141st APHA Annual Meeting and Exposition

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Only $90 for presenters, $140 for registered attendees and $200 for non-attendees.

Online Program

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Best practices in community mobilization to improve health among refugees and immigrant communities

Monday, November 4, 2013: 12:30 p.m. - 2:00 p.m.
Oral
Moderator:
Cristina Redko, PhD

12:30pm
Health is wealth: Breast health promotion strategies for African immigrant women   
Ebun Odeneye, MPH
12:45pm
Combating cambodian health disparities: Using CBPR to reach isolated, high-risk populations   
S. Megan Berthold, PhD, LCSW, Sengly Kong, PhD, Theanvy Kuoch, MA, LPC, Mary Scully, APRN and Seiya Fukuda, MS
1:00pm
Building capacity and partnership with bhutanese refugees to access well-women preventive & health services   
Karen A. Heckert, PhD, MPH, MSW, Deirdre Demers, MPH, Purna Budathoki, BA, Ram Upreti, BS, Bishnu Tiwari, BA, Damayanti Kathet, BA, Sita Adhikari, BA, Purna Adhikari, Lachu Ghataney, Erica Smith, BS and Stephanie Smith, BS
1:15pm
Community-based approaches to refugee mental health in Philadelphia   
Ellen Plumb, MD, Rickie O. Brawer, PhD,MPH, Melissa Fogg, MSW, Anna Escuder, BA, Christie Mulholland, BA, Michael Cafarchio, BA and James Plumb, MD, MPH
1:30pm
Adapting a faith-based health-promotion program to a diverse audience of immigrant and refugee women: Lessons learned   
Annie Hardison-Moody, PhD, Carolyn Dunn, PhD, Cathy Thomas, MAEd, Lorelei Jones, MED and Maryam Funmilayo

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

Organized by: Caucus on Refugee and Immigrant Health
Endorsed by: International Health, Latino Caucus, Medical Care, Public Health Nursing, Socialist Caucus, Vietnam Caucus, Asian Pacific Islander Caucus for Public Health, Black Caucus of Health Workers, APHA-Committee on Women's Rights

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

See more of: Caucus on Refugee and Immigrant Health