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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Non-governmental and community-based organizations’ role in refugee and immigrant health

Monday, November 4, 2013: 10:30 a.m. - 12:00 p.m.
Oral
Moderator:
Monique J. Brown, MPH

10:30am
Improving the quality of life of Somali refugees through the East African Health Coalition   
Cristina Redko, PhD, Nikki Rogers, PhD, Liban Bule, MSW and Hawa Siad
10:45am
Cambodian American medical home program: Engaging the community in their own care   
Thomas Buckley, MPH, RPh, Mary Scully, APRN, Theanvy Kuoch, MA, LPC, Sengly Kong, PhD and S. Megan Berthold, PhD, LCSW
11:00am
Migrants crossing the Sonoran Desert into rural Arizona: Mitigating perils by providing medical assistance and humanitarian aid   
Mary Ann Kopydlowski, RN, BSN
                    
11:15am
Healthy eating and wellbeing among Somali, Cambodian, Mexican, and Sudanese immigrants and refugees in the u.s.: A focus group study   
Kristina Tiedje, PhD, Mark Wieland, MD, MPH, Sonia Meiers, PhD, RN, Ahmed A. Mohamed, Christine Formea, PharmD, Jennifer Ridgeway, MPP, Gladys Asiedu, PhD, Ginny Boyum, PhD, Jennifer Weis, RN, MAN, Julie Nigon, Christi Patten, PhD and Irene Sia, MD, MSc
11:30am
Strategies for building non-governmental infrastructure to meet refugee health needs   
Lisa Sockabasin, RN, Christine Lyman, MSW, CHES, Kathleen E. Perkins, MPA and Fatuma Hussein

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, Socialist Caucus, Vietnam Caucus, Asian Pacific Islander Caucus for Public Health

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