracts for presenting author's disclosure statement and author's information. | |||
| Organized by: | Epidemiology | ||
| Endorsed by: | Gerontological Health; Public Health Education and Health Promotion | ||
The 133rd Annual Meeting & Exposition (December 10-14, 2005) of APHA