141st APHA Annual Meeting and Exposition

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Recorded Annual Meeting Presentations (RAMP) are now available for purchase.
Only $90 for presenters, $140 for registered attendees and $200 for non-attendees.

Online Program

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Addressing Health Disparities through Health Promotion Initiatives

Tuesday, November 5, 2013: 4:30 p.m. - 6:00 p.m.
Oral
The purpose of this session is to highlight successful strategies and intervention programs aimed to reduce health disparities among at-risk populations.
Session Objectives: Describe barriers to engaging in health behaviors in at-risk populations. Discuss culturally appropriate strategies and interventions to reduce health disparities.
Moderator:
Dayna Maniccia

4:30pm
Tattoo parties: Self reported HCV risk factors among members of a Philadelphia neighborhood   
Stacey Trooskin, MD, PhD, Sophie Feller, B.A., Kathleen Kozeniewski, MSW, LCSW, Annajane Yolken, Julia Harvey, Najia Luqman, MPH, Danielle Parks, MPH, LaDonna Smith, Ta-Wanda Preston, Gladys Thomas, MSW, MBA, Sharon Parker, PhD MSW MS and Amy Nunn, ScD
     
4:50pm
Step forward: A collaborative effort to reduce health disparities impacting Latino youth   
Claudia Powell, M.Ed., Aimee Graves, Senior Director of Child and Family Services and Alison Greene, Associate Social Scientist Researcher
     
5:10pm
"Sorry for laughing, but it's scary": Humor and silence as cultural codes among American Indian and Alaska Native patients discussing colorectal cancer   
Emily R. Van Dyke, MD, MPH, Deborah R. Bassett, Ph.D., Shin-Ping Tu, MD MPH and The Collaborative to Improve Native Cancer Outcomes
     

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, American Indian, Alaska Native and Native Hawaiian Caucus, Chiropractic Health Care

CE Credits: Medical (CME), Health Education (CHES), Nursing (CNE), Public Health (CPH) , Masters Certified Health Education Specialist (MCHES)

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