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American Public Health Association
133rd Annual Meeting & Exposition
December 10-14, 2005
Philadelphia, PA
 APHA 2005
 
Session: Minority Health Considerations in Health Communication
4159.0: Tuesday, December 13, 2005: 12:30 PM-2:00 PM
Oral
Minority Health Considerations in Health Communication
Health communication strategies generally include tailoring for specific audiences. However, health communication for minority communities must include not only the usual considerations of communication channels but also cultural adaptations. The speakers in this session will describe health communication activities among specific communities, including Hmong, Hispanic/Latino and African-American. Presentations will describe the communities and the considerations made in developing effective health communication messages.
Learning Objectives: At the end of this session, participants will be able to:
  1. Describe the cultural issues that influence development of health communication messages for Hmong communities;
  2. Discuss strategies for ensuring health communication messages are appropriately tailored for specific minority populations; and
  3. Explain how health communication strategies can be applied in health promotion campaigns among minority communities.
Moderator(s):Carol Girard, MA
12:30 PMUsing Qualitative Research to Explore Energy Balance Promotion within the Hmong Culture
Gail Harrison, PhD, Marjorie Kagawa-Singer, RN, MN, PhD, Loan Pham-Kim, MS, RD, Tu-Uyen Nguyen, PhD, Henry Lee, MPH
12:48 PMSelection and application of cultural constructs in health communication materials  [ Recorded presentation ]
V. Sanders Thompson, MA, PhD, Nancy Weaver, MPH, PhD, Keri Jupka, MPH, Shanti Parikh, PhD, Nikki Caito, MPH, MS, RD, Matthew W. Kreuter, PhD, MPH, Patricia Cavzos, PhD
1:06 PMCulturally-based approaches to promoting awareness and understanding of fish advisories  [ Recorded presentation ]
May Lynn Tan, MHS, Sun Hyung Lee, MPH, Samira S. Jones, MPH, Jessica Kaslow, MS, MPH, Alyce Ujihara, MA, Diana Lee, MPH, RD, Erica Weis, MPH
1:24 PMCuidar de su Salud: Culturally and linguistically tailored website for Hispanics/Latinos  [ Recorded presentation ]
Michelle Samplin-Salgado, MPH, Charles H. Dart, MSPH, Cynthia Stein, MD, MPH, Graham Colditz, MD, DrPH
1:42 PMPromoting Beauty and Health Among African American Women: Using Focus Group Data To Build Successful Interventions  [ Recorded presentation ]
Karen Hye-cheon Kim, PhD, Veronica L. Carlisle, MPH, Kacey Hanson, MPH, Margaret E. Bentley, PhD, Laura A. Linnan, ScD, CHES
See individual abstracts for presenting author's disclosure statement and author's information.
Organized by:Public Health Education and Health Promotion
Endorsed by:Socialist Caucus
CE Credits:CME, Health Education (CHES), Nursing

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