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

3410.0
Cancer, the new leading cause of death for Latinos

Monday, November 4, 2013: 4:30 p.m. - 5:30 p.m.
Poster

Board 1
Associations between family communication and breast and cervical cancer health literacy among underserved racial/ethnic women in the kin keepersm prevention intervention   
Ruth E. Zambrana, PhD, Cristian Meghea, PhD, Sabrina Ford, PhD and Karen Patricia Williams, PhD
Board 2
Associated factors in recruitment of hispanic participants in a genome-wide association study of colorectal cancer in California   
Ugonna Ihenacho, MPH, Julissa Ramirez, Jane Figueiredo, PhD and Nathalie Nguyen, MPH
Board 3
Recruiting Latinas for a cancer screening intervention in an emerging community: Lessons learned   
Patricia I. Documét, MD,DrPH, Laura Macia, PhD, Hernan Maldonado, MS, MPP, Jeanette M. Trauth, PhD, Steve M. Albert, PhD and Ronald E. Myers, PhD
Board 4
Health insurance status, health seeking, and mammography among Latinas in the u.s.-Mexico border   
Lisa Lapeyrouse, PhD, Patricia Y. Miranda, MPH, PhD, Osvaldo Morera, PhD, Josiah Heyman, PhD and Hector Balcazar, MS, PhD
Board 5
A case study on differences on cervical cancer screening knowledge and prevention practices among Latinas at two sites in a community-based participatory randomized control trial in south Florida   
Brendaly Rodriguez, MA, Olveen Carrasquillo, MD, MPH, Martha Gonzalez, MA, Erin Kobetz, Ph.D., MPH, Tulay Koru-Sengul, MHS, PhD, Feng Miao, MSc, Shelia McCann, MEd, SM, GPC and Sainth Anthony Amofah, MD, MBA
  
Board 6
Empowering Latino cancer patients on the reality of cancer pain and debunking cultural myths via an interactive pain education program   
Lina Mayorga, MPH, CHES and Gloria Juarez, RN, PhD
Board 7
Best practices for reducing breast cancer disparities   
Adriana Reyes and Patricia Y. Miranda, MPH, PhD
Board 8
Fatalism and cancer knowledge among a sample of highly-acculturated Latinas: Implications for communication strategies   
A. Susana Ramirez, PhD, MPH

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

Organized by: Latino Caucus
Endorsed by: HIV/AIDS, Medical Care, Public Health Nursing, Cancer Forum, Community Health Workers

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