141st APHA Annual Meeting and Exposition

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Online Program

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Chronic disease prevention among women

Tuesday, November 5, 2013: 8:30 a.m. - 10:00 a.m.
Oral
This session will discuss the chronic disease challenges women face such as hypertension , rheumatoid arthritis to name afew. strategies to prevent these conditions will also be discussed.
Session Objectives: Discuss chronic disease conditions women face thorough out their life span and strategies to prevent and reduce their prevalence
Moderator:
Valerie Conrad

8:30am
Message framing utilization in hypertension research with African American women   
Alana Russaw, MPH, MA and Twylla Abrahamson, Ph.D.
8:50am
Coronary artery disease in women with and without rheumatoid arthritis in Kentucky women's health registry   
Hassan Mousa
     
9:10am
Adherence to medication regimens in bipolar disorder: A subjective narrative   
Ruth C. White, PhD, MPH, MSW
     
9:30am
'we're changing our ways": Women as primary caregivers and adaptations of food and physical activity related health behaviors in semi-rural and rural American Indian/Alaska Native households   
Preety Gadhoke, PhD, MPH
     

See individual abstracts for presenting author's disclosure statement and author's information.

Organized by: APHA-Committee on Women's Rights
Endorsed by: Women's Caucus

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

See more of: APHA-Committee on Women's Rights